A long, long time ago, a good friend of mine painted a rather striking picture full of words, originally entitled: Words.
Millions of years later, we bumped into each other and the first thing that entered my head was this picture. And yep, the picture still exists.
Funny that, as I don't have the opening words to the beginning of my second chapter. God, if I could have just dipped into this picture for a while and grabbed some! A friend in need... indeed!
The Words.
The Words.
It's not writer's block. There's a spark of inspiration missing. It's coming, I do know that, just it's hiding in a corner, somewhere dark, somewhere quiet, whispering to me, slightly out of earshot, tantalising. I'm listening, just not recognising. Yet!
I've got four days off next week, and I'm hammering at the door of creativity, believing the face of this book's devil will be reflected in the words of the 'good people' on the other side of the door. Good people? What is 'good'? It's all relative, I do assure you. I need to reassure myself - maybe that's the problem. I gotta think!
I took my time over the opening words of the tale, and I'm hoping, believing, that the story will write itself, like the beginning did. (Great english, that!)
I'm close to finishing this chapter. What on earth am I worrying about? Opinions, probably. I gotta live up to the hype. My hype, actually.
I'm cracking up. Probably, too.
Madness!
Writing life...
Gipsy Rose Warhol
3 comments:
How have the four days off gone old chum?
They went well, buddy, in that I feel I'm standing on firmer ground. Peter's point to Rich about over-editing, which is an important one - though in Rich's case I have no idea if it is true - made me stop and think about what I was about to do. Of course, I realised that I almost write off the cuff whatever the amount of planning I've done, so editing is often minimal (ha! maybe I should edit more lol), but it was a moment of reflection I needed. I introduce someone important and new here, and as I do the same again in the third and fourth chapters, the layering of people and reasons for them being there need to be seamless.
I keep having the same feeling that these opening chapters, the delivery of them, must set the story up otherwise I will fail with it. I want them to look how I see them: no deflections allowed!
Not too long now, bud.
Sounds like things are moving along nicely! Good stuff Esmeralda.
I'm in a terrible quandary: everything is developing so well and I've really found my voice, that all the earlier chapters now seem flat by comparison. Hard to say whether this is a vicious and endless cycle, or whether I need to consider a serious rewrite.
Might be coming for a second opinion on the opening soon ...
Stick at it old chum.
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