So I'm starting the long and tedious process of reworking a book today. I'm not gonna lie—it's a tad overwhelming, like standing at the bottom of a mountain and knowing you have to climb to the top. It's not that I don't think I CAN do it. It's just so. much. work. And having climbed a mountain fairly similar to this one before, I have the disadvantage of knowing just how hard it'll be.
But on the bright side, I also know how great the payoff is for a job well done. How pretty the view is from the top, if you will. I know that someday I'll be proud of this stinking book. Someday I'll feel good about it. Writing is quite the lesson in delayed gratification.
Well, I better get started...
Wait. Let me just watch this one more time:
That video reminds me to laugh at myself and this whole crazy writing/feedback process.
Okay, a few last preparations:
Notebooks:
Best Pens Ever:
Code Red:
Alrighty, NOW I'm ready. Time to start the hike.UPDATE: Ack! How could I forget Mood Music? AND Chocolate! *runs off to store*
UPDATE: Okay, NOW I can get to work...if the kids will let me.
*revising cookies* and good luck!
ReplyDeleteGood luck!
ReplyDeleteLove the pics. Especially love the guests in the last. Looks like you'll have a bit of a time of it with company around in your writing cave.
I love that clip! Literally laughing out loud!
ReplyDeleteAnd I will be first in line for copies of that book! :)
Good luck on the rework. I'm editing a book right now and it was going fine - til I reread Chapter 5! My facebook status (and I quote) "Claire is wondering if she was on a manure diet to write all that crap!"
:( Joys of editing!
That's too funny in the last pic with your little one peeking from behind you. :-) Those notebooks look so organized and writerly! Do you usually write longhand?
ReplyDeleteI loves me some Paramore.
ReplyDeleteYOU CAN DO IT!!!!
(Now get to work.)
ooohhh I like your choice of pens :) Those are my favorites too!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI love that video. That's how I feel sometimes. Good luck with rewrite-ville. Not the favorite place, but definitely the most rewarding when you get to the end.
ReplyDeleteYou can do it!
ReplyDeleteI'm eating the curry you made, and it's so good!!!
ReplyDeleteAbby, I don't usually write longhand, but I'm going to try it this time, in attempts to curb internet distractions and editing impulses:)
ReplyDeleteLOL. Love the updated pics. And good luck with curbing the editing impulses. I wrote my last novel longhand first and found myself editing all the time when transcribing it into the computer.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE that clip! I am pretty sure I have had that same conversation with myself more than once.
ReplyDeleteStephanie, I actually hope to edit as I put it into the computer! I think it might be an awesome way to clean it up bit by bit, almost like yet another rewrite but not.
ReplyDeleteOMG I loooooove that clip! Sometimes when people tell me their ideas for books (because I am a writer, so naturally they always "give" me their ideas so I can use them in books) that's how they explain their idea. Not like this, but this.
ReplyDeleteHave fun with rewriting.
Wait a minute--didn't you just finish a rewrite? Is this a new one? Are you secretely stuck in the seventh circle of rewriting and using your blog as a way to get the message out? Is rewriting your code for "Help me please!" ?
Because if you are, I will totally call Ghostbusters to spring you. Remember, the sparrows fly at midnight.
*winks*
Elizabeth, I was revising...and the results of revising have led to a REwrite, as in starting over with a blank page.
ReplyDeleteYou have all the equipment you need, and you are going to slay this mountain! SLAY IT. :)
ReplyDeleteMan, I need your "book revising kit". It's way better than mine. Good luck. You can do it, my friend. You're insanely awesome.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree on the pens. The Dew, not so much. Good luck with it!
ReplyDeleteThis is why I think Costco is a writer's best friend. Case of soda & chocolate for a small dent to the pocket and there parked next to the desk is a month's worth of writing supplies.
ReplyDeleteCute clip, so funny. Look at all that chocolate!
ReplyDeleteOooh, revision chocolates. Great idea. Too bad the Easter Bunny didn't think of bringing me those yesterday. Silly bunny!
ReplyDeleteYour notebook rocks!! Love the pens!!
ReplyDelete"Writing is quite the lesson in delayed gratification."
ReplyDeleteThat's exactly it! I'm doing the same thing right now. The mountain is so daunting.
Love the new blog look. Wow. I go away for a couple weeks and things change all over the place.
Go for it Natalie! Woohoo!
ReplyDelete(I think I was in a critique group with that guy! It scared me a little). =)
I've seen the video clip before - it's still hilarious. Good luck with your rewrites.
ReplyDeleteCode Red keeps everything going. And such a cute notebook would have me wanting to write in it. ;) Good luck!
ReplyDeleteYou make it look so fun!
ReplyDeleteI wonder if I have what it takes some days, then I stumble across a great post like this and I remember I'm not alone.
Looks like you're all set! Good luck! (I'm sure you'll do excellently!)
ReplyDeleteBest pens ever!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your mountain!
That video clip was hilarious. And I love Paramore. Always gotta have the essentials :)
ReplyDeleteI'll be thinking on you as I struggle to get the final chapters of my first draft written.
ReplyDeleteYour hair looks so long! Didn't I just see you? Good luck!
ReplyDeleteHow cute is this new blog design?? How long has it been here?
ReplyDeleteI love the "OK, not this" video. Every time I see it, I laugh out loud.
These revisions will be GREAT!! I understand that perhaps YOU aren't excited by them (work sucks & all that), but I sure am. :)