Rewriting again...and again....and....

I have a manuscript I've been working on for the better part of a year. I love the story, even though it's a complete change for me. But it's too short. It's only about 55,000 words and, if I want to sell it, I need to make it longer.

I ran the first couple of chapters past my critique partners and got some ideas on how to make it better. So I started rewriting - and made some major changes which, I believe, made it better.

Then I started taking an advanced writing class and I'm starting to cringe just a little. We're talking about goals, motivation, conflict, scenes, sequels... all the lovely stuff that makes a good story better. And I can definitely see where I need to rewrite entire sections - again.

Then I started talking to my family about some issues I was having with a section... and they told me some things that I should do to make the section better - which means, yet again, major changes.

So the outcome of this all is that I should either stop talking to people about my work - or get to work because, although this is a good story - it can be better. And I intend to make it the best it can be.

Back to work.