Howdy folks! How are we doing this morning? I’ve just got to work and am chilling in my car before going in.

It was another night’s weird sleep. I couldn’t really settle so I popped Superdeep on, this is on Shudder and I’d recommend it, so I did get a movie with some horror flavourings watched yesterday after all.

I fear I’m going through a stage where I’m loosing some momentum because the primary story I want to work on I’m struggling with. War Child is complicated and I’m finding it somewhat difficult to get some scenes just right. Part of me thinks this might be because those scenes aren’t necessary and could be mentioned in dialogue or exposition. I haven’t been able to add anything in these scenes which really moves the plot along. Am I trying too hard? Am I overthinking what is needed? Should I just trust that the last draft is strong enough and just needs a light edit before passing it to betas? I really do not know right now, which leads me to think that maybe a soft edit is the way to go. I’m at risk of overwriting and convoluting the story when it could just need a quick pass through and tidy up. Maybe I’m putting too much pressure on myself to make it something I think it should be instead of the story it is. Maybe, it’s time for beta readers to put their two scents in.

That all makes me think of that nasty habit of over editing I used to have, maybe it’s not something so far in the past as I thought it was. I need to put some more trust in myself, and understand that this might be the best I can do right now. The more I write the better I refine my skills, but this might be doing me more damage than good.

Okay, so yeah. War Child just needs a light edit. By that I mean spelling grammar, maybe a touch of structure, and continuity!

You know what, I feel better now. For anyone who’s made it this far, thank you for enduring my train of thought!

Right, nearly time to start work. I hope y’all have an awesome day 🙂