I have submitted something finally to the little local mini-paper, a reflection on local business which I am very proud of (sorry... I mean, of which I am very proud). I know it's typical to say, but I have a good feeling about this one. Although, according to my reverse psychology, I should not be aiming for good feelings, but rather for the sharp sting of rejection. ;D
The more I read about writers, the more I see common patterns of trying and trying, of failing much more often than succeeding, and of really just having to want to succeed. So perhaps with my thousand false starts I am more on the right path than I think.
I find that the ideas for things to write are closer to my fingertips than I had previously thought, and that perhaps the thing to do is just keep writing the assignments that my brain gives me, and one day someone else will want to read them, too.
All of this is to say, not much has changed except my attitude, which might be the most important thing.
on the topic of false starts, my fiction workshop professor, robert butler, made us read our first page of our "book we were writing" every class and told us how terrible we are and literally ripped it up in front of everyone and told us to start over -- every class. Very few of us made it to page 2! I think he was trying to tell us all something... not sure exactly what lol, but something ;)
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