Sunday evening from The Cottage of Blog
It's nine.
Kind of depressed about my writing. I know what I'd like to achieve, but I can't quite get there. It's like having a vision of a painting and not being able to spread it on canvass. Then, when you do, to compare it to a master and realize how far you fall short. Colors, textures, word descriptions, set ups, just all those things that make a story great.
I'm whining again. Sorry. I'm taking Benadryl for allergy problems. I got out into that fine country air and started sneezing so bad I couldn't stop. Benadryl to the rescue. But it knocks me out.
Where was I? Oh yes. Whining. I've just put 25 great craft books down on my Listmania. A lot of good they've done me.
Has anyone written a novel and decided they just plain didn't want to finish it? Just to start on a blank canvass? Oh, I SO want to do that right about now. The PROBLEM with doing that is I can't run away from myself. I'd probably run into the same problems all over again.
Happy reading, writing and revising from
The Cottage of Blog.
Pat
Kind of depressed about my writing. I know what I'd like to achieve, but I can't quite get there. It's like having a vision of a painting and not being able to spread it on canvass. Then, when you do, to compare it to a master and realize how far you fall short. Colors, textures, word descriptions, set ups, just all those things that make a story great.
I'm whining again. Sorry. I'm taking Benadryl for allergy problems. I got out into that fine country air and started sneezing so bad I couldn't stop. Benadryl to the rescue. But it knocks me out.
Where was I? Oh yes. Whining. I've just put 25 great craft books down on my Listmania. A lot of good they've done me.
Has anyone written a novel and decided they just plain didn't want to finish it? Just to start on a blank canvass? Oh, I SO want to do that right about now. The PROBLEM with doing that is I can't run away from myself. I'd probably run into the same problems all over again.
Happy reading, writing and revising from
The Cottage of Blog.
Pat
posted by Unknown at 9:08 PM
3 Comments:
On Writing and Bird by Bird are two of my favorites!!
Don't compare your work to published work. They had several editors, proofreaders and a number of other people going over it. And yes, you always want to run away from a WIP. It happens to me at around chapter four. Then it happens again about 3/4 of the way through. It's like clockwork. Just keep plugging and don't let the demons of doubt spook you.
Tanya
Tanya, thank you. That might just be the kick I need to finish this scene.
I love Bird by Bird and On Writing, both of them for different things.
Pat
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