Why Do I Work on More than One Project?
Or “Wouldn’t it be faster if you just focussed on a single story?” Frankly, no. No, it wouldn’t, and the quality of my work would suffer. Firstly, these stories don’t come easily and I need to take the time to get them just right. Secondly, because these stories aren’t easy to write, I sometimes just need to step away from them and give myself space. CrimeNovel1 is a prime example. It’s graphic. It speaks of violence that’s happened, might be happening, and could happen again. It deals in subject matter that I find hard to face. Because I hadn’t worked on it for a long time, I’m going over it chapter by chapter so I can reacquire the story in order to finish it without missing anything important. I’m doing this one chapter a night. When I started on it a couple of weeks ago, each chapter was difficult to read, and I was glad I don’t have to go over another in a night. Don’t get me wrong, the story is there; it’s just very hard to write without flinching, and I need to take time to...