Working Through the Tears

November 11, 2008 by
Filed under: Writer's Life 

50574277 918f0d476c Working Through the TearsSome days, writing is so tough. You just have to struggle, working through the tears.

I put off editing a scene from my novel.  When I first wrote it, my fingers flew across the keyboard.  I typed like a mad woman, tears streaming down my face as I wrote.

I wrote from the heart, drawing from deep within myself to create a very painful, but necessary, scene.  At that moment, I felt like a true writer.

Since that time, I’ve avoided editing that scene again.  I’m well into my revisions and refining.  My husband has read my book and offered some valuable critique.  I can’t put it off anymore.  To fully understand the last part of my book–and to successfully edit that portion–I need to go there.

I’ve never had this same feeling when painting.  I paint personal scenes, scenes that have meaning for me, but this feeling of emotion with writing is so new.  As an artist, you learn–sometimes all too quickly–that paintings sell, some don’t.  That’s okay.  You try a new venue and try your best.

With writing, however, I feel my emotional investment much higher.  Rejection, I fear, will cut deeper.  This is especially so after writing my emotional scene.

I write because I want the story in my head to exist.  I want to invite others to this world I’ve created.  And, I suppose, I want them to understand. Photo by S1Ivers Family

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