My novel is severely starting to frustrate me.
I’ve tried taking solace in new projects: a couple of short stories for a website, an entry in the Gilgamesh Press contest… but I don’t like staying away from it for too long.
I tried working on it another way… losing myself in background research, hammering out my timeline…. nothing. I even tried just PRINTING the damn thing ( as it is probably a BAD thing that none of my work has been printed out. A crash would be evil!), but my printer cartridges were dried out and dead! Aargh!
My sweetie got them going again – enough to print out a readable copy of my work (and he has set my computer to print out a test page every week to keep the ink good)… so now I’m hoping that old fashioned editing with a red pen will help me regain my focus.
It’s been said by someone famous enough for me to quote (but not famous enough for me to remember his/her name) that a blank page cannot be edited. In other words, write it out and don’t worry if it’s crap at first. Crap can be fixed.
Let’s hope so.
AVT
5 responses so far ↓
mauthor // June 12, 2008 at 6:26 pm |
Don’t give up, write something, anything is better than nothing.
avthompson // June 12, 2008 at 9:22 pm |
Thanks for the kind words, mauthor!
Your blogs are inspiring! Whenever I need motivation I shall visit!
AVT
mauthor // June 14, 2008 at 7:19 am |
Thanks for visiting and you can comment on any post if you want. Hope you’re doing alright with your writing.
rosiegirl // June 14, 2008 at 4:17 pm |
The first sentence is usually the hardest. I echo what mauthor has stated. Just keep plugging away, I have faith that it will come. You are very talented.
avthompson // June 17, 2008 at 5:09 pm |
Thanks, rosiegirl!
I’ve written a new page for the blog on my FructMal condition…there should be a clickable heading at the top of the page now.
Thought it would get me back into the groove!
AVT