I am presently working about thirty hours a week for a school in
Bradford and have just started another job as well. In between this I am
running my own magazine, editing my book and completing my Level 3
Teaching Assistant course. As well as doing youth work each week. Now it
is really important when you are going through something this intense
that you take regular breaks. This is because you don't want to burn
out. It is so easily done in this life. Also and I am talking to myself
here as much as I am to anyone else. Life is busy, so so busy, but
please respect that there are times when your body will not feel like
completing mammoth tasks like editing your book, respect that. You have
one life, it is better that you enjoy it than ruining it by overworking.
I assure you few end their lives wishing they had spent more hours at
work. As long as there is no deadline, don't worry too much. Obviously
again there is a balance here, so if you feel you may go the other way
then set yourself a weekly editing target. For me I am now over 75% of
the way through my writing project and the book is really taking form.
My suggestion is to read it out loud slowly. You will be amazed how many
mistakes you pick up on as you do it. Above all else don't give up, many
of life's failures were people who did not know how close they were to
success when they quit-Thomas A. Edison US inventor. Then again how do we rate success? One thousand people have now read my article on the Mechanics of Short Story writing on Hubpages, is that success?
