Journal Entry #3

12/05/2020

         I have received some good reviews on the sample chapter I posted and felt it is doing well. It helped me to stay motivated with the current chapter that I am working on. But the book has still been slow going. I was only able to write a couple of paragraphs here and there. I feel like I am struggling to get what I am thinking out onto the page. It seems like I am being too descriptive in my writing style. I am not beating myself up over it though. I am just continually reminding myself that this is my rough draft and that I just need to get everything out and I can edit things when I am done writing everything.
         I am worried about the editing process. I feel like I will become super overwhelmed and don't know if I should do the edits myself or have my partner edit it for me. Could I miss things that I have written or will my partner be biased because of their love for me? There is a lot of questions that are running through my head even though I haven't even finished writing. I don't want to kill my motivation with this book, but I feel all the negative thoughts invade my mind. Now I am just trying to find ways to combat these thoughts while I keep writing everything. I guess this is all part of writing.