Few things are as terrifying as revisiting one’s own work, particularly after some distance from it.
I decided to pull a Bruce Wayne and confront this fear in 2015: I reread the release version of my first novel, Stronghold
Following my introduction to the Writing as Worship series, I was quick to the stay the course and post the initial full entry, “Writing as a Creationist”. I was happy with both posts overall, and I was eager to continue to explore the ideas they proposed.
Then came the hard work of actually doing it, and I was completely unprepared. I hit and continue to bang head against a mental wall.
Learn MoreWell, this certainly did not take long.
After claiming that I would have a post every two weeks for my Writing as Worship series, I find myself breaking my word. As I type this, the time is 11:27 PM EST on the due date, and no fully drafted piece has been published. The reasons for this is quite simple: I hit a wall.
Now, granted, a hard-working writer breaks through walls; this is a key component of success. But here I am, now at 11:30 PM EST, with the wall yet erect, and my time ticking away.
Truth be told, I did try to scale it. I have multiple abandoned drafts to prove it. The issue is that none were fit for print (or digitally publish). Following the series’ introduction and initial full entry, I was at a bit of loss for where to go next. Frankly, I felt that that the creation piece covered a great deal of ground I intended to tackle in the one to follow it.
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