Yesterday, first time ever, I found myself crying because of what I was writing. It came on very suddenly, and I had to stop and step away for awhile before finishing the scene.
Did you know that that happened to William Goldman? He was writing The Princess Bride, the part where Inigo and Fezzik are racing through the Zoo of Death to rescue Wesley from the Machine, and even Goldman wasn't sure if they'd reach him in time...then he realized they wouldn't. Then he wrote "Wesley lay dead by the Machine." Then he broke down crying, had to get away from his desk and just cry.
There are a lot of reasons that book's really good. Some of the reasons are probably embedded in that moment.
I do hope that YA speaks to you, and works for you. I've long wondered what sort of work you would do in that field, especially after Neil got into it. It's a good thing, what you're doing.
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Date: 2011-02-01 01:33 am (UTC)Did you know that that happened to William Goldman? He was writing The Princess Bride, the part where Inigo and Fezzik are racing through the Zoo of Death to rescue Wesley from the Machine, and even Goldman wasn't sure if they'd reach him in time...then he realized they wouldn't. Then he wrote "Wesley lay dead by the Machine." Then he broke down crying, had to get away from his desk and just cry.
There are a lot of reasons that book's really good. Some of the reasons are probably embedded in that moment.
I do hope that YA speaks to you, and works for you. I've long wondered what sort of work you would do in that field, especially after Neil got into it. It's a good thing, what you're doing.