on Helping Writers become Authors:
Mistakes are unavoidable. To fear them is to fear life itself. To try to eliminate them is to waste life in a futile struggle against reality itself.
I daresay no one has more opportunities to learn these truths than does a writer.
As writers, our lives are a never-ending litany of mistakes. Certainly mine has been full of mistakes—everything from the opening sentences I wrote for this post, thought better of, and replaced—to literally hundreds of thousands of deleted words I’ve carefully saved from all my rough drafts—to entire story ideas (representing hundreds of hours of dedicated, hopeful work) that have proven themselves unsalvageable and earned a dusty place in a back corner of a closet shelf.
I won’t say I don’t regret these mistakes. I do. I regret the wasted time and effort. I regret the bereavement of loving and nurturing something that never came to fruition. I regret my own lack of foresight, wisdom, and understanding in failing to see pitfalls before I walked into them.
If I’m being really honest I’ll have admit that, given the chance, I’d probably take back every single one of those mistakes.
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This article rings so true for me. I, too, have “lost novels,” one of which actually got published, to my everlasting regret–even with a supposedly top editor! Just goes to show you (me): it’s YOUR book, and you are the one who either makes it work or not. K. M. Weiland’s focus on story–on structure, on having an arc that provides readers with the narrative pull to keep reading: vital. I’ve written and reblogged about that and believe it. Take her advice to heart.
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This article speaks to me in a million ways. Been there, done that. Still trying to get it right–and harassing people mercilessly about story structure. Thanks!
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Interesting with some very good points and insighs.
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Ugh! ‘insights’.
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LOL
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