CLEAN ALL THE THINGS!

[cathschaffstump]

It's about half an hour before I fold up shop. Today has been an interesting mix of student counseling, email, phone calls, and interviewing potential instructors. So, it's not like I didn't get anything done! But my goals for the day, sitting front and center on my desk, aren't exactly accomplished.

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It's a good analogy for writing. Some days, you know that you've spent time on your writing, doing worthwhile things. Not cat waxing, but, you know, researching for the book, outlining, writing character sketches, reading the work aloud: all things you need to do that are part of the valuable writing process. All which seem to take more time than I usually plan for. And then, there's the valuable wait for getting feedback from your test readers, because hey, gotta show off my shiny new patience. More time.

And then a year goes by, and you wonder why your novel isn't finished.

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With that in mind, then, I think about the writing year ahead. Let me give you two versions of what I'd like to get done.

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