Current book: 50% done, struggling.
New book idea: shiny, exciting, begging to be written.
Result: 27 unfinished drafts and a deep, personal crisis.
The more finnish literature I read the more convinced I am that all of it could fit into two cathegories:
Absolute trauma (likely linked to sex one way or another) that will grab your eyeballs and will not let go until you’ve read it (stuff by Johanna Sinisalo, Katja Kettu, Sofi Oksanen, Mika Waltari, Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta) or silly blorbos going on feel-good adventures (stuff by Arto Paasilinna, Tatu & Patu, Moomins, Seitsemän veljestä (at least a third of the way in)) and then there’s stuff smack in the middle (Kalevala).
if anyone needs me. i will be in the corner. contemplating the characters
Certain words can change your brain forever and ever so you do have to be very careful about it.
Kirjottamisen kahdeksan vaihetta:
- tää on mahtavaa
- tää on vähän vähemmän mahtavaa
- tää on paskaa
- olen paskaa
- ei jumalauta voi vittu mitä helvettiä teen
- hetkonen tää ei välttämättä ookaan niin kauheeta itse asiassa
- miten vitussa tää toimii
- tää on mahtavaa
The eight stages of writing :
- this is awesome
- this is slightly less awesome
- this is shit
- I’m shit
-oh god oh fuck what the hell am I doing
-wait this might not be that bad actually
- How the fuck is this working
-This is awesome