Yes to all this!!! I often have the most fun (and feel the most like a writer) after that brainstorming/thinking/stalling phase, when I’m finally writing. If/when it sells, my relationship with the work definitely changes. It’s not nearly as fun and magical, for instance. But I still feel most like myself--most like a writer--when I quit dragging my feet and dive into the revision or copyedits or whatever the work needing doing is.
This is all so true. There's no getting around that writing everything but a book is not going to get you a book deal, ELAYNE! :) (I'm actually doing good, deep work this week. But it's fun and necessary to yell at myself from time to time, anyway.) Great reminders! The cemetery setting continues to set just the right tone for your pep talks, side note--we have time to make our goals happen--provided we use that time well.
Yes to all this!!! I often have the most fun (and feel the most like a writer) after that brainstorming/thinking/stalling phase, when I’m finally writing. If/when it sells, my relationship with the work definitely changes. It’s not nearly as fun and magical, for instance. But I still feel most like myself--most like a writer--when I quit dragging my feet and dive into the revision or copyedits or whatever the work needing doing is.
A great inspiration...
This is all so true. There's no getting around that writing everything but a book is not going to get you a book deal, ELAYNE! :) (I'm actually doing good, deep work this week. But it's fun and necessary to yell at myself from time to time, anyway.) Great reminders! The cemetery setting continues to set just the right tone for your pep talks, side note--we have time to make our goals happen--provided we use that time well.