Enjoy Publishing
August 29, 2011
This is a simple idea. I was amazed when someone said to me that I needed to “stop worrying about editing, and start enjoying the process.”
I was worried. I am not a great editor, and I think I give my editor fits.
I also think that I am becoming a better writer. This also means that I work harder, but I think that person was right: I wasn’t enjoying the process.
So I simply sat down and wrote. I was amazed: I enjoyed the process and I enjoyed the writing, and began to edit. I think what they meant was enjoy publishing, this is all a part of writing.
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2 Comments
Damaria Senne
Ha! I'm having a hard time taking that advice. Part of it is that I'm trodding this road independently for the first time and I'm a worrier. But I also find it to be so different from the creative process, and not something that comes naturally to me. I thinkI'm one of those people who like the idea of having published a book:-)
Marlena Cassidy
Sometimes we get so wrapped up in the what ifs that we wreck our creative processes and sabotage ourselves. Writing in the moment is the only way that I can actually write.