I started working on Book 2 of The Wildlands early August and, let me tell you, pivoting from the magnifying-glass-word-terminator of editing to the write-by-the-seat-of-your-pants-OH-MY-GAWD-THIS-IS-GREAT-STUFF creative writing is a major whiplash.
Especially when you spend two weeks banging your head on the desk with little to no progress. “Wait, you wrote the first book! Whadayamean you don’t know what happens next!?” I DUNNO! STOP YELLING AT ME! (Cries into my Amaru plushie)
Seriously, it’s a wacky shift. Finally, yesterday, I got off to a half decent start and the above meme happened. (Except now, most of what I wrote is garbage and needs sifting for the nuggets worth keeping.)
I like this meme because it really captures the creative process of writing (or any craft): sometimes, you really do have to burn up the keyboard just to sift through ashes for that perfect character trait, plot twist, or magical scene that helps set the whole project into focus.
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