I realize now that I forgot a critical slice of the pie: PROCRASTINATION. That would be a very large slice.
July 19, 2012
Toon Thursday: The Return of Revision IV: The Revenge
In honor of the fact that I will soon be embarking upon a major novel revision for my next book, due out in 2013, I set my mind a-pondering on the topic of what we actually spend our time on when we sit down to revise. I don't know about you, but for me, you could probably have a pie chart that's 75% staring blankly at the computer and going "derrrr."
I realize now that I forgot a critical slice of the pie: PROCRASTINATION. That would be a very large slice.
I realize now that I forgot a critical slice of the pie: PROCRASTINATION. That would be a very large slice.
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Other slices may include:
--Screeching, "I've got it now!" and typing furiously.
--Deleting and muttering, "No, I don't have it after all."
--Wishing book would fix itself.
--Fantasizing about new book that would surely be much better than THIS one, if only you weren't stuck revising this one.
Wishing book would fix itself!! How could I have forgotten that one? ;)
If you have any pie which fixes novels, GIMME.
And "fantasizing about a new book" is PURE TRUTH. Annoying truth, at that. WHY am I so fruitful with the new ideas when I need to apply my fingers and brain to what's in front of me????
Um, the distressing thing about this is that I DEFINITELY just ate not one but TWO pieces of cheesecake (sick, I know) while avoiding the writing work on my desk. And then here is this pie of truth... AAAGH!
And hey, Tanita, you should totally use that procrastinating generative energy. Helps me heaps to get new ideas/blog post seeds/etc if I give myself 15 minutes (strict... with a timer) to stall productively before "really" writing.
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