A new year, and new resolutions. But first, an apology.
Over the last year, I had grand ambitions of finishing the third draft of Arvium, starting three other stories I've wanted to write, as well as maintaining more of an active presence with my readers and engaging with the Wattpad community as a whole.
But I didn't. I graduated from college and found a job, and then last month I started a different job. I grew as a human and figured out who I wanted to be as an adult, and what I wanted to do with my life. I crawled through some tough times, but now I'm standing on the top of my fears and seeing some hope about where I can go from here.
It is with this spirit that I am going to get back to writing again. Part of the problem was last year I was so focused on getting the Arvium revision perfect, that everything had to be just right, and writing stopped being fun. It stopped being a release and a passion, to a chore and a task. And so the revision halted and fumbled and snorted and choked along like a train with moss in its steam pipes.
So this year I plan to let go of the need for my books to be perfect. Yes, they will be as edited as I can be for a first draft. But this year I won't forget the most important part of writing--getting words on paper. Maybe they won't be the greatest words on paper. Maybe they won't even be that good. But every word I get on paper and out into the world is more than there was before, and I can only improve upon what it is already written.
So here is to 2020! And the freedom to make mistakes.
