Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Just write the damn book.

This week was supposed to be my big start to the 2nd draft, but I kind of froze. I started letting outside considerations enter my thinking.

Will people like this?

Am I prepared for people not liking this?

Is this a manuscript that I would send off to a publisher?

And so on.

In the end, none of those questions are pertinent. I'm writing the book I'm writing. I'm not sending it off to a publisher.

So I just need to write through the doubts and finish the book.
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7 comments:

  1. Andy ZJanuary 17, 2012 at 10:54:00 PM PST

    Wait you're not sending it off to a publisher?

    ARE YOU WRITING AN EBOOK?

    "Ignore the digital" indeed.

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  2. Duncan McGearyJanuary 18, 2012 at 12:27:00 AM PST

    No, no. My writing persona LOVES e-books.

    My retail persona HATES them.

    We try not to get in each others way.

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  3. Andy ZJanuary 18, 2012 at 10:30:00 AM PST

    Have you read any ebooks?

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  4. Duncan McGearyJanuary 18, 2012 at 10:32:00 AM PST

    uh....no.

    But I want everyone to read mine!

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  5. Andy ZJanuary 18, 2012 at 1:31:00 PM PST

    But you've convinced me to never buy an e-reader. How will I read your book?

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  6. RDCJanuary 18, 2012 at 4:56:00 PM PST

    Duncan,

    You never know you might try e-books and find like many of us that they are far more convenient than the paper variety.

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  7. AnonymousJanuary 19, 2012 at 7:22:00 AM PST

    "Write every day, without hope, without despair."

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