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Today I started diving into the novel.<\/p>\nToday I started diving into the novel.<\/p>\n
I’ve obviously read much of it along the way, but there are parts I’ve only written that have not yet been read.<\/p>\n
This will be the first time I read the latest novel as a whole thing.<\/p>\n
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It’s always a good sign when you get back to reading sections of things you’ve written that you’ve not seen in a loooooooooong<\/em> time…and you still love them. So much so, that you almost fear getting to the more recent sections that might not seem as alive.<\/p>\n But that’s where the process comes in: remembering that sections you’re currently reading, and love, were once more mechanical. The sections I’m reading right now have been read and reworked quite a bit, an early test to see if I’d grown enough as a writer to pull off what I intended.<\/p>\n Remembering that sections I love right now were once weaker than some of the more recent parts I wonder about means there will eventually be a continuity of style throughout the book. It’s part of the process, and to compare sections that might still be a bit rough to those I’ve smoothed out is not fair to me or the book.<\/p>\n In the end, it will all sing.<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Polar Bear photo: Matthew Mazzei<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Carolina](\"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/wp-content\/upLoads\/wren.jpg\")
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