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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Validating Writer Insanity (well, feeling like you're nuts)

Not that I'm enjoying the suffering of another writer, but I find reading these things validating. Like I'm not crazy. Well, for the way I feel about the whatever book I'm trying to slog through when I get feeling like this. Lilith says,

"I am at the stage where I just have to keep repeating, “You always feel the book is total crap at this point. Work through it. Put your head down and go through. You can’t fix what you don’t write.” Of course, the signs that I’m at this stage include staring blankly at the monitor, a sudden overwhelming urge to do housework, frequent rounds of whispered cursing, the urge to listen to the book’s soundtrack over and over while I’m running, and the frequent despairing thought that perhaps I should change careers. Go back to school and be a plumber or a paralegal or something. That thunking sound you hear is me hitting the desk with my head. Repeatedly."

1 comments:

Dan Owens said...

Keep writing!