I'm thinking about doing the November novel thing again. Not by way of NaNoWriMo, with all its little side issues, word scrambling and socializing. Just write 1,700 words a day for 30 days and see what emerges. The biggest problem is that I can't rewrite, so the big chunks of prose that I've got tucked away somewhere will probably never be proper novels.
Don't say "can't." Of course I can. I'm just too lazy. Or have been heretofore. Writing is easy. Rewriting is torture.
Rewriting is not just correcting typos and adding descriptions. Rewriting is making a shapeless thing conform to some kind of architecture.
Ring Lardner said, "Riting is a nag." Dang you, Ring Lardner--get out of my head!
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Another'n?
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You should! Who knows - your attitude towards editing might change, but even if it doesn't your raw material is more polished than most finished product - and infinitely more interesting!
Well, you think too much. Don't think, just write. That's my prescription.
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