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The novel is floundering. I just don’t have a clear vision of a story arc like I did last year, and I’m behind schedule, and I’m not going anywhere with it.

The one person who’s seen the first chapter — my brother out in California — liked it, and that was encouraging, but I keep adding a sentence at a time and wondering about what to do next.

It’s awfully early in the month to give up, especially since I know from last year that I’m capable of going the whole 50,000, but I don’t know if I have the same enthusiasm for the project this year. I haven’t given up yet, but I’m not sure what to do to get things jump-started.

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John Carney is a journalist, a certified United Methodist lay speaker, a veteran of foreign and domestic short-term mission trips, and author of a self-published novel, Soapstone.
  • http://petegall.com Pete Gall

    If you’re looking for a little kick in the butt, or what my friend calls “writers’ porn” (a book about writing, something to do instead of actually writing), you may enjoy slurping up a few pages of Steven Pressfield’s The War of Art. Pressfield wrote The Legend of Bagger Vance and a few other things, and the very short chunks of insight he throws out are largely the artist’s version of the advice Dad would give. I’d be curious to take a look at what you’ve done so far, by the way, and would also be interested in your thoughts about The War of Art.

    Pete

  • http://petegall.com Pete Gall

    The War of Art. Pressfield wrote The Legend of Bagger Vance and a few other things, and the very short chunks of insight he throws out are largely the artist’s version of the advice Dad would give. I’d be curious to take a look at what you’ve done so far, by the way, and would also be interested in your thoughts about The War of Art.

    Pete