May I suggest that "your work is work," because you're perfection oriented, and most likely you obsess over the sentences you write - it's what makes your writing so wonderful! Substack has opened my eyes to literary work that is often not well thought through, carelessly framed, sloppy, and overly verbose. And who knows, maybe my work qualifies as exactly that. But I LOVE playing with the words; the challenge of communicating a thought clearly and more succinctly; and following a storyline through to a successful conclusion! This isn't work - building homes was work. But then again I was always on deadline for clients, usually short of adequate materials and labor, and overwhelmed with budget concerns. Several times a year all the pushing and shoving went away for a while as my family paused to go to the beach. I wish you rest!
Thank you for another inspiring post…and quote! I love that creative cat brush against the leg, especially when I am doing something completely unrelated to writing like folding laundry or mopping the floor.
I'm going I'm going I'm going....
May I suggest that "your work is work," because you're perfection oriented, and most likely you obsess over the sentences you write - it's what makes your writing so wonderful! Substack has opened my eyes to literary work that is often not well thought through, carelessly framed, sloppy, and overly verbose. And who knows, maybe my work qualifies as exactly that. But I LOVE playing with the words; the challenge of communicating a thought clearly and more succinctly; and following a storyline through to a successful conclusion! This isn't work - building homes was work. But then again I was always on deadline for clients, usually short of adequate materials and labor, and overwhelmed with budget concerns. Several times a year all the pushing and shoving went away for a while as my family paused to go to the beach. I wish you rest!
Thank you for another inspiring post…and quote! I love that creative cat brush against the leg, especially when I am doing something completely unrelated to writing like folding laundry or mopping the floor.
This is very helpful to a writer, me, who resists the sitting down and getting started each day.
Sitting down and getting started is always the hardest part. Which means we have to do the hardest part every day. Not for the faint of heart. ;-)
Great reminder that putting in the time feels like work at the start…until you find that unexpected wind at your back.
Steven Pressfield (War of Art) shares a similar notion that the muse has to find you working in order to tap your shoulder.