Love the gift thank you and it totally resonated with the 'this is shit' stage I'm at now while writing second novel - the first in a trilogy. My debut novel is doing well though it has been a crowded year for good and great New Zealand fiction. Now I need to produce the next and the next!
I also note that the 'This is amazing' translates to 'I am amazing' and 'this is shit' can translate to 'I am shit' and I really have to battle those negative feelings.
A poet friend said this week: 'A book reaches out to one soul at a time' and somehow this helped too.
We work through the stages and even after publication we need to remind ourselves that once released into the world our books will fly their own paths and that we are worthy beings all the way.
I love this dude! The Happy Eater analogy is hilarious. The Happy Eater of Self-Doubt, perchance. To go on a small HE digression, we always used to stop at them on the way to Norfolk to see my grandfather, and one time Ella left her retainer there and my dad had to drive back and was fairly pissy about it 😂
Thank you so much for sharing this Hattie. It really does capture the ups and downs, joys and woes of writing.
I'm working on a new project and seem to have rapidly leapt from the hills of hope into the ridgeway of resistance as I grapple with my subject. I guess its okay to just be at step 2 as my deadline is not until the beginning of January.....
I love this! It's a great succinct way to communicate how the project is going. I'm currently at This is Shit / The Hideaway Hut! I always appreciate the reminders that everyone gets these feelings.
Love the gift thank you and it totally resonated with the 'this is shit' stage I'm at now while writing second novel - the first in a trilogy. My debut novel is doing well though it has been a crowded year for good and great New Zealand fiction. Now I need to produce the next and the next!
I also note that the 'This is amazing' translates to 'I am amazing' and 'this is shit' can translate to 'I am shit' and I really have to battle those negative feelings.
A poet friend said this week: 'A book reaches out to one soul at a time' and somehow this helped too.
We work through the stages and even after publication we need to remind ourselves that once released into the world our books will fly their own paths and that we are worthy beings all the way.
Love it!
I love this dude! The Happy Eater analogy is hilarious. The Happy Eater of Self-Doubt, perchance. To go on a small HE digression, we always used to stop at them on the way to Norfolk to see my grandfather, and one time Ella left her retainer there and my dad had to drive back and was fairly pissy about it 😂
Thank you so much for sharing this Hattie. It really does capture the ups and downs, joys and woes of writing.
I'm working on a new project and seem to have rapidly leapt from the hills of hope into the ridgeway of resistance as I grapple with my subject. I guess its okay to just be at step 2 as my deadline is not until the beginning of January.....
So simple, so true, so nice, I absolutely love it Hattie, I think this would make a super nice poster for more <3 I can 100% align with the feeling!
I love this! It's a great succinct way to communicate how the project is going. I'm currently at This is Shit / The Hideaway Hut! I always appreciate the reminders that everyone gets these feelings.
Thanks Hattie, just looking for the zoom link for the Creative Hour.