I’m really glad you asked for and received the extension! And also what you said about the horrible stuff happening in the world right now- thank you. It’s how I feel too. And it’s complicated and traumatic and my heart breaks for every soul.
I had a year long break from working on my book (experimental memoir), part of the time it was out lookng for a home, part of the time was being in the middle of everything changing. I'm now working on the new part 4 to the book. The time and space from both the writing and the time I was writing about helped. But the part I'm working on now runs through the beginning of October. Of this year. Pacing is hard. Sometimes life is very hard. I, too, am glad you asked for and got an extension.
I’m glad you asked for what you needed and got that extension. Excavating one’s past is grueling work and there is nothing else to do but put one foot in front of the other and keep going. The advice to write the hard stuff in short spurts with long breaks in between has never worked for me.
"sometimes books just keep happening and that is a real and terrifying thing" So very true.
It did go well - and now I'm wondering if I can quote what you wrote above, either for the book or for writing ABOUT the book. OK with you?
I’m really glad you asked for and received the extension! And also what you said about the horrible stuff happening in the world right now- thank you. It’s how I feel too. And it’s complicated and traumatic and my heart breaks for every soul.
xxoo
I had a year long break from working on my book (experimental memoir), part of the time it was out lookng for a home, part of the time was being in the middle of everything changing. I'm now working on the new part 4 to the book. The time and space from both the writing and the time I was writing about helped. But the part I'm working on now runs through the beginning of October. Of this year. Pacing is hard. Sometimes life is very hard. I, too, am glad you asked for and got an extension.
sometimes books just keep happening and that is a real and terrifying thing. hope your part 4 goes well <3
I’m glad you asked for what you needed and got that extension. Excavating one’s past is grueling work and there is nothing else to do but put one foot in front of the other and keep going. The advice to write the hard stuff in short spurts with long breaks in between has never worked for me.
that advice is always weird to me too. I feel like it's all hard stuff. What is writing if not hard stuff?