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It was an amazing experience. But this post is not a celebration of getting to live that dream as much as it is a cautionary tale for those of you considering doing the same. There were many lessons I learned over this last year that I wish I knew before it began. If you’re thinking of making this leap to full-time writer. Here are a few things you may want to consider at the outset.
Having been forced to recognize that writing is more than what happens when reckless creativity has time to strike a keyboard, I've concocted a theory: editing is the Great Filter of novel creation.
The promise of that next idea is so shiny and alluring. All that potential; the plot twists, the humor...the next story is just going to write itself. With no editing needed, probably.
"THERE'S FIFTY ALIENS TALKING ABOUT BS I DON'T UNDERSTAND OR CARE ABOUT!"
This was one of the many colorful comments I received at a recent writer's critique workshop about a scene in my current SF novel. And he didn't say "BS".
