Write the story first, improve later.

I spent a huge amount of time revising “Mother for a week”. It was not easy to write from a woman’s point of view. To make up for my insecurity I found myself adding too much fictitious detail. The final version that I’ve posted is much shorter than my initial drafts.

Even this version has too much fiction. Although I want to write for a broad audience, I’m not writing a novel. I need to find a better balance between fact and fiction.

I also came to the conclusion that I’m getting ahead of myself by trying to write perfect prose while the stories aren’t properly written.

So in the coming months I want to focus on writing the stories themselves. After that I will revise, edit and expand to make compelling reading.