Full Disclosure: I haven't read the entire Discworld series. I used to think its author was a girl because of his first name. I don't love him as much as I love David Eddings, Lloyd Alexander, Anne Bishop, and Elizabeth Haydon. I know just the tiniest bit about his life and works, but what I do know was that he was very much loved by his fans. I kind of love him too, just for that reason.
Earlier, I was close to tearing my hair out because there's this one chapter that I'm JUST. NOT. SATISFIED. WITH. Everything's okay except for that chapter and I was honestly near tears because of it. I won't be able to get my book out until I get that chapter right, and it's made me think all sorts of things. Maybe this book his shit. Maybe I'm just a fraud, a hack.
Needless to say, I wasn't in the mood to rewrite the chapter for the 195586th time. So I just decided to browse the Internet, hoping I'd come across something inspiring and unfortunately what greeted me instead was the news of Sir Terry Pratchett's death.
And the first quote I saw of his was this---
Earlier, I was close to tearing my hair out because there's this one chapter that I'm JUST. NOT. SATISFIED. WITH. Everything's okay except for that chapter and I was honestly near tears because of it. I won't be able to get my book out until I get that chapter right, and it's made me think all sorts of things. Maybe this book his shit. Maybe I'm just a fraud, a hack.
Needless to say, I wasn't in the mood to rewrite the chapter for the 195586th time. So I just decided to browse the Internet, hoping I'd come across something inspiring and unfortunately what greeted me instead was the news of Sir Terry Pratchett's death.
And the first quote I saw of his was this---
If you don't turn your life into a story, you become a part of someone else's story.
TERRY PRATCHETT
Suddenly, it started becoming clear to me. The EXTREMELY UNNECESSARY pressure I'm putting on myself. I know it's hard to see the connection, but I just read that line and...everything just clicked. It's all about the story. It's always about the story in the end. Everything that I'm worrying about because of that chapter - IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE STORY. Only, I've been too blind, too anxious, to see that. It just sucks that I had to learn about Sir Terry Pratchett's death before I could realize that.
Now, it's all clear. And Sir TP from heaven gave me another bit of advice when I read this other quote from him.
Now, it's all clear. And Sir TP from heaven gave me another bit of advice when I read this other quote from him.
Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.
TERRY PRATCHETT
Take that as you will, but for me...I really needed to read that right now.
And as for one of the world's greatest writers - rest in peace, sir. You will live forever through your books, and you'll be changing lives for all eternity because of them, too.
And as for one of the world's greatest writers - rest in peace, sir. You will live forever through your books, and you'll be changing lives for all eternity because of them, too.
