Blank slate

Fear and anxiety creep in as I prepare to revise my ms. Even with a complete draft, I'm essentially facing a blank slate with endless possibilities. For me, fiction's creative infinity can overwhelm or cripple the writing and rewriting process. To succeed, I must approach revision as a process of defining limits. Once I've defined the limits, I can focus on refinement.

I'll consider this project my summer experiment; should the experiment fail, I'll adjust the parameters and variables and proceed with the next trial.

Worst case scenario: I'll dust my clips and revert to nonfiction.