Sinking

[lrcutter]

Like a lot of other writers, I have to write. There isn't a choice about whether I want to write or not

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[lrcutter]

I have spent more time rewriting than writing, but I've never found it as satisfying as this time. Rewriting has always been part of my process, but I would never call it the best part. *G*

[dotar_sojat]

Rewriting is generally a chore... In fact, to me, everything after the first draft has a decreasing fun/work ratio.

In outlines and first drafts I have more plasticity, but with increasing re-writes things get very calcified... and if you do want to make big changes it is very hard to do so because you have to unweave all these threads from before and after the big change and weave them back together. Sometimes that's fun, but usually it's just work.

[lrcutter]

Until this novel, I would have agreed with you. But this time the rewriting has taken on a joy of its own. I hope you find more joy as well.

[lrcutter]

I've never experienced the sinking before. But it's just lovely. Even when I'm not 100%, I've been able to experience it, and that means more and more joy.