Book Sculpting
I'm about T-minus three days from my manuscript deadline for In a Pit With a Lion on a Snowy Day. I still have quite a bit of plowing and pruning left to do, but the manuscript is really taking shape. I've been so encouraged by so many people randomly saying that they are praying for me! Even people I've never met. It gives me a sense of destiny about the book.
I think writing is like sculpting. At first there is more stone than sculpture and you wonder if what you envisioned will ever take shape. But there comes a point where the sculpture is literally coming out of the stone and you begin to see with your physical eye what you imagined in your mind's eye.
I can't believe how different the final manuscript is from the original manuscript. Night and day. Two totally different books. While I hope I don't have to write two manuscripts for every book that gets publish, I feel so much better about the revised manuscript than the original manscript. I think it'll be worth every ounce of extra energy!
Back to chiselling.
I think writing is like sculpting. At first there is more stone than sculpture and you wonder if what you envisioned will ever take shape. But there comes a point where the sculpture is literally coming out of the stone and you begin to see with your physical eye what you imagined in your mind's eye.
I can't believe how different the final manuscript is from the original manuscript. Night and day. Two totally different books. While I hope I don't have to write two manuscripts for every book that gets publish, I feel so much better about the revised manuscript than the original manscript. I think it'll be worth every ounce of extra energy!
Back to chiselling.
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