that book I was writing
Apr. 18th, 2018 09:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ljgeoffWhy can I never finish anything? I have three books that are pre' far along, in the 10K-15K range, and then I lose focus. Bleh.
On that I was just looking at was that really personal one, The Plan -- four chapters and coming in at about 15k. According to my journal, I wrote a fifth chapter, but I can't find it.
I wrote it in 2014. I'm thinking of doing another 15k set in 2016, based off my journal entries. Then I could do another 15k or so set now, and ending with the purchase of the land. I dunno if I'd try to sell it, but the kids would like it, I think.
The other two books are an adventure/romance called Sweet Airs, and the collection of Nanaboozhoo stories.
On that I was just looking at was that really personal one, The Plan -- four chapters and coming in at about 15k. According to my journal, I wrote a fifth chapter, but I can't find it.
I wrote it in 2014. I'm thinking of doing another 15k set in 2016, based off my journal entries. Then I could do another 15k or so set now, and ending with the purchase of the land. I dunno if I'd try to sell it, but the kids would like it, I think.
The other two books are an adventure/romance called Sweet Airs, and the collection of Nanaboozhoo stories.
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Date: 2018-04-26 04:57 pm (UTC)Do you want to write books? Think carefully - it's a question that has an automatic answer for a lot of writers! But therre's an old writing joke: a lot of people say they want to write books, but they really mean they want *to have written* books. They don't have the various things that make a writer the sort that writes books professionally. And there's nothing wrong with that! I occasionally write a bit of prose that I'm proud of, and that I think is really great work, and sure, I dream of writing a great book someday. But really, I'm a writer. Sometimes the bug bites me and there's this hole in me that needs to be filled with writing.
If I write a good story or essay that fills that hole, that's great, wonderful, and more than good enough. No one else may like it, but no one has to. And, yes, I want "to have written" books, but I'm also aware that it's not likely to happen. But I can accept that, because I know that actually writing books is a major chore, and I don't have the time and resources to spend doing that.
So: what do you want? Maybe you really want those books finished; or, maybe you have fallen out of love with them; or, maybe they weren't the book that you had in you; and maybe any of those things are okay, if you're able to accept them, and then use that knowledge to take the next step.