#dragonsandmagic

Anastasia and Hazel have a nice little chat

So August has been a strange month. First I made goals. Then I failed them in different ways. But I made a self discovery that I think was worth the failure. 🌸 🌸 I am a coward. I’ve always known this and always been trying to work around it and push past it in different ways. What I didn’t know was that it has affected my writing process. I’ve always wanted to publish a novel, ever since 2012 when I finished my first nanowrimo. When I finished that draft I set it aside and decided it wasn’t good enough. . So my struggle continued. I wrote another first draft, deemed it too complicated, moved on. In this picture you can see them, my four little first drafts that are all 50k words+, including the one I just finished three days ago. . . I let myself down, I told myself all I needed to do was write a first draft, but I have. Multiple times. These little drafts deserve a chance. They deserve to be edited and tightened. I owe it to myself to give them a chance. None of them are beyond saving, despite what I kept telling myself. . . I love first drafting and I was using excuses to ignore these. No more. ✨ ✨ My goals in August were to edit my #dragonsandmagic story. I only got halfway through a read through of it. Second goal was to start my #chosenone story, I finished it. . . . #authorlife #amwritingfantasy #amwritingya #writerslife #writingabook #writingcommunity #writersofinstagram #writes #amwriting #authorsofinstagram #authorsofig #amediting https://www.instagram.com/p/BnJp_eDlrCU/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=m0jusujpz4l