I’m with you one hundred percent. Drafting is the worst, regardless of how much prewriting is done. I can edit all day but drafting is like pulling teeth.
So I submitted two pitches and clicked the option to have it send me a copy of my submissions. I got a confirmation for one but not the other. I don't want to accidentally submit a duplicate. How long should I wait for the confirmation email before resubmitting the one that didn't go through?
I feel like that totally counts. I like to measure in time rather than wordcount. Mostly because I'm such a chaotic writer, bouncing between drafting, editing, plotting, and researching.
We'll see how I feel about it tomorrow. I have to write about a dozen first pages before I find just the right place to start. Though this feels a tiny bit easier because it's a sequel.
I've tried both ways. If I obsessively plot to save myself time in editing then, my brain decides that we know how the story ends and we're done now. Somewhere in the middle works best for me.
I've got a short story like that too. Except I don't have any idea how I'm going to end it if I try to make it a full length novel. Does yours follow a similar structure as your short story? I found my ending made an amazing first plot point but everything that comes after that is a bit hazy.
