Perhaps 'twas not a good idea to read The Annotated Charlotte's Web while I'm in the very beginning stages of a rough draft for a new novel. Yes, perhaps not.
The problem is, I can't put it down. Charlotte's Web is one of my all time favorites. This book is like sitting at E.B. White's knee and having him tell me exactly how and why he wrote it.
I'm waffling between being completely inspired and, at certain moments, cringing while thinking of some of my own writing.
So--a vocationally themed New Year's resolution: I must be able to read The Annotated Charlotte's Web without being prompted to cringe at my current writing before I consider sending anything back to anyone who has expressed interest in my future work.
2 comments:
Put down the Annotated Charlotte's Web, and pick up the Big Book of Writer's Affirmations (surely there must be one..): you are a talented writer, with stories worth telling, and a unique voice to tell them with!
Debbie, you wrote The Big Book of Writer's Affirmations, don't you remember? :o)
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