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Is it ever done?
Too tired to edit, really. I've been working on this story so long now. Major edit last week, then long crit this weekend for ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
marfisk. Then back to the edits, based on her crit of mine. Up until after 12:30 last night, just trying to smooth out the rough spots, fix the easy stuff. Got up this morning, sat down at the computer, and saw this hard copy with Post-its sitting here, daring me to do anything about it. More than two hours, I'm starting my third cup of tea and almost ready to begin. I don't care now. I just want to get the words in, fill the holes, mend the problems that Mar saw. I don't care about art. It doesn't matter if I like the words. Do they work? If so, I can move on. I can print and mail this, get on with the next.
So, so tired.
If this is how I feel with a story that's 14k (likely to be over 15k when I get done here), how in the world does anyone manage a novel?
marfisk. Then back to the edits, based on her crit of mine. Up until after 12:30 last night, just trying to smooth out the rough spots, fix the easy stuff. Got up this morning, sat down at the computer, and saw this hard copy with Post-its sitting here, daring me to do anything about it. More than two hours, I'm starting my third cup of tea and almost ready to begin. I don't care now. I just want to get the words in, fill the holes, mend the problems that Mar saw. I don't care about art. It doesn't matter if I like the words. Do they work? If so, I can move on. I can print and mail this, get on with the next.So, so tired.
If this is how I feel with a story that's 14k (likely to be over 15k when I get done here), how in the world does anyone manage a novel?