Smooth Sailing

Right now things are going well in my writing world. I am happily lost in some short stories I am working on. I hope to finish them soon so I can get back to working on my novel. But I think these stories are helping me to learn to craft a complete story arc.

Because I have never finished a novel I am much more adept at crafting beginnings and less so at middles and ends. But now these short stories are allowing me to work on constructing conflict to fuel the middle of the story and bringing all the ends together for a satisfying conclusion.

My writing is taking its own sweet time to grow into itself, to become something I can rely on to produce when I start working with publishers. Each day I learn a little more how to navigate this mysterious craft.