That's actually a good question. I think, looking back, the first draft is very personal. It's very rough and not 'ready for prime time', so I don't show anybody.
The second or third drafts; by then I've started to lose that initial steam, I'm doing actual WORK as opposed to just blurting out this story that needs to come out of me, and at this point I usually try to show somebody just so I can get some feedback and by extension a reason to keep working.
The tough part is that Legacy of Olympus has received very little feedback, so I've been working blind. I don't know how bad a sign this is, but I've been working on it for so long that to stop now seems like a dismal failure on my part, because I know the story works. I just need to polish it off and give it the ending it deserves. But it can be disheartening to be writing to an empty room. I'm hoping to finish my NaNo quicker, do a second or third drafts but no more than that. But I also aimed for a quicker, faster-paced, less complicated story with NaNo in terms of world-building. I'm setting it in Harrisburg (my city), modern day, and making it more like a traditional Urban Fantasy. We'll see how that works.
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The second or third drafts; by then I've started to lose that initial steam, I'm doing actual WORK as opposed to just blurting out this story that needs to come out of me, and at this point I usually try to show somebody just so I can get some feedback and by extension a reason to keep working.
The tough part is that Legacy of Olympus has received very little feedback, so I've been working blind. I don't know how bad a sign this is, but I've been working on it for so long that to stop now seems like a dismal failure on my part, because I know the story works. I just need to polish it off and give it the ending it deserves. But it can be disheartening to be writing to an empty room. I'm hoping to finish my NaNo quicker, do a second or third drafts but no more than that. But I also aimed for a quicker, faster-paced, less complicated story with NaNo in terms of world-building. I'm setting it in Harrisburg (my city), modern day, and making it more like a traditional Urban Fantasy. We'll see how that works.