Redefining 'Finished'.
Earlier this month, I set myself five things to do, writing-wise, before the year end. One of them was to self publish Granny Rainbow - and I said at the time I'd completed three of her stories.
Ahem. *embaressed face*
Today, I've actually finished those same three stories. And by finished, I mean formatted identically and absolutely, definitely, not-going-to-be tweaked-again, finished.
As a result of the work done today, I realised my previous definitions were a little misleading to myself.
Drafted actually meant 'I've jotted a load of ideas down in a roughly logical order with a few snippets of potential conversations, to mould into a better shape, later.'
Finished actually meant 'It's pretty much there, but some tweaking still required.'
So how do I define the stage I reached today? Polished? Completed? The Terminal Version? (Good title for a thriller, methinks! Shame I don't write that kind of book...) Whatever phrase or word I end up using, it means the stories can be put aside to work on something else, because I'm satisfied that they are 99.999% the best they can be.
That's a stage I'm very happy to have reached. After all - no-one's 100 % perfect...
Ahem. *embaressed face*
Today, I've actually finished those same three stories. And by finished, I mean formatted identically and absolutely, definitely, not-going-to-be tweaked-again, finished.
As a result of the work done today, I realised my previous definitions were a little misleading to myself.
Drafted actually meant 'I've jotted a load of ideas down in a roughly logical order with a few snippets of potential conversations, to mould into a better shape, later.'
Finished actually meant 'It's pretty much there, but some tweaking still required.'
So how do I define the stage I reached today? Polished? Completed? The Terminal Version? (Good title for a thriller, methinks! Shame I don't write that kind of book...) Whatever phrase or word I end up using, it means the stories can be put aside to work on something else, because I'm satisfied that they are 99.999% the best they can be.
That's a stage I'm very happy to have reached. After all - no-one's 100 % perfect...