Tweaks

Part of the skill of a writer is knowing in your gut what works and what doesn’t but also knowing who to take advice from and who not to. Over the last week I’ve revisited my initial manuscript chapter to make some tweaks based on beta-reader impressions. Feedback received has been very useful, and it’s become clear that you can always tighten up your work. You can usually tell when an opinion is a subjective one, but the best feedback is always clear cut. You know the suggestion makes sense and will improve some element of your work. To those beta-readers who have given me their time – I am extremely grateful.

It has been a good year for my writing, all in all, with two of my short pieces being published in digital and print. At the end of 2018 I’ve had some more positive news but I’m not getting ahead of myself, and am preparing to launch another wave of submissions in the new year. With the tweaks made to the first chapter for new submissions, I can only hope to get to that next stage in my writing journey. Maybe it will be next year, maybe not, but as long as I keep going and keep growing I believe it will come in time.