Slothful. Or Bone Idle. Or both. November 14, 2006
Posted by Jen in : Journal, Novel , 6 comments500 words per day
= 3,500 words per week
= 14,000 words per month
Therefore:
6 months to write an 85,000 word novel
Ok. I know I’ve posted the above snippet before. But, bloody hell, it looks so painfully easy doesn’t it? I’ve fannied about shamefully: watched crap TV and read trashy novels in the name of research, swigged wine to unbind my bashful inner scribe… and where has it got me? Bloomin nowhere. That’s where.
The ideas I had last week to develop The Novel are still there. And, actually, still good I think. Bloody good, in fact. They excited me so much when I had them that I almost cried. So what is stopping me actually tap-tapping away and just Doing It? Dunno. Since you ask. It’s driving me bananas, making me cross, frustrated and, oh, absolutely SO pissed off!
I suspect I’m suffering from Folie de Doute: pathologically obsessive doubt about anything and everything I do. Quite touching and charming as neuroses go, dontcha reckon??
