A Post About Tracking That Will Turn Out To Be About Writing

[charmingbillie]

Many years ago I was working on passing a TDX track with my first dog

Comments

[diatryma]

Oh, for heaven's sake. Writing isn't a performance art.

[charmingbillie]

Unless you're Harlan Ellison in the shop window :)

[dawtheminstrel]

You're reading the wrong discussions! And in your case, it's about the awesome, not the speed.

[charmingbillie]

Well, I've never yet heard anyone say--I wish I could slow my writing down. But there are definitely people out there who should.

[jennreese]

Love this post, Deb. I wish I could remember that sometimes, like in your tracking example, the journey can be just as important -- if not more important -- than the destination. So many times I get mired in writing a first draft or a revision and am focusing so much on the deadline that forget that hey, writing is *fun*.

[charmingbillie]

It's a journey, not a destination. I should have that posted somewhere so I see it first thing every morning.

[jennreese]

We should have it tattooed on the back of our hands.

[ruralwriter]

Oh, hey, thanks. I needed to hear this. (Also, I enjoyed your post a while back that the author's age doesn't matter. Can you guess that I'm a slow, older author? :-) I appreciate these posts.

[charmingbillie]

Thanks. It's all stuff I have to remind myself about over and over :)