Tales of Writing

I finally was able to break away from 18th century epistolary novels today and spend some time on The Wednesday Sisters. While I am not quite finished yet, this book has proven to be very inspirational to me thus far! As I started reading it, I initially wasn't very drawn in. I just didn't feel like I connected with the housewives of the 1960s and was worried that I would have difficulty going on. And then it all changed. I am not at all sure at which point I totally started loving the characters, but suddenly, I couldn't put this book down!
One of the main connection points for me is the discussion of the writing process and how personal it is. Having aspirations of writing the great novel myself oneday, that literary focus was what initially encouraged me to get the book in the first place. Lately I have been having frustrations with professors seeming overly critical of my work and have found it hard to take constructive criticism from my writing class colleagues. Every bit of redirection, no matter how helpful, can come across harsh and completely squash me. Yet, following this group of women as they learn how to channel their thoughts into increasingly brilliant writing and watching how they all experience repeated criticism and rewrites reminds me that it is all just part of the process and not to take it personally. As I said, this novel comes at a particularly relevant time for me!
So, back to reading, hope to have it finished for you tomorrow!
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Sarah