May 10, 2010
I read an article in Writer’s Digest the other day that really got me thinking…okay worrying.
The article focused on the number of “stories” an author has in them and how generally speaking only 1 out of every 10 “stories” ever comes to fruition successfully. The vast majority, the writer suggested, get tossed out in the first draft or sit unfinished in favor of a new story that pops into the author’s mind.
Now while I read the article, I was nodding my head in complete agreement. It sounded perfectly logical and reasonable. But later as I sat down to work on chapter 10 of my current WIP, I wondered: Is this one of the 9 that will never see the light of day? Is this the one that gets away? I quickly pushed the thought from my mind considering it completely self-defeating – and quite possibly self-fulfilling – and tried to get back to work.
As a newbie…only working on my second novel, I’m curious: how many of your works in progress actually get completed?