Comments on: Novel editing: the number 1 cause of procrastination. Fact.

By: manish mishra

manish mishra — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:59:28 +0000

ya i know… i let people read my stuff, but you know, people reading it is not the biggest motivator here…the more important thing is how much novel i am in my approach…
and here i outgrow each time…
i’ll wait as you did…
anyways i am an architecture student…so many things to do in between…

By: Justine

Justine — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:32:26 +0000

Hi Manish

It’s hard & often dispiriting when other things or ideas take over but just go with the flow & don’t beat yourself up too much about not concentrating only on that one piece. It took me years to get to a point where I felt my novel was worth anyone else having a look, and in that time I wrote other stuff, some of which I liked, most of which I didn’t. If you really want to get on with that novel, it might be helpful to let someone close you really trust read it, if you haven’t already. It can be an amazing motivator, & open up new and exciting ways of thinking about it.

You take care too, and happy writing.

By: manish mishra

manish mishra — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:13:43 +0000

i am also building something to be converted into a novel…but everytime i start doin it and editing it, i outgrow it and next i find last stuff fascinationg and other day again i start editing it…
it is acting like a seed of idea in my life…
i hope someday i’ll finish it…satisfied..

take care
and best of luck

By: James Burt

James Burt — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:33:06 +0000

Wait! I’ve another idea. We could send them my clown novel instead. I could add a lion in the early chapters and off we go.

By: Justine

Justine — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:34:03 +0000

Genius. I’m on it. I can totally give them your contact details, yeah? To send their congratulations to.

By: James Burt

James Burt — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:06:13 +0000

Don’t tell your editor I suggested it, but you know what would be funny? If you used the next four months to write the second novel and sent that back to them, saying you’d made a few minor changes. How they’ll laugh.

James

By: Justine

Justine — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:29:22 +0000

Oh Jebus, please don’t get the Trading Standards guys involved. I will try harder. I’ll write about, er, fingernail filing next, OK? Deal?

Bless you & thank you for your kind comments. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ll be off to teach the cat to sing ‘Dance Wiv Me’.

By: Tumblemoose

Tumblemoose — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:05:46 +0000

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Sheesh. Whatever happened to truth in advertising?

Cheers!

George