I actually really hope that I never know completely what I'm doing.
It's one of my daydreams: to be able to write and work without that nagging sense that it's all garbage, that it's inferior to whatever else I've done, that it's too slow or too superficial or too boring.
All of which I assume I wouldn't feel if I knew what I was doing. Knowing everything? No, because the book never comes to life if it doesn't surprise me; it doesn't feel like it's real if I can predict it all. But the surprises don't usually make me feel like I'm spinning my wheels.
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Date: 2008-03-04 12:13 am (UTC)It's one of my daydreams: to be able to write and work without that nagging sense that it's all garbage, that it's inferior to whatever else I've done, that it's too slow or too superficial or too boring.
All of which I assume I wouldn't feel if I knew what I was doing. Knowing everything? No, because the book never comes to life if it doesn't surprise me; it doesn't feel like it's real if I can predict it all. But the surprises don't usually make me feel like I'm spinning my wheels.