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“The truth is harsh.” -- Friedrich Nietzsche
I'm looking to join a writer's group or find someone solid to work with on my memoir.
The train is chuggin' down the track with no brakes and no governor. Full speed ahead. Just goin' for it. At least I've got the sleeves rolled up and getting some of the work done. I'm surveying the land and laying up some track. I will not be stopped.
I've discovered the editing isn't going to be difficult, but I have also discovered that I shouldn't be doing all the editing. Maybe I should hire an editor. I bet they're expensive. Let's face it, editing everything oneself is a joke at best. There's no way one can see everything. There's no way one can see all the dead wood in all the green. Maybe it's the ego that gets in the way of getting the work done.
All I know is, when I sit down to work, even if I come up with only choppy drivel at best, I feel great. But when I don't sit down to get to work, I feel rotten, rotten, rotten!
The ideas never stop pouring in. I have so much to do I can't possibly do it all. Or can I? Wow! What a job this is turning out to be.
I start out good, in a good voice, and lose it in all the other stuff that comes to the surface. Why can't I stay in that voice, in that stride, like I am doing right now, writing this note? Why does everything have to go to hell on me when I am trying to produce? Why do I always have to get bogged down and held back?
I like the voice that I get into when I am on the Internet, blogging, or writing an email, or writing this message. It works for me. But when I sit down to tackle the memoir, I lose that voice. I get trampled by all the other stuff. Got to figure out how to stay in voice, how to stay in communication with that clear, calm voice.
I have been reading a lot, too. That helps. I just finished, "Insatiable: Porn -- A Love Story" by Asa Akira. It flowed and kept me interested. This is what I need my work to do.
I need to get with other writers and get some help. Starting to look for a writer's group here in Thailand. Need to get rid of the second-guessing and get on with it.
I'm apprehensive because I don't want to leave anything out, and I have never done this before, so I don't know what I am doing.
But I think I can, I think I can, I think I can, I think I can, layin' the track, layin' the track, layin' the track. I'm John Henry. Got my hammer and that's all I'll ever need.
To my credit, I don't get bogged down with anything else. I don't think about publishers, book covers, publicists, or any of that nonsense. I am concentrating on getting a good product finished. That's what it's all about. Nothing else right now. Nothing else. Just work and get something good going and the rest will work itself out. I'll do my job, and they'll do theirs. Sounds good to me.
Writer's group... now, where can I find that writer's group?
I'm looking to join a writer's group or find someone solid to work with on my memoir.
The train is chuggin' down the track with no brakes and no governor. Full speed ahead. Just goin' for it. At least I've got the sleeves rolled up and getting some of the work done. I'm surveying the land and laying up some track. I will not be stopped.
I've discovered the editing isn't going to be difficult, but I have also discovered that I shouldn't be doing all the editing. Maybe I should hire an editor. I bet they're expensive. Let's face it, editing everything oneself is a joke at best. There's no way one can see everything. There's no way one can see all the dead wood in all the green. Maybe it's the ego that gets in the way of getting the work done.
All I know is, when I sit down to work, even if I come up with only choppy drivel at best, I feel great. But when I don't sit down to get to work, I feel rotten, rotten, rotten!
The ideas never stop pouring in. I have so much to do I can't possibly do it all. Or can I? Wow! What a job this is turning out to be.
I start out good, in a good voice, and lose it in all the other stuff that comes to the surface. Why can't I stay in that voice, in that stride, like I am doing right now, writing this note? Why does everything have to go to hell on me when I am trying to produce? Why do I always have to get bogged down and held back?
I like the voice that I get into when I am on the Internet, blogging, or writing an email, or writing this message. It works for me. But when I sit down to tackle the memoir, I lose that voice. I get trampled by all the other stuff. Got to figure out how to stay in voice, how to stay in communication with that clear, calm voice.
I have been reading a lot, too. That helps. I just finished, "Insatiable: Porn -- A Love Story" by Asa Akira. It flowed and kept me interested. This is what I need my work to do.
I need to get with other writers and get some help. Starting to look for a writer's group here in Thailand. Need to get rid of the second-guessing and get on with it.
I'm apprehensive because I don't want to leave anything out, and I have never done this before, so I don't know what I am doing.
But I think I can, I think I can, I think I can, I think I can, layin' the track, layin' the track, layin' the track. I'm John Henry. Got my hammer and that's all I'll ever need.
To my credit, I don't get bogged down with anything else. I don't think about publishers, book covers, publicists, or any of that nonsense. I am concentrating on getting a good product finished. That's what it's all about. Nothing else right now. Nothing else. Just work and get something good going and the rest will work itself out. I'll do my job, and they'll do theirs. Sounds good to me.
Writer's group... now, where can I find that writer's group?