"What subject did you like best in high
school?" When I was asked that question a few years ago, nothing came to mind. I knew which teacher I
liked best, which classes were most fun & which subjects I excelled at.
But putting my finger on which one I liked best meant that the subject captivated my imagination and pulled at me
during my free hours. It meant I immersed myself in learning - and stayed up past midnight working on it because it was fun.
Well, it certainly wasn't English, Physics, German, Math, Art, History, Social Studies, PhyEd, Home Ec or Biology. Not much left!
Then it finally hit me! Yearbook. I loved those 24-blank pages in the Senior section which were all mine to create & write on.
Well guess what! After all those years, I'd forgotten all the blood, sweat & tears that went into creating that yearbook. Decisions on content, flow, arrangement - hours of agony!
Why am I telling you that? Because for the last few days I've been holed up in a hotel on the Mississippi River where I've been battling my second book.
I came in with an outline, expecting to just dig into those 200 blank pages that I'm supposed to be writing. In just 48 hours, I have already re-arranged it countless times. I've changed the entire structure, then after thinking about it, gone back to what I started with.
And what have I accomplished? Two lousy paragraphs of fresh writing. At this rate, I suspect the book will be completed around 2056 - which will make me over 100 years old by the time it's finally published.
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