Thursday, October 28, 2004

WHEN IT STOPS SUCKING, YOU'RE DONE

Lisa was getting upset about her book, because everything she was writing was sucking. No matter that she's just started her book, and she has a year to complete it -- she was behind schedule.

I pointed out that when you're starting everything comes slowly, and she'll probably pick up the pace.

But more important, of course it's sucking. When you write, most of the time things suck. That's because when it stops sucking, you're done, and you can move on to the next thing.

The outline for Unseen was sucking for most of its life. Then things finally clicked into place. I made a few changes, and the outline was done. Now I'm on to the script. The scenes suck until they stop sucking, and then they're done, and I can move on to the next scene.

So it's a useful rule: when it stops sucking, even a little bit, you're done. And it's cheering to remember that when it is sucking.

1:40 PM

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