It really is true: finish one novel and the rest follow easily. My rewrite of The Demon's Game was completed last night. About time, too, as the story needed serious revamping. It's exciting to have another completed novel--in the loosest sense, of course. I still have much editing to do with it, and I suspect the first five chapters (at least) will need a complete rewrite once again. Otherwise, I'll just have to see. I'm actually VERY excited to tackle the next draft. And then, there's always book two. It's a trilogy, so there's not so much a bittersweet feeling with this completion.
The ending for the book is SO different from the original draft. That is by no means a bad thing. It was just very...cliche, and this one more fits the mood of the story. I'm quite satisfied, and further drafts will bring greater improvements.
Still querying away for an agent to represent Paradise?, but I'm not concerned. If this one doesn't pave the way, one of my other works will. Perhaps Bonds, which is about two-thirds of the way through. Or, if I actually do tackle The Demon's Game's next draft soon, maybe that one. Guessing games are fun, yeah?
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Keep going! Don't give up. And . . . if you haven't read Steven King's On Writing, you may want to pick it up. It's a fabulous book.
ReplyDeleteBut there is bad language. Because it's Steven King. I think he feels obliged.
Still worth it. (Which is saying something.)