As I mentioned, I enrolled in an online editing course recently. I am about halfway through and all I can say is that I have been humbled. But following in the wake of that humility, my confidence is growing.
I thought my writing was decent. I had no illusions that it was perfect or near perfect, but holy crap on a cracker am I glad I didn't begin querying with what I had before I took this course. I have experienced several "Oh shit" moments during this class. Some of them have been of the positive variety, but more of them have been of the /facepalm variety.
The crazy thing is that the concepts are simple. Many times, the fixes are simple. What is not so simple? Seeing it in your own work before it is pointed out.
The awesomeness of all this is I have a growing suite of tools to allow me to become a better writer. Even if this current book never shows up in your e-reader or on your bookshelf, this course will allow me to take those next steps down the road of becoming Published Author. This book or the next or the next. It will happen. Because I believe it will.
So go out and think positive today. And maybe toss a positive thought my way, too. Couldn't hurt. :)
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