Quote from: dragonb on December 27, 2022, 09:54:15 PM

what's the current situation with your project? Have you made any progress yet? In my opinion, you shouldn't do without editing and proofreading - even the best professional authors have to swear by them ;-) There's always something to tweak about a text... but it's also important to let it "be" at some point... two or three revisions is the minimum, I'd say.

I had a vacation at the end of December and took a lot of time to write after Christmas with the family. I had a good phase and got a few chapters further. But it will take a while until the manuscript is finished.

In the meantime I dared to read the first chapters by friends and got positive feedback. I guess the story makes you want more, but they would also recommend that I edit again when I'm done with the book. I've also contacted Novum Publishing and they've encouraged me that publishing can work out. But until that happens, I might want to enter a short story contest to get some publicity.

Quote from: Fretum on December 28, 2022, 11:00:46 AM

Often you have to take a step back and read other stories. Then at some point the focus comes back. Think it would also be bad in such a phase with pressure to continue writing - you would then notice.

In the meantime, I have also had such phases in which I could only have written under pressure. But I think writer's block is quite normal. Since writing is my hobby and should be fun, I then allowed myself a break and read more.