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Three Dimensional Writing
Now that 2020 is within touching distance, I’m getting ready to start planning next year’s challenges. I like to set a target. It doesn’t really matter to me if things don’t go to plan.
Of course, I try hard to achieve them, but I don’t allow them to break my spirit, or send me into a deep depression.
Life is about enjoyments. Take every small success and build on it. Yes, count the number of ticks you get, and forgot about the number of crosses. Rejection isn’t an ending its just a new beginning.
Remember an massive oak tree didn’t happen overnight, like everything it started with a small acorn and grew.
We all seem to forget that most successful people all suffered the same doubts about their craft. The ones that made it to the top are the ones that didn’t give up.
Over the last few days I’ve received news that four submissions I sent out all came back as acceptances. I’m just as excited as I was when I received my very first one, ten years ago.
[image error]Black Hare Press anthology cover
You always like to feel you have written your very best, that the story is your finest work ever, but doubt always creeps in when you least expect it. Having someone say ‘yes, we like this enough to publish it,’ is wonderful!
At the moment I’m still editing a story I’ve been working on for some time. I really cannot afford to spend any more time on it, but it is starting to speak back to me. The writing has become three dimensional. When this happens I get a real buzz, and my excitement reaches a higher plane.
The problem is when you have written your first draft, you have only just got your idea down. This is where the real magic of writing begins. It’s like taking a piece of coal and chipping away at it until it becomes a diamond 
