Ep176: How to Resuscitate a Trunk Novel

Writer Craft Podcast

Main Topic: How to Revive Old Project (What About That Trunk Novel?) (at 23:36)

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Segment 1 (Announcements/Author Updates):

• back from Costa Rica; setting a challenge to do something towards the Costa Rica move every day for 30 days. (Valerie)
• reengage Patreon, looking at old short stories and rewriting them (Erick)

What are you reading?

• Valerie: Start Thinking Rich by Brad Klontz and Adrian Brambila
• (Not ready to give up on them, but struggling to finish them:) Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman; The Year of the Puppy (Alexandra Horowitz) ; The Teller of Small Fortunes Julie Leong
• Erick: Thirty-Three Cecils (Everett De Morier)

• Segment 2 (Resources/Tips/Tidbits):

• Tidbit #1: Finding good music to write with/to.
• Tidbit #2:
• Segment 3 (Mindset-Craft-Biz Check):

Segment 4 (Main Topic):

Why did this go in the trunk in the first place?

Stay aware of what's in the trunk.

Pull out the story and re-read it. Remember what I liked about it. Start the rewrite process.

What I don't like about it.

Dog walk to think. Reinvigorate it. Don't open the trunk without intention of finishing it.

Not a failed manuscript; it's an unrealized idea.

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