Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Two Sentence Tuesday -- A Glorious Mess

Writing has gone slowly this past few weeks. I'm in the midst of rewriting. I've added a character. I'll probably excuse a few other characters from the story somewhere down the line. What was chapter two is now that plus 2A and 2B.
Currently it is a glorious mess. I think that's good because mess can be cleaned. But for now, I'm going to go along and make more mess and worry about cleaning it up later.
Here are two fresh efforts from the WIP:
"She harnessed her mind and put it toward complete relaxation, to melting into the ground and the tree and becoming the earth until she and it had neither beginning nor end.
The earth whispered in her heart and set an arm around her soul."
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I finished Wally Lamb's I Know This Much Is True  (Harper, 2009) yesterday. There's a lot to absorb.
Here are two:
"Six months before, that remark would have pissed me off. Would have put me right on the defensive."
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16 comments:

Ron Scheer said...

I'd never make a good fiction writer. I hate a mess.

Leah J. Utas said...

That's a good trait, Ron. I maintain mess has its place, but it must be cleaned eventually.

Dawn said...

Your mess sounds like something one would love to read!
"The earth whispered in her heart and set an arm around her soul."
THAT is One Beautiful Mess, Leah!

Leah J. Utas said...

Thank you for your kind words, Dawn.

Tabor said...

I am interested in your writing process and clearly you work at it. The thing that fascinates me is how you can stand back and see what needs work!

Bossy Betty said...

Ah, but it's a fun mess, isn't it??

Leah J. Utas said...

Tabor, it's work, and then it's work again. By that I mean I write it and then let it sit for a few weeks or months. Time and distance allows me to have a better idea of what needs work.

Bossy Betty, it sure is.

Clare2e said...

I definitely want an arm set around my soul!

Laurita said...

A mess is good because it means you have something to say. Even if it has to be cleaned, it's something, which is always better than nothing. Have fun.

Leah J. Utas said...

Clare2e, I'm sure you'll get one.

Wise words, Laurita.

messymimi said...

Six months can be a long time.

Since the underpinning is there, the mess is surface. You will get it cleaned. Like when cooking, the kitchen is underneath clean, and it doesn't take long to set it right.

Leah J. Utas said...

Wise words, Messymimi. Thank you.

the Bag Lady said...

I love that phrase "...the earth set an arm around her soul."
Wonderful, cousin!

Leah J. Utas said...

Why thank you, cousin.

Reb said...

Oh, I love your lines! Can't wait to read this one.

Leah J. Utas said...

Thanks, Reb. This rewrite is going very slowly.