Seasons of Writing and Waiting
In January, I was all set to dive into my WIP. I had just put my daughter in school full time, and I had my days mapped out by the hour. Then “I got the call.” The novella I submitted to Barbour for an anthology the week before was sold!
After the shock registered, I realized I had to abandon my current WIP in order to cut my 50,000 word story down to 20,000. Talk about a daunting task! But I dove in, obsessively cutting and laboring for weeks. Thanks to Snowmaggedon 2011, I managed to cut my story down to 35,000. I sent it off to my critique partners with the hope that they’d see a couple of threads and scenes I could cut.
That was almost a month ago. Or at least it seems like it. In the meantime, I got busy helping my 3-5th grade students write their stories. I haven’t worked on my own since!
Sometimes the hardest part of this writing journey is the waiting. Waiting for that season of life that allows you to write. Waiting for that time each day to write. Waiting on others whether it be critique partners, agents, or editors. Waiting on the call…
What you do in the waiting can have just as much significance on your writing than what you do when you’re busy. I used to be more anxious than I am now. But I’m learning to rest in Jesus and put my trust in him while finding other ways to keep myself busy toward achieving my goals.
What do you do while you’re waiting?
