My Worst Enemy
August 20, 2001
7:21 a.m.
Working diligently. I did an outline this weekend that I think is good. Comes in at a tad over five pages and covers the events and motivations of the story as well as I think it needs to. And I've begun the re-reading process. At this point, I'm my own worst enemy. I'm fighting a great urge to just wrap this up and say it's finished. I get this at the end of most of my major projects, so it's really no surprise. I'm so close I can see the end, and I don't want to deal with the nits. I get excited by checking off boxes, you know? That's who I am. When I'm in the middle of big things, I can keep my head down and deal with difficult roadblocks, but the closer I get to the end, the more I want to just jump to it. This has to be "right," if such a thing is really possible in this field. At present, it's really close to what my opinion of "right " is, but it's not quite there So I'm still working diligently. I have about 110 pages left to make "right." This is good news since four days ago, that number was 250. My trepidation is that the next 30-40 pages are probably the most rugged in the book. I did a little hand waving during the last pass--filling holes with stuff that may have been too brief. I need to put my head back down for a day or two. I need to ignore the finish line tape that is looming so close that I can see it's day-glow yellow band ahead. So that's what I'm trying to do. Head down. Stay in the box. Maybe I'll go read about Lisa Silverthorne's effort for a little bit and get a refresher course on how it's done.   Have a great day.  Daily Persistence is © Ron Collins |
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