Changing Mindsets

After last night's meltdown, I've decided to keep my chapters the way they are for now.  Although I put a lot of work into the revision, I really just need to move forward for the time being.  Right now, I'm working on a historical story for the book, a tale that will be told about the beginning of 'high magic' (so to speak), while taking into account the character and plot changes I have made to the story.  I'm actually doing okay!  Tonight my writing needs to be turned into the sponsor of my independent study at school.  I'm hoping it will be okay to turn in what I have done tonight (which really is a revision of a specific part of chapter 2-3, but I'm changing so much is feels like I'm rewriting the whole side-story). 

I've also decided that the way I need to look at each chapter from this point on is to view each as their own short fiction story.  When I really think about it, this actually is true of how chapters work, stories within a story that links them together.  If each chapter is viewed as its own piece of work, I think I can wrap my brain around the novel.  Thinking about writing a novel in entirety is a bit mind boggling.  This just goes to show that when something isn't working, try something else - even if that means changing a mindset.  Back to writing.