Xaysai
Inkling
So I've been writing a lot of short stories lately.
My process usually goes like this:
1) Write out a mostly stream of consciousness first draft.
2) Come back to it a day later to revise.
3) Let is sit for 2-3 days to "think on it" and then come back to it for a few more revision passes.
4) Edit
5) Finish
What I'm finding is this: many times I get the story done and REALLY want to publish it or share, but am terrified to do so because I ALWAYS think of something different to add, or a new way to end it which greatly improves it.
For instance, I've been working on a short story about Valkyries this week. It's ~800 words, and has literally taken me a week of working on it to finally be happy with it. Last night I was ready to finalize it, but I didn't pull the trigger.
Today I took another pass at it and added a new ending THAT I LOVED.
Had I not given it more time, I think it would have been a so-so piece, but now I'm extremely happy with it.
It's happening so frequently that I am leaving stories unpublished (to my blog) longer than maybe I should because I'm afraid that an idea will come along that I will regret not including into it.
ANALYSIS PARALYSIS!
My process usually goes like this:
1) Write out a mostly stream of consciousness first draft.
2) Come back to it a day later to revise.
3) Let is sit for 2-3 days to "think on it" and then come back to it for a few more revision passes.
4) Edit
5) Finish
What I'm finding is this: many times I get the story done and REALLY want to publish it or share, but am terrified to do so because I ALWAYS think of something different to add, or a new way to end it which greatly improves it.
For instance, I've been working on a short story about Valkyries this week. It's ~800 words, and has literally taken me a week of working on it to finally be happy with it. Last night I was ready to finalize it, but I didn't pull the trigger.
Today I took another pass at it and added a new ending THAT I LOVED.
Had I not given it more time, I think it would have been a so-so piece, but now I'm extremely happy with it.
It's happening so frequently that I am leaving stories unpublished (to my blog) longer than maybe I should because I'm afraid that an idea will come along that I will regret not including into it.
ANALYSIS PARALYSIS!