Rrrrrrrrrrrrr...

By afinemess · Oct 19, 2009 · ·
  1. I am still not finished with my novel. I had to print it off yesterday, because I was getting a headache looking at it on the computer. (you wanna know what'll piss ya off real quick? Forget to add in the page numbers after saving it in a new program, then getting it out of order on accident. Not my most brilliant moment:mad:) I'm editing and adding in the final details. I think there will be no problem of it being the length of a regular published novel. I am at 61k, and I have 4 things to add and the entire last 4 chapters to elaborate. I guess four is the number of the day, eh?
    I made the mistake of telling people on facebook I was writing a novel. Its what happens when your proud of yourself, but now they all want to read it, which is just freaking me out.
    I know the intention of writing a novel was for people to read, but now the thought of someone delving into my created world and potentially tearing it apart gives me goose pimples. I mean, I love it. I created it. It would be like not liking your kid. But no one else has too...
    Oh, and lastly, there will be no more deadlines. The last few deadlines I gave myself ended up with my kid getting sick and postponing the end, so I'll just say, it will be done, when it's done.

Comments

  1. Rawne
    Sounds to me like you're putting too much pressure on yourself, mate.

    Get in the same frame of mind as you were in when you first started writing it (excited and creative) and you'll probably find that mistake like not numbering your pages won't pop up so often :)

    There's a good chapter in the Tao Teh Ching about having the same patience when you're about to finish something as when you started... I'll dig it out tomorrow.
  2. afinemess
    That is good advice. I should step away from it and get back in the mind set I began with. I'm becoming impatient wanting it to be finished, but I know in the back of my head that if I rush it, it won't be the way I want it. I'll try to find that patience again.
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