The Undiscovered Country

Never Satisfied

I'm never satisfied. Maybe that's why I like to edit. I've edited my first manuscript over a dozen times - I've lost count. My other novels I'm working on at least the third major draft of each. If I could keep my short stories short and not turn them into novels, again I'm in constant edit mode.

While good in a way, editing can also get me into a rut. I'm not coming up with new ideas as long as I edit my old stuff.

Working with graphics helps. For instance, did you know writing is actually a left-brain (logical) activity along with mathematics? I learned that from an article in "Writer's Digest" - except I can't find it online, darn it. If I do find it, I’ll link it.

Here it is: http://www.writersdigest.com/articles/vaughn_meeting_minds.asp

Switching then to a right-brained activity gives my left-brain time to rest and simmer on the things I’m stuck on, or tired of. In this case it was working on those book covers.

Like with my writing, I’m never satisfied with my graphics. I’m always going in and tweaking them.

Even though I liked how the second cover turned out, it wasn’t perfect. It’s still not perfect, but I think it’s much better now:



Whether or not I’ll soon gain motivation to write new stuff, or once again tackle old stuff remains to be seen.