I tried to integrate everything I read or heard into a Grand Unified Understanding of Craft — but, as I slogged through drafts, I found there is no Grand Unified Understanding, only a particular, specific body of craft which belongs only to me.
thank you so much for this! I needed to read it: “there’s no hurry. you’re right on time.”
I’ve been feeling that I’m not lately, at least in the slow-going process of writing my first novel. I edit as I go, so it definitely feels daunting and overwhelming at times to know there are multiple drafts ahead of me, especially when I am putting everything into this first one--my whole heart.
but the writing *is* the good part. such a lovely reminder!
thank you so much for this! I needed to read it: “there’s no hurry. you’re right on time.”
I’ve been feeling that I’m not lately, at least in the slow-going process of writing my first novel. I edit as I go, so it definitely feels daunting and overwhelming at times to know there are multiple drafts ahead of me, especially when I am putting everything into this first one--my whole heart.
but the writing *is* the good part. such a lovely reminder!