Journal

Work works.

Work, Work, Work

I’m now approximately two thirds of the way into the first draft by estimation. Well, actually, I’m more like four sevenths of the way into it. This is about the time where I start to wonder whether all of this actually works. You see, if it doesn’t work, then this will all have been a very bad idea and I probably shouldn’t have started on it. If it works, then… well, great. I’ve not grown a lot better at identifying these things, unfortunately.

I will more or less only know by the end of it. That’s just the way I am. It is partly due to how I basically don’t have very clear ideas about where I’m headed about 80% of the way. It just evolves as I go along, and things can change fairly drastically before I’m done with it. So there’s no real way for me to get a feel for whether or not it’s going to be a success until it’s all done and sitting in front of me.

Meanwhile, the best thing I can do is just not to worry and to try to get it done, making it as good as I can in the process. Worrying really just incapacitates you and gets you nowhere. I’m already a slow writer to begin with, so I don’t really need anything debilitating.

Books Arrived

All of my books have arrived rather safely and they make me very happy. Slight damage here and there but that’s okay. A few of them have really surprised me because they’re prettier than I thought they’d be. I’ll get to wrapping them soon enough. Maybe tonight. Maybe tomorrow night. Just as soon as I pull myself away from work.

Movies, Orwell

I’ve been watching old videos and new, revisiting film favourites and trying to unearth new ones. I try to do that on a regular basis though I can’t say I’ve been very diligent. I’ve also tried to be diligent with my volume of Orwell’s essays. I’m going at about a couple a day, though that seems to mean that I might end up taking a very long time. Oh well, patience, as they always tried to tell me, is something of a virtue. I sure hope it is.

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