It’s not as easy as I had presumed.
Tag: Personal
The Night Watch, and other lies my grandfather told me
At long last, Rembrandt’s “Night Watch” is due for a bath and a little TLC. Perhaps soon, it will be a little easier to see the details Rembrandt committed to immortality.
To what lengths?
I’m curious about something. How far have you gone for your writing? Have you given up jobs, moved to certain areas, taken classes? To what lengths did you go for your story?
This isn’t modest, but…
I printed up my manuscript today and started reading it.
Is it horribly immodest to day I’m happy with it?
Help I need to edit my first draft
Since I have no idea how to do this, I’ve gathered some ideas from around the internet. Here’s some of what I’ve found. Note that none of these are endorsements because I haven’t actually gotten that far yet. I’m still figuring it all out myself. But here are some things to consider:
The good old days: Going to the dentist
I have a dentist appointment tomorrow. Thoughts and prayers.
Perfectionism, or do the thing that scares you
Most of what I know about writing, I learned from my dad. But he was a merciless reviewer of the arts. His brutal assessments instilled an abiding perfectionism in me that has in turns served me well, held me back and given me a monstrous case of anxiety.
Amsterdamned 