How to Write Activist Literature – Ten – Work on Your Next Book
By Andy Heath
Now you’re done… kinda. You see, in the world of writing you’re never truly done. You never truly finish working on a project – you just abandon it when you’re ready. It’s like having a kid. Your kid is never truly prepared to go into the world on his own; you just have to let him go, as that is the only way he will ever be prepared.
When you finish your first book and send it out on query quests, you will find that you have something similar to a parent’s empty nest phenomenon. You will find that you miss your book. You will be sad. When I finished Preston, I felt like I had lost a part of myself. These feelings are perfectly normal.
Now if your kid is 18 and you started feeling blue because he’s moving out, probably the last thing I would tell you is to have another kid. But it’s different with writing. If you really enjoyed the project, just write another one. Your next book is bound be even better because now you’ve kinda gotten your feet wet and know a little about what to expect.
There are emotional highs and lows in writing. You’ll feel good one day and bad the next. You might find that you miss your characters, almost like you’ve said goodbye to some dear friends. You’ll feel empty and abandoned, but like I said, that is okay. But when you write something truly important like activist literature, you realize that it is worth it. Every second of it was worth it.
So follow these steps again and write another book if you have it in you. That will take away from the pain of missing your book as well as getting rejections, both of which are a part of life for a writer of any kind of literature, even activist literature.
Conclusion
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