Thursday, February 07, 2008
15/50
Have been worrying over the new story, reading the first draft, despairing, being unhappy with myself, reading great stories, noticing how far my story is from greatness. Decided to lay it aside and start again. Will use same premise, same characters, same elements. The new draft has a different beginning; action is more compressed, story moves more quickly, is more sensory. Language is much better. Hope to get back to it over the weekend.
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Dreaming
About Me
- Theresa Williams
- Northwest Ohio, United States
- "I was no better than dust, yet you cannot replace me. . . Take the soft dust in your hand--does it stir: does it sing? Has it lips and a heart? Does it open its eyes to the sun? Does it run, does it dream, does it burn with a secret, or tremble In terror of death? Or ache with tremendous decisions?. . ." --Conrad Aiken
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Fave Painting: Eden
Fave Painting: The Three Ages of Man and Death
by Albrecht Dürer
My Original Artwork: Triptych
Wishing
Little Deer
Transformation
Looking Forward, Looking Back
3 comments:
Thanks much for this. The struggle is rough. Don't worry about greatness. Just hang in there.
Gretchen
Thanks for sharing this, Theresa. It helps to see your process. It helps to know the stories don't fall onto the page fully formed.
That takes such courage to start over. I hope it goes well for you. I didn't get to see Zee yesterday. Will try for next week. Gives me time to find one of her novels. (feeling sheepish) Teagrapple
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