Impatience.
Posted: December 21st, 2010, 5:00 pm
Writing has made me very, very impatient. A MONTH ago, I finished the first draft of my current writing thingy (typing "Novel" gives it too much power too often). My writing process was fairly intense. I have now spent three whole weekends NOT writing while the PS (patient spouse) reads the first draft. PS (persistent spouse) has told me that I should let it sit for a month before editing. I do not want to.
PS (published spouse) insists that waiting is better, healthier. PS (poet spouse) perhaps is envisioning a different type of editing process -Maybe more emotionally wrenching, but mostly fourteen lines at a time- and I want to start NOW NOW NOW. I feel like I'm hopping on one foot, trying not to think about waterfalls, and there's someone in the bathroom reading the paper.
So:
Impatience - Do you have it? Do you want want want want to work work work work work all the time, or is it more of a calm experience for you? Are you impatient during the day/week so that you can get to the evening/weekend, so you can finally sit down and write?
Editing - do you let things sit? Does it help? How much? Do you start something new in between writing and editing?
More Importantly: How big of a Christmas present should PS get for bringing me coffee and wine and snacks and taking care of all of the housework while I've been engaging in 32 hour writing sessions every weekend since/including our honeymoon?
PS (published spouse) insists that waiting is better, healthier. PS (poet spouse) perhaps is envisioning a different type of editing process -Maybe more emotionally wrenching, but mostly fourteen lines at a time- and I want to start NOW NOW NOW. I feel like I'm hopping on one foot, trying not to think about waterfalls, and there's someone in the bathroom reading the paper.
So:
Impatience - Do you have it? Do you want want want want to work work work work work all the time, or is it more of a calm experience for you? Are you impatient during the day/week so that you can get to the evening/weekend, so you can finally sit down and write?
Editing - do you let things sit? Does it help? How much? Do you start something new in between writing and editing?
More Importantly: How big of a Christmas present should PS get for bringing me coffee and wine and snacks and taking care of all of the housework while I've been engaging in 32 hour writing sessions every weekend since/including our honeymoon?