Last week, on my birthday no less💙, I finished my draft for Champion's Sword . So, this week, I'm taking a bit of a writing break. My word count is just over 80,000 words, which is amazing! I'll be getting back into it soon, starting with listening to the entire draft on read aloud and taking notes. I can't tell you how hard it is to think, "Oh, I could/should [insert fix]," and not implement it then and there. Perhaps, it's as difficult as having a new story idea that's been percolating for some time. I've been keeping a notebook for said idea and only permitting myself to add to it when a sentence or two hits me out of the blue. I've started a playlist as well. I add songs to it, but I do not listen to it. Music makes the ideas flow, and pushing play on that ever-growing playlist would be absolute torture.😆 However, I decided that since I'm entering into the editing phase with Sword , it would be okay to dip my toe in with a fe...