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Apr. 15th, 2006 07:02 pmThis is how this novel is either gonna get done or get gone.
I know it's technically spring, but summer (the actual, practical summer that has nothing to do with calendar dates) is fast approaching. And that means NaNoWriSu will be approaching. I'm not sure anyone's doing it this year, but this year NaNoWriSu will be all about finishing Revenant Blues.
However, if by the time that NaNoWriFa starts, the novel is not done (or within a chapter or two of done), it'll have to get in the back of the line and wait it's turn.
So. There's a deadline. I work well with deadlines, actually. Because they tell me exactly how lazy I can afford to be.
Also, I think this all comes from a deep down fear that my novel is actually crap and that I may only be capable of writing crap and that all my hopes and dreams are for naught.
I can see why a lot of writers become drug addicts. But, drugs are expensive. So, instead, I sometimes like to think about books that I really, really hated and think "hey, this writer wrote crap, and they got published! So chin up!" It's probably not the healthiest thing, but I'm a *writer*. If I wanted to be healthy, I'd chuck this writing gig, sell all my belongings, and go live on some organic yoga retreat in California where they give you avacado milkshakes and twice daily colonics.
Also, if I posted an excerpt, would anyone have time (or the inclination) to actually read it? Because I'm actually several chapters ahead of where I last posted anything, but my chapters like to be thousands of words longer than normal chapters and I realize that everyone does have a life.
In lieu of that, does anyone have any recommendations for a good place to go find someone to read your stuff and give you an honest, helpful opinion. Or does that actually exist? Preferrably somewhere that doesn't want money that I don't *have*.
I know it's technically spring, but summer (the actual, practical summer that has nothing to do with calendar dates) is fast approaching. And that means NaNoWriSu will be approaching. I'm not sure anyone's doing it this year, but this year NaNoWriSu will be all about finishing Revenant Blues.
However, if by the time that NaNoWriFa starts, the novel is not done (or within a chapter or two of done), it'll have to get in the back of the line and wait it's turn.
So. There's a deadline. I work well with deadlines, actually. Because they tell me exactly how lazy I can afford to be.
Also, I think this all comes from a deep down fear that my novel is actually crap and that I may only be capable of writing crap and that all my hopes and dreams are for naught.
I can see why a lot of writers become drug addicts. But, drugs are expensive. So, instead, I sometimes like to think about books that I really, really hated and think "hey, this writer wrote crap, and they got published! So chin up!" It's probably not the healthiest thing, but I'm a *writer*. If I wanted to be healthy, I'd chuck this writing gig, sell all my belongings, and go live on some organic yoga retreat in California where they give you avacado milkshakes and twice daily colonics.
Also, if I posted an excerpt, would anyone have time (or the inclination) to actually read it? Because I'm actually several chapters ahead of where I last posted anything, but my chapters like to be thousands of words longer than normal chapters and I realize that everyone does have a life.
In lieu of that, does anyone have any recommendations for a good place to go find someone to read your stuff and give you an honest, helpful opinion. Or does that actually exist? Preferrably somewhere that doesn't want money that I don't *have*.
