Against a Wall
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Over the last month I’ve been doing some major revisions to Sleeping In The Wet Spot. I came to a particular scene and hit a wall. Nothing was happening. I couldn’t get anything good to come out and just couldn’t seem to move forward. After torturing myself for an entire week on a mere three pages, I finally had an epiphany.
WTF? Just cut it.
Do I really need that scene? The answer is no. I don’t. Can I get where I want to go without it? Hmm…Yes, I actually think I can.
With a sigh of relief, I highlighted the section giving me grief and hit delete.
Wouldn’t it be nice if we could do that with life? Just highlight the parts we don’t need, the ones that no longer serve us and hit delete.
Why can’t we?
Life is simple. We make it hard. It doesn’t have to be hard.
What purpose does over analyzing serve? Why must we continue our self-inflicted torture?
Okay, so maybe with life we can’t just erase the old scene, but we can create a new one. Tomorrow is a new day, a blank page. What kind of scene will you write?
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Excellent insight! I’m glad you were able to cut the scene and not freak out about it. It can be hard for some writers to cut things…I think that’s why they get so freaked out when editor notes come in. But I’m proud of you. I think you made a wonderful leap and I can’t wait to see where this story takes you!
Life, on the other hand, I’m glad we don’t get restarts on. Think about it…with as much as you’ve cut, chopped, altered, edited, changed and tinkered with SITWS…where would you be in life at this point? Me? I’d be back in kindergarten, still deciding whether I should be Mary or Maryjeanne.
A great philosophy to live by, Tracy, and I read this blog post at the perfect point at which to implement your thought. It’s an early morning, I’ve been overwhelmed with “life” stuff and haven’t been addressing my creative needs.
So, TODAY’S THE DAY!
Thanks for the sage advice & good luck getting the site all finished. It looks sharp and hot. Very nice!
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