"Rookie"

Have you ever been in the middle of a project and realized you're not really improving anything anymore?

That's where I am right now.

I spent so much time trying to finish the book that I never really devoted a lot of thought to what needs to be done after it's finished. I knew the next step was revision. I knew, from hearing it from others, that revisions were hard. I had the idea that it was a purging thing, like getting rid of your favorite tee shirt because it's been your favorite for so long it's now thin, holey, and stretched beyond recognition: hard, but necessary. And you're supposed to feel better when they're over.

So now I'm in a bit of a predicament. Yes, I know some of the things I need to tackle in my first draft. Big things, like timeline discrepancies I know I have to deal with, are obvious to me. But beyond that? I don't have a clue what I'm doing. I'm great at line editing. But I know there's a great big "middle" between fixing the timeline and line editing that I just don't know about.

I should probably end this post now. My "rookie" is showing, and it's embarrassing.