Perfectionism and the art of zen

[hooton]

It won't be a surprise to know that I'm not loving the rewriting process that that I've been doing for ... well, it feels like forever but is only about 7 months

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[ruxi]

I find it really difficult to... commit to writing, honestly. I wish I could be one of the people who believe in spurting out everything in rewriting, but I don't. I do edit after a while, briefly, but half the time I anguish over how I (mis)represent my idea, and nothing gets done.

tl;dr: I feel you about finding writing difficult and getting endlessly frustrated with it. I hope you overcome this stage of GRRRRRRR.

[momentsmusicaux]

Is this your nasty fungal toe thingy?

I am getting a very friendly nurse freeze my verruca of doom every fortnight and it's going well.

We should compare foot ickiness notes sometime...

Good luck with the rewriting. I could never stomach it -- I was far too precious about my stuff, and therefore doomed.

[hooton]

Is this your nasty fungal toe thingy?

Yeah. I've got infections in 4 toe nails now and the nail lacquer hasn't been working. The podiatrist said my GP should have referred me about a year ago when it first became obvious that it wasn't getting better.

Hey ho. You live and learn.

[momentsmusicaux]

Four?? Bloody hell. Sounds awful. Hope it gets better soon!

[hooton]

Oh it's completely hideous. The podiatrist said it's one of the worst cases he's seen, which is why he's offering me a discount on my treatment - he wants to use them for a before and after photoshoot to use in marketing material.

Lamentably, the treatment takes at least a year to take effect.

[nicnac]

Bwahahaha - you should put your potentially pervy podiatrist into a book some time.

[ashfae]

I can never make myself stop editing. Even when I realize I've changed something from A to B to C back to A again and so on. Baaah. Thank you for the lesson.

Heee for the amusing not-podiatrist story. =)

[carolanne5]

I'm glad you're actively fighting KYBS into the best shape possible. When are you aiming to pass the final draft back to your agent?

[hooton]

I'm having lunch with my agent later this month to discuss it, but realistically it'll be autumn.