Madeleine Makes Another Decision

I decided to focus on Story #4! Let me explain...

I have completed the quick, loose draft of Story #2, but I can't revise it. I've tried and it's not happening. I need a break from this story; it's a very long and complicated story, and I don't have the energy for it right now. Plus, Story #2 comes at the end of the collection and involves characters, plots that I need to think about more.

I wrote the beginning and ending of Story #3, but everything in between needs time. This is also a key story in the collection; an important person is introduced and writing that/her is scaring me.

So Story #4: exactly the kind of story I want to write at this moment. It's shorter than the rest and I don't have to go too much into characters or motivations or anything. Something happens and that's it.

But working on Story #4 is making me nervous! Am I falling back into the same old patterns, i.e., starting many things but not finishing anything? Will I be able to finish Story #4 by mid-August? Am I wasting time? Am I working on the wrong thing, making all the wrong decisions?

Why is Agnes not writing on the blog? Today is her two month anniversary of not smoking--hooray!