Writing spot
| Expectation | Reality |
| “I’ll have a room just for me, full of books, with a desk and a view, maybe an armchair…” | “I have a laptop, a smidge of clear space on the sofa, and ten minutes – let’s do this.” |
Research
| Expectation | Reality |
| “I’ll put together a comprehensive list of things to research and wiz through it, no worries.” | “So that was the biggest earthquake…and that’s how killer whales hunt…hang on, I wonder how you make a cape…” |
First draft
| Expectation | Reality |
| “All first drafts are bad, it’s just me getting my ideas down. Everything can be fixed.” | “It sucks, I suck, words suck – ah I’ll just skip this bit and come back to it. And this bit. And this.” |
Editing
| Expectation | Reality |
| “Here’s where the magic happens. I’ve got good bones, so things can only get better!” | “Why is Larry now named Steve? I can’t have them meet in Paris when she’s still in Sao Paulo! None of this makes any sense.” |
Synopsis
| Expectation | Reality |
| “It’s just a simple, clear breakdown of my story – easy.” | “This. Is. Hell.” |
Reading
| Expectation | Reality |
| “Reading is essential to being a writer. It will help me learn how to improve – and I enjoy it!” | “This is God tier. I’m never going to be this good. I should just give up now. Also I would die for this book.” |
And finally
| Expectation | Reality |
| “I’ve got the cover design, the blurb, the tagline, and the cast for the film adaptation all worked out.” | “What do you mean I have to actually write the book first??” |
Wordland 
😀 😀 – – Me? I read/research/surf – and THEN a bookmark, a picture of the book section, a link is saved – in ‘research notes’ file for ‘To Write” with lil synopsis card, or short outline, to display my ‘thoughts on the matter’ that ‘someday’ I’ll write about – – – Sigh – Which means massive clean up of ‘To Write’ file, often – because often? I read over and think, “Did I write this out, while drunk?? Why was that important?? What the heck does that heading in the outline mean/refer to???” –
Delete, Delete, Delete – AH-HA! Yes, I must write about this one – it has survived 5 years, 2 computer/external hard drive backup failures – thus, THIS should be written/edited etc. – cuz doesn’t that lil ole thingee come up, over and over and over – – ??? 😀
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Get out of my head! 😀 😀 😀
You nailed it! Absolutely priceless!
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😄 – we’ve all been there, done that, fabricated the t-shirt!
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