nano, sort of

[mizkit]

Sigh. It’s Day 8 of Nano and I’ve done nothing except stare miserably at a manuscript that isn’t working. I’ve known for some time that it wasn’t working, but it’s been such a busy month that I’ve been desperately hoping it was the busy-ness and not the book. But no, it’s the book. I already struck about a thousand words out of the manuscript (in

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[deborahblakehps]

You have my sympathy! I have a favorite finished manuscript that someday will get pulled out and completely overhauled, because at the time I wrote it, I didn't want to believe the few people (aka everyone who red it) who said it had major plot and character flaws. Dammit.

I'm not doing NANO this year because I'm working on a nonfiction book, which doesn't lend itself to that, but I'm still doing a lot of sputter and start and sputter again.

Stupid book.

Please pass the chocolate.

[deborahblakehps]

Oh, for the love of... "everyone who READ it."

Is this week over yet?

[tersa]

This post reminded me of something I read from Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, who is an author as well as the knitter she's referring to here:

"the rule of experienced knitters still applies. We don't make fewer mistakes. We make bigger ones faster. "

[kateelliott]