Really like this positive post because it emphasizes doing and doing leads to more doing. One possible thing or sequence leads to more possibilities that can lead into some kind of trajectory. I can self activate and get 35 pages. A test reader might say, good, go for 100 pages and go for 250 pages by the end of the year. If I have a beginning I can battle my way to a middle and a conclusion and retool and retool til it takes a good shape. What will happen? If I know too much, there goes surprise. A novel is like a life, either meticulously planned or go with the moments, try to get some good ones and then retool, rewrite and maybe retool again. As long as the mind is engaged and asked, it will offer solutions. Readers ask Stephen King how his new novel will end. He says he doesn't know till he gets there. This post wonderfully says just get oneself out on the road and start the journey. Because it's a timeline and you end up somewhere no matter what. Imagine a positive future and work towards it day by day, page by page, significant moment by significant moment and that positive future will gradually become real. These writer motivating posts are pure gold. Looking forward to the next one.
Really like this positive post because it emphasizes doing and doing leads to more doing. One possible thing or sequence leads to more possibilities that can lead into some kind of trajectory. I can self activate and get 35 pages. A test reader might say, good, go for 100 pages and go for 250 pages by the end of the year. If I have a beginning I can battle my way to a middle and a conclusion and retool and retool til it takes a good shape. What will happen? If I know too much, there goes surprise. A novel is like a life, either meticulously planned or go with the moments, try to get some good ones and then retool, rewrite and maybe retool again. As long as the mind is engaged and asked, it will offer solutions. Readers ask Stephen King how his new novel will end. He says he doesn't know till he gets there. This post wonderfully says just get oneself out on the road and start the journey. Because it's a timeline and you end up somewhere no matter what. Imagine a positive future and work towards it day by day, page by page, significant moment by significant moment and that positive future will gradually become real. These writer motivating posts are pure gold. Looking forward to the next one.
Thank you for your insights, Larry! I'm glad you like this post. Love this: "If I know too much, there goes surprise."