Readers will judge the quality, not the time taken

Despite my negativity, I've finished my words for the day. Persistence, I tell ya. 

I think I'll be okay now going forward. The writing every day habit, the 800 words a day habit, is a good one. It keeps those fiction muscles flexed, and it makes me feel confident that I can go on. 

I'm currently reading The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger. Her first novel. A brilliant, brilliant piece of work. I'm amazed that this is actually her first novel. What a great concept. If you've been reading this blog from the beginning, you'll know that I love alternate realities. I love concepts such as time travel and lives split apart. My own novel is not time travel, but it is lives split apart into different worlds. Obviously, I'm reading TTTW and feeling absolutely and utterly talentless. 

I went to Niffenegger's site, however, so that I could torture myself a bit more, and read through her bio. Do you know how long it took her to write this novel? Four and a half years. She worked on it regularly during weekends, at night, and on holidays. She has a day job, after all. 

Four and a half years. For a novel as complex and wonderful as this? I'm not surprised. My novel is not as complex, but that time period gives me hope. 

It's not about the time you take to write it. It's about the quality of the work. There's no rush. As long as I keep at it, day after day, every day. 

So far, so good.