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<\/a><\/p>\nThis is from one of my very favourite books about writing – The Unstrung Harp; or, Mr Earbrass Writes a Novel<\/i> <\/b>by Edward Gorey<\/b>. I reached the state described above at the same point I seem to reach it in almost all my writing projects \u2013 while reading a complete draft for the very first time<\/b>.<\/p>\n
The gulf between what I set out to achieve and what’s there in the book right now is vast <\/b>and howling<\/b>. In my previous project I had to conclude that a similar gulf was uncrossable<\/b><\/a>. The possibility, which had to be faced and considered, that I might have to make the same decision again made me feel like howling, myself<\/b>.<\/p>\n I’m past that now.<\/p>\n The book is looking the worst it’s ever going to look<\/b> \u2013 which means, in theory at least, that from now on everything I do to it will be an improvement<\/b>. Better yet, now is when I get to make the biggest and most powerful changes. Now, with something to work with, I can make this book work<\/b>.<\/p>\n A heartfelt, inadequate THANK YOU to the people I love for helping me to get through this again.<\/p>\n This cheered me up too:<\/p>\n