Nobble Update

Things looking up!

I printed draft 2 out and am reading it through and put it down because I was so bored. Yes, BORED!

This is good news because Orwell said that:

Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.

Which I feel to be true in my case to a certain extent (minus a little hyperbole.) I've been working on da nobble for 6.5 years now and I've felt actually possessed by a demon which is essentially the spirit of the nobble. The "horrible" part was the year I spent NOT working on it ... but still being possessed by it, and stung, and taunted, and told I was worthless by it because I wasn't paying it its due attention.

The possession feels like infatuation or love, and very easily turns into hatred, contempt, loathing. So my boredom with the (boring parts of the) MS is like a light at the end of the tunnel. My infatuation wanes! I see a way out! All I have to do is cut away the chaff and preen up the rest and I'll be free of this ... thing.

And free to be possessed by the next thing. Sigh.

Comments

[badgerbag]

I would love to read your draft if you let me!

[claire]

yes, i would love for you to read it! but you have to wait through the next draft. right now it's 200k words (not shittin' ya) and i want to cut out all the obviously don't-need-this stuff.

but i'll definitely show it to you.

[Karen]

Oh, all of that sounds very familiar. Good luck with the final push toward freedom.

[Bryan]

Yay! Keep writing!

[claire]

thanks, guys!