June 1, 2016
#IWSG–Another bad first draft or the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow?
This post is for Alex Cavanaugh’s Insecure Writers Support Group (click the link for details on what that means and how to join. You will also find a list of bloggers signed up to the challenge that are worth checking out). The first Wednesday of every month, we all post our thoughts, fears, or words of encouragement for fellow writers.
This month’s insecurity – “Not with a bang but a whimper”.
TS Elliot’s “The Hollowman” was one of my favorite poems growing up, and this line still sticks with me:
Not with a bang but a whimper.
He wrote it to describe the end of the world, that we will not go out in a blaze of glory, but a dribble of meaninglessness. Right now, I’m praying that my imminent book launch is a road to … somewhere… not a dead end, that it’s the answer to my dreams rather than just another bad first draft, that the ending is meaningful, not just where I ran out of things to say. If self-publishing is “learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss” (I’ve rephrased Douglas Adams), I so hope I miss.
Thoreau made the observation, “Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in the milk.” I hope To Hunt a Sub is fish free.
Any words of encouragement to get me through this?
More IWSG articles:
Is NaNoWriMo Important if I Don’t Care About the Word Count?
Why do I get so few sales through Google Play?
Jacqui Murray is the author of the popular Building a Midshipman
