The end. Those are sweet words to a writer. Earlier this week I was able to type “The End” on the rough draft of my superhero story. Yeah!!!! So, do I immediately dive into re-writes? Noooo.
I have always equated writing to baking and decorating a cake with the rough draft being the cake layer. When you take a cake out of the oven, you don’t immediately start icing it. The filling would slide out and the icing would melt off. You have to let it cool. Same thing with the rough draft. You walk away and just let it be for a while, then come back to it with fresh eyes.
Now the question becomes what do I do while it’s cooling? I write constantly. I write when I drive and during my lunch break. I write when I’m brushing my teeth and putting on my make-up. I am rarely ever not writing. So how do I fill me time for the next week?
Well, of course I will read. I have the entire series of Y the Last Man on my nightstand.
I’ll work on my blog.
I’ll evaluate where my queries are at on my ghost story.
Workout more.
Fold some laundry.
Sleep. Yeah, sleep is a good idea.
That should fill a week nicely. Now if I could only stop thinking of new scenes to add until my self imposed vacation is over.