For the first time in seven months, I'm not writing.
Seven months.
It feels really weird.
I could be writing. I have ideas and all. But what I really need to be doing right now is editing. I have a completed first draft and three-quarters of a second draft, and if I don't put the time in to make it better, it will be just a great big writing exercise. I also think it's a good idea to let my story ideas ferment a bit, so that when I start again, I'll be creative and ready to go.
But it still feels weird.
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take a month off.
Before writing more or before revising?
Write something else. Ideally something different from what you just finished. Throw yourself into it, and after a few weeks - or whenever you think it's right - go back and read this work again. By then it'll be out of your short-term memory and you can be a little more removed when you go in for the edit.
But don't stop writing.
Howdy, Chris!
Before revising. It will give you a new perspective of the work.
On my second book, I didn't look at the manuscript for a year. I had heard about the month thing. The first few weeks were hard as hell to stay away. After a month I decided I still wasn't ready and 11more months slipped away until I was. I was able to see my errors quite clearly after the break.
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