During my junior year in high school, I decided that I was going to write a chapter a week and finish a novel within a year. It took an extra month, but I did manage to pull it off. That was my first and only attempt at writing a full novel, so as you can imagine, it was pretty terrible. Plot holes, character inconsistencies, problems with pacing, random facts thrown for no reason...you get the picture. I have since decided that the aforementioned novel is never going to see the light of day.
But...
The idea has been haunting me. I think I had an idea I could really work with and turn into a much better story. Now that I've read more and written more, I have a much better idea of what it takes to write a novel - properly. So I've taken a deep breath and I'm about to start rewriting.
Yes, rewriting. I'm not editing, because I'm not even going to look at the old manuscript. I am changing characters' nationalities and relationships and changing the mechanics behind the world I created, but I'm essentially keeping the story line the same.
I'm still working out the details, especially with respect to worldbuilding, but I am almost ready to start writing again.
Wish me good luck!
(I realize that I'm pretty much writing to no one here, but that's okay. As long as I imagine that someone out there is going to see this, I have sufficient motivation to keep going)
