Something I strive to do as a writer is to spend a sufficient amount of time on my story to ensure I’ve created something my readers will tear through in a day or two…then curse me for taking too long on whatever I happen to be working on. 😉
Dirty Sci-Fi Buddha
Musings and books from a grunty overthinker
Dirty Sci-Fi Buddha 
I just write.
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This is very well put; I really like the juxtaposition of ideas.
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Thank You! I find that irony seems to be at the heart of all phenomena. We usually seem blind to the faults in ourselves which we blame others for, just for starters.
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Just about everyone can do something simple…but it takes time to turn something simple into something with incredible quality, no matter if that something is a novel or an intricate lace shawl. (I have not knitted one of those intricate lace shawls yet, but it is something I aspire to do.)
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Awesome! I’m not really a knitter, but I love it when someone applies themselves in ANY field! Motivates the heck out of me! And yeah—I always say you can describe star wars, harry potter, the matrix, and a slew of great movies in one sentence: “Ordinary guy becomes extraordinary and saves lots of people.” But it takes WORK to turn that into those great movies.
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I can attest to this for sure. I’ve spent the first 14 years honing this skill, and I believe in life, none of us will ever fully master our art. It is just the way of life. We can be near-perfect, but no one can ever achieve “perfect”, because we aren’t robots or automation systems with 100% accuracy. And even then, robots and automation systems are never 100% accurate, since they’re made by us, an imperfectly beautiful being!
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Ironic, isn’t it? We strive for perfection, but if we were to achieve it, then we’d realize that it’d be kind of boring and nullify the wonder of being born as fallible humans lol.
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In some way, it’s a curious experience being human after all. It’s mythical in it’s own strange yet familiar way.
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Exactly the experience an omnipotent being might volunteer for if they decided to take a break from their omnipotence.
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Sound advice and on that note… I’ll never finish my novel but when I do… I’m going to read your Echo that is sitting in my app right now. Exciting.
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Thank You Ms. Mel! I hope it doesn’t disappoint! 🙂
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