Persistence

"You can't fail if you don't give up."

Quite a while ago I gave a bunch of chapters to a co-worker who said she'd be interested in reading my work. The disclaimer I offered her was that she was in no way obligated to read it, to comment on it, etc. I truly did not expect her to read it, or to like it. Genre preference is what it is and I didn't know if she would take to it.

The other day she surprised by saying she'd finally had some time where she could begin reading. She read the first 167 pages in one sitting (almost three hours) and loved it.

I was very relieved and excited, to say the least. This was the first feedback from someone not in my immediate family or very close to me or who is an aspiring writer. It helped that she was in fact interested in the supernatural in general, and specifically with some of the premises in my novel. She really enjoyed it.

So... that feedback definitely was a boost. I'm still revising. I've managed to cut 10,000 words from the script since last month. I'm polishing, too, and liking the changes.

Persistence....