This is such a kindness you’ve given yourself. Instead of beating yourself up for not finishing, you kindly recognized that you just weren’t ready to write a novel, and that there might be a different time for that.
I love this phrase “eaten by my teaching career.” You certainly have a vivid way with words.
This is such a kindness you’ve given yourself. Instead of beating yourself up for not finishing, you kindly recognized that you just weren’t ready to write a novel, and that there might be a different time for that.
I love this phrase “eaten by my teaching career.” You certainly have a vivid way with words.
Tom and I were just talking yesterday about how it’s easy to go from 0 to 1 (the exciting idea phase for a book), but then getting from 1 to 5 (actually hunkering down and making the writing better and better, through many iterations of learning craft and becoming a better writer) is the hard part.
So what you’re saying here makes a lot of sense. Busy Teacher Bill could get from 0 to 1 (or maybe 2?) but didn’t have the time or mental space for taking the manuscripts farther. But maybe now you do. Or maybe later. The stories are always there, and it’s also wonderful that you can put out shorter work on Substack!
This is such a kindness you’ve given yourself. Instead of beating yourself up for not finishing, you kindly recognized that you just weren’t ready to write a novel, and that there might be a different time for that.
I love this phrase “eaten by my teaching career.” You certainly have a vivid way with words.
Tom and I were just talking yesterday about how it’s easy to go from 0 to 1 (the exciting idea phase for a book), but then getting from 1 to 5 (actually hunkering down and making the writing better and better, through many iterations of learning craft and becoming a better writer) is the hard part.
So what you’re saying here makes a lot of sense. Busy Teacher Bill could get from 0 to 1 (or maybe 2?) but didn’t have the time or mental space for taking the manuscripts farther. But maybe now you do. Or maybe later. The stories are always there, and it’s also wonderful that you can put out shorter work on Substack!