I Have Considered...
Mar. 17th, 2011 07:00 pmIt's been bugging me at the back of my head for a long time. Sometimes, I think I'm the classic example of this:
http://rantingravingwriting.blogspot.com/2011/03/work-hard-and-finish-what-you-start.html
It nags me. I hear the little whispers saying I skip out when the going gets tough, but then I have to sit back and think, I have finished things.
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So maybe my original theory of my muse simply requires permission to play wherever she desires is true. I do finish things. Just not as many novels as quickly as I would like. And I start a lot of things a long time before I figure out where I really want them to go, writing other things while the first batch percolates.
And you know, I really can't decide whether this is a good thing or not.
Anybody else out there start more than they finish, but eventually, still get around to finishing? Is this normal? Good? Bad? Indifferent?
Thoughts?
http://rantingravingwriting.blogspot.com/2011/03/work-hard-and-finish-what-you-start.html
It nags me. I hear the little whispers saying I skip out when the going gets tough, but then I have to sit back and think, I have finished things.
( Read more... )
So maybe my original theory of my muse simply requires permission to play wherever she desires is true. I do finish things. Just not as many novels as quickly as I would like. And I start a lot of things a long time before I figure out where I really want them to go, writing other things while the first batch percolates.
And you know, I really can't decide whether this is a good thing or not.
Anybody else out there start more than they finish, but eventually, still get around to finishing? Is this normal? Good? Bad? Indifferent?
Thoughts?