...doing the grind ...
June 27, 1999
12:16 p.m.
Spent the morning on "Still Life," which is definitely getting a new title. I had a couple really good sets of comments from other writers on this one, and after amorning's worth of concentration, I think I see the next level of the story. With luck, I'll have it ready tonight or tomorrow morning.   I've been ignoring "1 is True" because I know I've got a fairly major decision to make with it, and for some reason, just didn't have the energy to put into making this decision. Bottom line, I think I've either got to limit the thing further (thereby shrinking it a bit), or expand it substantially (thereby making it the dreaded novelette). See, even I, the great chest-beating supporter of persistence in all forms, the damn-the-torpedoes, I'm coming through writer, the "Writers Who Don't" guy, will sometimes hide behind these little touchy-feely barriers to production. . . . just didn't have the energy to put into making this decision. Did you hear that? What pap. Yet, still it's true. I haven't pushed this to completion because I've been afraid of it. I've been afraid, I think, that I'm not a good enough writer to make it happen. Afraid to make decisions because they might be wrong. Note to self: get a life. Have a good one.  Daily Persistence is © Ron Collins |
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