It’s already
July and the book I thought I would publish this month isn’t halfway finished
yet. I know I said I had it written already, but when I started revising it, I
did it more thoroughly than I intended. Meaning, I have pretty much rewritten
the thing. Now, midway through, I’m struggling to steer the plot towards the
original story, wavering between writing everything anew and sticking to my
publishing schedule. The month is still young, you might say, but this is
actually the month my husband starts his summer vacation and I can’t spend it
by the computer, now can I. So I would like to finish the manuscript before
that.
I would be more worried if
this hadn’t happened to me before. Getting stuck in the middle of the book,
that is. Looking for inspiration, I got help from a wonderful comic strip I
read every day, Get Fuzzy by Darby Conley. It didn’t make me have a
breakthrough with my own plot, but it made me realise others struggle with the
same problem too. Even if it is just a small, fuzzy cat. Enjoy.
If you would like
to see the strip in its original context, here is
the link: Get Fuzzy
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