My rewrite has slowed considerably in the last couple of weeks due, in part, to a lot of anxiety about money. But also I suspect that I'm not really in a hurry to finish.
A writer, Sol, I met at the Ballard Starbucks recommended Constance Hale's Sin and Syntax. Yes, we should rewrite until our thoughts are clear and vividly expressed. But what do you do when you distrust the clarity? What if I write past truth to clarity? In my memoir, now, I'm rewriting mid-February and I'm revisiting how I fell in love with Denise despite the beige jeans she snagged on the chain-link fence protecting Waveland golf course from late night escapades. I can be clear about the setting, and I be clear about what the beige jeans reveal about me, but how I can be clear about love?
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