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azurelunatic) wrote2002-03-26 11:33 am
azurelunatic) wrote2002-03-26 11:33 am
I hope that I get old before I die
When I was a very little kid, I read a book, a very good book, called Annie and the Old One. A little girl, can't remember which tribe, loved her grandmother very much. Her grandmother knew that she was dying, and told her family that she was going to live long enough to finish the (blanket? rug? whatever it was that she was weaving) and then she would die.
Annie was understandably upset, and to keep her grandmother alive, started to sneak out at night and unweave what had been woven the day before. Grandma caught on, and told Annie how things were, that she had to move on, and so forth. Grandma finished the rug and died with grace and dignity.
Before I die, I wish to finish my novel. It remains to convince my psyche that finishing my novel won't necessarily make me die; there are other things to be done with my life, but finishing my novel is a big issue with me.
...I want it to be written well.
Annie was understandably upset, and to keep her grandmother alive, started to sneak out at night and unweave what had been woven the day before. Grandma caught on, and told Annie how things were, that she had to move on, and so forth. Grandma finished the rug and died with grace and dignity.
Before I die, I wish to finish my novel. It remains to convince my psyche that finishing my novel won't necessarily make me die; there are other things to be done with my life, but finishing my novel is a big issue with me.
...I want it to be written well.