Discussion of the Day: The “Am-I-Crazies?”
Literary agent Nathan Bransford (Curtis Brown Ltd.) has opened up his blog today for discussion of the often bizarre mental state that unpublished novelists experience as they wrestle with the self-doubt and uncertainty of the writing process:
You probably know what I’m talking about: the “Am I crazies” are that feeling you get where you’re spending so much time writing a novel or multiple novels, your friends and family are wondering what you’re doing, and you have idea whatsoever whether you will ever see publication. You could be spending your hours writing the great American novel or you could be writing something that will only be read by your critique partners. No way of knowing. That’s when you stare at the ceiling and wonder, “Am I crazy for spending so much time doing this?
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