Making Revisions

Okay, simply put, I suck at this.  Since my very first novel I wrote from start to finish, I have not perfected the art of revision and follow through.  On that first one, I polished it as well as I thought I could.  I think because it was my first.  It was my baby.  My first love.  I wanted to make it the best I possibly could.  I read it, made changes, read it again and made more changes.  I let people read it and took their suggestions to heart.  I queried and when I got no hits from that first round, I reworked the query and made it better.

I did everything right with that first novel.  Everything that is except write a good, quality piece of fiction.  It was my first after all and I like to think four years in I've gotten better.

But now, I have a little problem.  I've said this before.  The ideas flow through my head faster than I can get them down on paper or type them in my MacBook.  Because of that, I'm impatient.  I don't want to go through the revision process.  I want to start on my next novel.  As a result, I probably have four or more incomplete novels saved.  The premise of each is probably decent but I get too excited about the next to finish the last.

I keep making myself a promise.  When I finish the current, I'll go back and polish those four.  Make them all good and get ready to go through a round of submissions for one at a time.  I guess I could look at it a couple of ways.  Either I have a diamond in the rough, a gem in my own personal slush pile, or none of those has been the right one and deep down I know it.  Still, I think each is worth taking another look at with fresh eyes and more wisdom.

We'll see.  Maybe one of them is that diamond.  I hope so;-)  Until then, I'll keep writing.

Hubby is watching The Voice as I write this.  God, I love that show!