I'm a little more than a quarter of the way through my fourth draft of The Book largely thanks to the effects of the 11 weeks I've done so far of The Artist's Way.
And I have in the past week come upon two gems...
The first is the recently departed and great David Rakoff's encouraging if pessimistic piece on how writing gets harder
The second are Colson Whitehead's Rules For Writing.
The most clutch of which, I think, is "Rule No. 7: Writer’s block is a tool — use it."
And now that I'm the wiser I will. Perhaps in future months but for the time being to explain to friends & family members why, after 5.5 years working on "The Book" it's still not finished.
Fortunately I'm feeling unblocked and ready to wrap this draft up in time for my best friend's wedding this October. I just like to know I have tools. And I'm in good company when it feels hard. Nobody said it was easy.
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