I love this peek into your process and to hear about your determination to get a novel done - very admirable. And there's a certain bravery in your deleting completely that first draft... I could never do that... just in case! So, hats off to you and good luck with getting this finished.
That is my theory. We'll see. But to me it is always interesting to see how someone created something from point A to point B via 17 other stops along the way. I'm hoping others like it or glean something from it or, if nothing else, say to themselves, "now I see why it took that bloke five years to do it."
This photo is so great. His face holds enough for a full book. All of those contradictions, grief, happiness, age and somehow a young man is in there too. Curiosity is what drives writers!
I have to check out the Snowflake method and Scrivener. Mostly the self doubt is what I connect with. That's why I love showing up every day for my book because at least a third of those days I feel like I am not a writer. Another third I feel barely competent, and maybe the last third I feel like I might have something. None of these opinions is altogether true. I have to take the average.
Thanks so much for reading and responding, Kara. It means a lot to me.
I am sure that your self-doubt is not unusual. We critical thinking writers are harder on ourselves than anyone. And your project has added emotion and doubt. As I used to tell the kids I worked with in my previous life, Just Keep On Writin'
Thank you for sharing!
Couldn’t put it down. Pretty distraction proof. I enjoy your writing.
I love this peek into your process and to hear about your determination to get a novel done - very admirable. And there's a certain bravery in your deleting completely that first draft... I could never do that... just in case! So, hats off to you and good luck with getting this finished.
thanks so much Douglas. i so appreciate your taking the time both to read and to comment on the piece.
be well,
geoffrey
Thanks for that insight!
Thanks so much for reading, Jane.
Background is often as interesting as the story itself.
That is my theory. We'll see. But to me it is always interesting to see how someone created something from point A to point B via 17 other stops along the way. I'm hoping others like it or glean something from it or, if nothing else, say to themselves, "now I see why it took that bloke five years to do it."
Be well.
gg
It’s like the bonus you used to get with some DVDs, the making of. Sometimes it was better put together than the film!
This photo is so great. His face holds enough for a full book. All of those contradictions, grief, happiness, age and somehow a young man is in there too. Curiosity is what drives writers!
I have to check out the Snowflake method and Scrivener. Mostly the self doubt is what I connect with. That's why I love showing up every day for my book because at least a third of those days I feel like I am not a writer. Another third I feel barely competent, and maybe the last third I feel like I might have something. None of these opinions is altogether true. I have to take the average.
Thanks so much for reading and responding, Kara. It means a lot to me.
I am sure that your self-doubt is not unusual. We critical thinking writers are harder on ourselves than anyone. And your project has added emotion and doubt. As I used to tell the kids I worked with in my previous life, Just Keep On Writin'
Be well. Thanks again.
I hadn't thought about the difference between photography and writing the way you see it. I'll have to think about that.
@sidneyeley
A second reply: I'd love to know what you think about my belief that writing and photography use different parts of your brain.
Thanks for reading, Sidney. I'll be interested to hear what you think after having given it some thought.
Thanks, for commenting, too.
Be well.