At some point, I will be forced to leave my first MS alone. That day is not today. The edits continue, and I feel my story grows stronger every time I take a virtual pen to it. Many days I find that I don't even want to look at it anymore, but I'm muddling through. I'm too stubborn to abandon it.
New ideas are screaming to be written down. Some have found their way into notebooks, others onto scraps of paper. A snippet of a story is currently stuck to the side of my fridge, where I jotted it down on my grocery list pad while I was cooking. I'm determined that each of them will one day get the same attention that I give this MS. Is it a sign of strong resolve or that I'm overly obsessive? I can't really say.
One thing I can be certain of, is the importance of always having paper close at hand. I find myself jotting down ideas everywhere. The world is filled with moments that deserve to be captured. The trick is discovering the words that give those moments the best tribute. Some days those words come more freely than others.
