I know the real truth about why I didn't write last night. It wasn't the stress of the shopping. It's because I know what comes next in that novel and I would do anything to get away from it. I KNOW that I know what comes next. I know it because my conscious mind, the one that plots and plans, has been going insane trying to 'create' what comes next even though this is not how I work. I woke up today resolved to face this tonight. The hub took the kids out, but it seems that even though the hour is quite early, I ended up cowarding out and becoming...
I hope to redeem myself when the buzz wears off. If I write anything, I will make an update. Don't be surprised if one does not appear or if the word count is abysmally low.
UPDATE: I didn't write anything new, but I still have an update. I went back in to edit. Not much changed, though the word count may have increased very, very slightly with the revisions. Mostly I did things like look for clarity and consistency of voice. I even found an adverb in dialogue attribution. How'd that get in there? Yuck. Good riddance to it. I know this doesn't sound like much, but it was the best I could do for right now. I figure it's better than doing nothing.
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Just do what you can. That is all you can ask of yourself.
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ReplyDeleteEvery single correction helps to embetter (is this word right in this connection?) the quality of a text. As Lector one has a responsibility for the text - and for the author. It's difficult. As author - at least for those I saw - it is difficult to stop, to not be overwhelmed by the text. Its like sanding and polishing, one can do too much. But first of all there must BE something written. Polishing follows.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mago. You are absolutely correct. It is possible to do too much sanding. That is why I did so very little in the editing department at this early juncture. No sense in destroying the work before it can even be completed. Anything more in editing than the light touch I have applied here must come in the second draft after the story has been recorded in its entirety.
ReplyDeleteIt would be very nice if publishing would follow. That is - if I could tolerate such a thing and not fire my agent the moment I become afraid of success. AGAIN. No, I resolve not to do that again. I must do something about this business of history repeating in this arena.