So I’m not in the business of making New Year’s Resolutions, but I am committing to doing better about blogging. Despite my lack of posts, I do miss the immediate (but not too immediate) release of thoughts transcribed into words. I love being able to connect with a handful of people through ways other than my traditionally-published works.
But I’m also super busy, with deadlines and speaking engagements and family and such. So I’m going to start slow. One post a month.
Anyway, I found myself thinking about one of my favorite movies today, The Natural, which is damn near perfect (except for the image of Robert Redford and Glenn Close frolicking around as eighteen-year-olds). There are a lot of lines and a lot of scenes from the movie that I love, but I especially love this scene in the hospital, when Iris (Close) is giving Roy (Redford) a pep-talk.
I think some manuscripts are the same way. There are some manuscripts that we learn by, and then there’s the manuscript we write afterwards. I was trying to explain this to my agent yesterday, as I gave her all the reasons why I was struggling with this ms that I’ve been working on (on and off) since the summer of 2007. I don’t know if it’ll sell, but I know I’m learning a lot from writing it. And even if it isn’t THE manuscript, it’ll make the next one that much better. It’ll make me that much better. And that’s got to count for something, right?
Dude, loved The Natural…all time favorite movie. Just wanted to wish you much success in continuing your writing and especially with your manuscript.
Thank you for posting this.
Carry on, V. You will prevail!