I have my quick, loose draft of Story #2, but I really want to write Story #3. I can't face going through the quick, loose draft of Story #2 right now! I know both the beginning and ending of Story #3, and it will be a much shorter story than Story #2, and I feel like writing something quick and short right now.
But if I give up on Story #2 now--not give up, but put off writing draft 2--then I might not have a completed story by mid-August, and the most important thing right now for me is to complete a story by this deadline. I must meet my deadlines, plus I have promised to give a new story to someone in mid-August. Will I be able to write Story #3 by mid-August? I don't think so. I know the beginning and the ending of Story #3, but I don't know what comes in between.
But Story #3 is going to be SO good. I love Story #3. Not that I don't love Story #2, I do love it, but it's so complicated. It's so long and winding , which is exactly what I love about it, but also I love the idea of writing a straightforward, shorter story like Story #3. I have had the title of Story #3 in my head and in my notebooks for a long time. It is a great title.
Plus, if I am inspired to write Story #3, then that's what I should write. But when will I get inspired to go back to Story #2? And writing isn't about inspiration; it's about hard work and plugging at it and sticking to it every day.
This is what I'm thinking when I go to my studio. It leads to paralysis. I must choose!
Or, Readers, choose for me: Story #2 or Story #3?
What happened to Agnes?
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Write a draft of Story 3, then you'll be ready to go to story 2 and revise.
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