Boring Nit Nats

~ humoringthegoddess

It seems many of us are never satisfied with our work.

One way or another, there’s always too many words or the wrong words or the wrong color or one too many stitches (but where?) or dozens of other points that make us never 100% satisfied.

Fortunately for us, these little nit nats only add checks to our overly full checklist. We know we’ve done our best. That could be getting published, hanging paintings in art galleries, selling a latest dress design, or performing a musical masterpiece.

I’m not a published writer, but in reviewing my past works, I’m not bad. I had a knack for language back in the day, but I never pursued publication very hard. But I’ve always wondered.

Now that I ONCE AGAIN am thinking of putting my books on Amazon, I’m rereading them for the 1,000th time.

And cutting and rewording things for the 1,000th time.

Is that a good thing? Is that a neurotic thing?

Those of you who are published — when did you decide enough was enough? Those of you who paint, when did you decide that the last swirl was indeed the last?

I think it’s easy to nickel and dime ourselves to death. Just one more stroke. One more trim. It would be an embarrassment to find run on sentences mismatched seams if you could have caught them. 

It’s the point of saying done is done and moving on. That’s what I did. I think I came back to this idea because I’ve been bored waiting for summer and sun to come back into my life. Or grandkids soccer games. Or barbecues. Or all of the above. So I’ve wandered back to past creativities.

I’m glad I’m proofing this stuff ONE MORE TIME, but to tell the truth I’m getting tired of Anna and her adventures. I either need to send it out or take the next 15 years to write someone else’s adventures.

What are YOU doing on these between days?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I am a writer of fantasy fiction that often surrounds middle-aged women. I am a married mother of two and granny to three, a BoHo Chic kinda gal. I am recently retired and busier than when I worked 9-5. But writing and blogging is my main game.

9 thoughts on “Boring Nit Nats”

  2. you know… each and every book I have written and was subsequently published, told me when it was ready. sometimes, it was the fact that I needed a specific page count to even BE published (as I have never written a novel). the one book that grew out of a vision, was my book of 99, 99 word stories.. naturally, I had to choose from the nearly 200 hundred 99 word stories I have written… but there ya go!

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    1. I love that you shared a personal experience with me. I think some of us get caught up in word counts and picking a specific genre … when all you want to do is write and share it with someone. Frustrating and fun at the same time.

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  3. Trying to answer your first question – when is the painting done. It’s not an easy thing to decide. But if the artist fiddles with more paint too much, it can ruin what has already been done. That thought often gets me to stop painting, or to turn the painting to the wall and come back another day.

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    1. I do do the come-back-another-day thing. I also think as an artist you are also human, and what you start off at the beginning of the day your mood may change in an hour, and it’s best to leave it alone for the moment. Even if that moment lasts a day or two. You and I know we can never leave our art alone for long….

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  5. I publish my blog, one and done, be cause otherwise, once I start editing I’d never finish. I just finished my first draft of a novel and I applied to be at a pitch conference to give myself a date. the conference is June and I plan to be at least in my third draft. I need to give myself a hard deadline

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