It has turned out to be a lot more mechanical than I thought, which is good for me. I don't have a poetic touch with words, but that doesn't seem crucial in a novel where too much poetry can get in the way. Sort of like really rich food, a poem is desert while a novel is your diet for a year.
Well, it helps to be able to evoke a scene or a moment but there are plenty of good writers who aren't high octane wordsmiths. And I don't think it's as much as matter as writing poetically as having a strong voice as a writer, which takes a while to develop, but is certainly within your range.
I mean, you're looser and have more of a voice in your Sang Sacre bits than you allow yourself in the novel.
Going gray/white doesn't mean mummy dust! I find white hair intriguing and attractive.
I have several intriguing and attractive hairs....
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With a cat on his head.
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I mean, you're looser and have more of a voice in your Sang Sacre bits than you allow yourself in the novel.
Yeah, I'm listening to my novel during my commute right now, and it feels . . . stiff in a whole lot of places. I think I'm trying to be accurate in describing the scenes and making things a bit this, then this, then this along with using too many words (which yay! opportunity to reduce word count).
In Sang Sacre, I just pound out whatever crap pops into my head as fast as I can.
