A Necessary Evil
When I think of yesterday and what I accomplished, I'm reminded of a quote from Office Space. "I did nothing. I did absolutely nothing, and it was everything I thought it could be."
Today will be a different story.
Today, I'll be reading--though I'm not sure just yet what--and working very hard at staying away from the first draft of Ninth Grade Sucks. That's probably the most challenging part of the whole process. Staying away. Leaving it alone. NOT writing and tweaking and fixing. It's one of those necessary evils we have to deal with as writers. I'll stay away from the book for a month. And I'll try to stay away from writing anything at all for at least two weeks. It'll be better for the book and better for me.
Besides, at what other job can you take time off to read and still calling it "working"?
I love being a writer.
Today will be a different story.
Today, I'll be reading--though I'm not sure just yet what--and working very hard at staying away from the first draft of Ninth Grade Sucks. That's probably the most challenging part of the whole process. Staying away. Leaving it alone. NOT writing and tweaking and fixing. It's one of those necessary evils we have to deal with as writers. I'll stay away from the book for a month. And I'll try to stay away from writing anything at all for at least two weeks. It'll be better for the book and better for me.
Besides, at what other job can you take time off to read and still calling it "working"?
I love being a writer.
posted by Heather Brewer at 6:50 AM
3 Comments:
HAH! Time off! What's that?
You are just letting it percolate in the back of your head for a while. All the while trying to distract yourself from thinking about it.
Just because you aren't typing away furiously at the keyboard doesn't mean you are not thinking about it.
A writer is always writing. It might not be on paper, but they are always doing it.
Or to look at it another way... for artists, life is a series distractions that lead to creativity and art.
Go get distracted and let us faithful minions know what you come up with. We're waiting to hear/read/see what you have to share.
Happy reading.
I just reread that post and it sounds horribly tacky. It was meant to be much lighter and a bit humorous. I just need more coffee :)
What I would like to say is that you are a really creative artist and I am sure that you have lots of ideas and stories scampering across your brain all the time. Have you thought about writing some short stories outside of your current genre, to say cleanse the pallet?
Keep up the good work.
LOL! You worry too much. :)
No writing for me for two weeks...and I need at least a month away from NGS. Time enough to clean out the cobwebs and forget what I've written. Why? Because it's easier to tear apart other people's books than your own, and if I manage to forget it...it's not really mine anymore.
And while I most certainly have written shorts outside my genre...I'm apparently not very good at them, as they remain unpublished. But then, I suck at shorts anyway. :)
Happy reading!
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