This morning I have been thinking a lot about Madamn.
More changes I want to make, things to include and clarify, stuff to remove...
And sometimes I am amazed that I am still feeling like I am in such early stages and frustrated that this is taking forever.
Isn't that... history?
The more I study the past, the more amazed I am that people took so much time to do anything.
Not just DO the thing, but with QUALITY.
The details they put into buildings, dishes, clothing, even the quality of handwriting.
We still have many of these things from history, because the quality LASTS.
We live in a world where quantity is more desirable than quality. Where prolific is better than perfect.
Which is true, to an extent.
If that quantity improves the quality of what you are doing.
I have the quantity in my writing.
I have many, MANY journals dating back to when I was 8 years old. I have written blog posts, emails, letters, research papers, high school and college writing challenges, even social media posts.
I even have 4 published books.
I love those little books of mine, I really do.
I don't sell them like I should. I often get asked how they are doing.
Not well. And I know that's on me. I'm not putting the work in.
Because in my mind, they were practice.
They were research.
I'm not saying I'm waiting until I'm forty to publish Madamn, but some days it feels like it.
I want this book to be quality.
I want it to stand out.
I want it to last in literature.
One day I'll get faster at creating quality. I really hope my next book doesn't take me as long to write.
The thing is, Madamn is also research in a way. I'm practicing writing a novel, practicing fiction.
And the quality is only going to get better.
Because I'm taking a lesson from the history I'm writing about.
I am taking time to create a higher quality with details and flourishes that add to the story.
I have taken the time to practice.
I'm taking the time to practice.
And I am so excited to see the results.
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