I've read so many books about writing, attended conferences, workshops, you name it. I've heard about writers who write every day without rereading the last day's draft, writing straight through to the end of the first draft of a novel. Another way to do it of course is to write a few pages on day 1, review those pages the following day (edit), print those pages, then move on to the next few pages, and so on...I like that method. The perfectionist in me needs to correct a bit, feel a sense of completion with the printing of a few pages at a time, then the creation can continue. This way I don't feel like I'll want to scrap the whole thing at the end because I find it's all s...
How do YOU go about it? Tips?
Some days I feel I will never finish my trilogy. I have scrapped entire chapters and started over more times than I can remember. I would love to write a piece of fiction and feel the freedom of expressing a fantasy.
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In Lak' ech, sister frog, the other side is not always so green...
We live with delusion so much and our ego interferes with everything, from creativity to love of self and others...
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A labour of love, in any case. I do, like you Johanne, and reread and edit before I start on new writing. I am getting back to my daily writing routine now that the summer trips are over and I find it anchors me. Only one day in though - let's see if I can keep it up. Good luck in your writing - that's if luck has anything to do with it. More like "may persistence and the muse both be your friends".
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