I sat down to work on Truthseekers this morning, and realized there is still so much to be done. I'm working on my 2nd official draft, even though I think this is the 3rd or 4th time completely through. Well, I decided to created an official 3rd draft, because of some things I want to take out, but don't want to loose completely.
I'm a sucker for back story. I love it, love it, love it. As a new and up-and-coming writer, I should run away from it as fast as possible, not even looking back. (Who wants to end up a pillar of salt?)
BUT... I don't want to loose my back story, so that's why I'm starting a new draft.
BUT... I can't actually let myself go back and fix it now, because I'm trying something I learned at my OWFI writer's conference this weekend. Jory Sherman led a seminar on The Magic of Writing. One thing, among many, that stuck out for me was this: Basically, he said you just got to get it down on paper. Finish it all the way through. Don't look back until your done.
Of course, I've heard this before... I've bound and gagged my inner editor a few times, but that was in the early stages of this story. I never considered tying her up now... but I think I will, because I really, really, really want to get through this last rewrite.
I've added scene's and characters that are just waiting to show themselves and I'm dawdling on stuff I've already done. So... I will go back and take care of my "back story" issues when I've finished saving the world (yet again).
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