Probably by now everyone has read The Wall Street Journal article How to Write a Great Novel and this is old news, but the piece goes through a long list of writers detailing their process. Riveting. As writing-mate Andy pointed out at the Hoe-Down last night, most writers' rules were a bit superstitious. Which totally makes sense, right? Because writing is magic and the only reason anything good ever comes out is thanks to the lord or little fairies or cute boy muses, because it certainly has nothing to do with me. Except for the fact that I sit down and labor over it until my eyes hurt and my family is crazy. And I keep coming back everyday, and only because, once in awhile, it hurts so good.
As Always (taking a break),
Tina
Saturday, November 7, 2009
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3 comments:
I love the magic analogy, Tina. Wishing I could tap into some right about now.
I feel for you, Ray. I think your at the laboring part. The magic comes next. I think it's all a cycle. Everything comes back around--good and bad.
I think the more you labor over it the more possibility there is that you might tap into that magic.
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