Tuesday, January 8, 2013

50,000 Words Day 2

Well today I reached 4021 words.It was stressful because I started later than I did the day before. My motivation card from No Plot? No Problem! by Chris Baty hit home: Create Your Clay
Writing a novel is like working with clay. You first create a rough shape, then massage that shape into something beautiful, such as an ashtray or a fearsome army of worms. Unlike potters, though, who can simply buy clay at the art supply store, novelists have to pull off the supernatural feat of creating their clay with their minds. It's an amazing accomplishment, really, and it's also why postponing judgment of your work until the end of your first draft is so important. what you started producing yesterday is noveling clay-valuable, essential, and invariably lumpy. Its beauty will grow as you work it. Thank you for cheering me on. The response yesterday was amzing and encouraging.

2 comments:

  1. Nice job! Keep at it, friend! You're doing a great job ... keep disciplined, and you'll knock it out before you know it!

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