This second draft is giving me fits
and I'm suddenly the Queen of Procrastination
as I look for something, anything to do besides revise.
But my project is like this shark:
if I don't keep moving foward
there is a good chance the book will die.
image from morguefile.com
Must. Give. It. Oxygen.
Tracy Abell 
Sounds like a wee little bit of panic has set in? Don’t let it get to you.
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Yes, a wee bit of panic. But I worked some more today and feel more grounded. I tend to feel overwhelmed when I lose my footing in the big picture which is why today I am printing out the first 50 pages or so and getting a grip.
Thank you, Barbara, for stopping by to offer some calm. I hope your middle-grade project is moving along well.
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That’s funny about printing out the first 50 pages, because this morning I printed out the first 80 pages of my ms., took them to the library, and spent the day going over them. I tend to get overwhelmed when I get a lot of calls to sub at the daycare center, which I did this past week. I hope we can both move forward from here. Except that Thanksgiving will probably call for a writing break???Oh, well. Hang in there.
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So did your 80 pages of hard copy get you back on track, Barbara? My 50 pages made me feel much better and more focused. I was feeling a bit lost and adrift in the story, but now I have a grasp (again) on what it’s all about.
You hang in there, too. We will do this!
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