I'm almost done with my rough draft for my second book, Pigs Fly. I know there are parts that need to be beefed up, particularly the spiritual parts, a few characters that more or less disappear, subplots I planned to write but haven't, and especially spiritual parts. However, mostly, I need to let the editor side of my brain back in the door.
Mostly, I just write my first draft. I let the words flow naturally. If something needs to be edited or substantially altered, I just note that without going there and move on. I have written most of my important scenes, sewn them together, and smoothed out the plotline. Now, I can open the door and let my internal editor tackle it. While she's in the room, I also need to let her take a serious crack at that first manuscript. I just dread this part. The fun part is letting my imagination go nuts. It's play for me. Now, I feel like I'm having to go back to work. When I wrote my first book, After the Dream, I took about six months to get to this point. Once again, it's been six months. I just pray it doesn't take me the same twelve months to get the work part out of the way, so I can get back to playing.
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