I'm about 35,000 (crappy) words into my 90,000 word thesis which is due at the end of this year. The last 2 yeras have been a process of learning to accept that my PhD writing routine is not as focused or habitual as I'd like it to be due to casual work, caring responsibilities, and my own physical and mental energy which changes daily. However, I'm enjoying the project and can see the end in sight which keeps me coming back to the desk to put more words down. It'll need a big edit, but that's the fun part for me cause I can let my inner-critic have free reign.
Definitely easier (for me, at least) to get that first very rough work finished, and then attack it with a chisel. Though figuring out the right rhythm to jot those initial words (working around other life stuff) will always be tricky :)
Woah!!! Awesome progress on your novel!!!
I'm about 35,000 (crappy) words into my 90,000 word thesis which is due at the end of this year. The last 2 yeras have been a process of learning to accept that my PhD writing routine is not as focused or habitual as I'd like it to be due to casual work, caring responsibilities, and my own physical and mental energy which changes daily. However, I'm enjoying the project and can see the end in sight which keeps me coming back to the desk to put more words down. It'll need a big edit, but that's the fun part for me cause I can let my inner-critic have free reign.
Definitely easier (for me, at least) to get that first very rough work finished, and then attack it with a chisel. Though figuring out the right rhythm to jot those initial words (working around other life stuff) will always be tricky :)
Jay Paul Bennett,SignFlipper
Phoenix,AZ
Steinbeck,The Grapes of Wrath
Hammock,Stranded Under an Endless Sky
Thanks for sharing this, Jay!
Leonard Allen, dean, Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN
Location: Nashville--Music City
Reading: Wendell Berry, New and Collected Poems
Listening (watching): The Americans
Oooh, I loved The Americans!