How to do
this. How to do that. Sometimes I think I’m swimming against a never ending
tide of writing advice. Lately, I’ve been reading many different books and
blogs on writing technique, story technique, and all that. It’s getting really
frustrating, though, to know how much to rely on them. Why can’t I just write
the story I want to read and say to hell with it all?
Now, I know
there are things that make your writing better – and boy, did I need to hear
some of those tips – like cutting unnecessary words, keeping it simple, and
blah de blah blah blah.
When does
it end?
What’s the
right dose to take?
All I want
to do is finish my story once and for all. But all this advice floating around
in my head has been hindering me these last couple of weeks. I can’t turn off
my inner editor. I can’t just sit and write like I did at the beginning.
Maybe this
is good, though, right? Maybe all that extra careful writing I am doing will
mean less work once the first draft is finally finished. Right? Right!?
…crickets…
I guess I’ll
just have to wait and see. It’s May already. I wanted to be finished by now.
The weather is beautiful. My cats are escaping through the patio door and I sit
around worrying about them. Or I go outside with them and have my thinking time
– where I think about my story.
Some good
will come out of this. And something will come out of all the things I read on
writing.
In the
words of Spartacus: apologies, for
breaking words lacking invitation.
In other
words, sorry for the ramble. I am obviously very frustrated, but still around.
J
Cheers.
