Yeah, the idea of getting partway through a project and discovering it's not the right one always worries me!
So far, the idea for my next book has always appeared during the writing of the previous one, which has been convenient. But I do have to then sit on it until the current project is done, which can be a challenge. :) The good thin…
Yeah, the idea of getting partway through a project and discovering it's not the right one always worries me!
So far, the idea for my next book has always appeared during the writing of the previous one, which has been convenient. But I do have to then sit on it until the current project is done, which can be a challenge. :) The good thing about that is that the new idea percolates in my mind, so that by the time I actually get to it I already know a lot about it.
I used to hop around multiple projects as new ideas came to me, which was fun in the short term but ultimately meant I never finished anything. That was a creatively very unsatisfying time - I'm much happier focusing on one project at a time now.
Yeah, the idea of getting partway through a project and discovering it's not the right one always worries me!
So far, the idea for my next book has always appeared during the writing of the previous one, which has been convenient. But I do have to then sit on it until the current project is done, which can be a challenge. :) The good thing about that is that the new idea percolates in my mind, so that by the time I actually get to it I already know a lot about it.
I used to hop around multiple projects as new ideas came to me, which was fun in the short term but ultimately meant I never finished anything. That was a creatively very unsatisfying time - I'm much happier focusing on one project at a time now.