Thesis Progress

[queenbookwench]

For the first time in awhile, I feel hopeful and excited about my thesis, rather than scared and overwhelmed. I'd scheduled a meeting with my director for this evening, and just knowing that I was going to see him and talk about it seemed to inspire me. I got off work early because one of my students didn't show up, and used the extra time to revise a couple of poems that had been be-deviling me for awhile.

I am Revision-Girl! My erratic writing process drives me crazy sometimes, but I think I'm starting to understand it a little better. I'm not someone who works steadily, a little bit at a time. I follow the initial generative impulse, and then the poem tends to lie fallow for awhile, until I suddenly see the shape of the next draft, all at once. For instance, the poems that I worked on today were initially written two years ago, and I've hung onto them, reading them over but not doing any significant revision, because I knew there was something good in them that shouldn't be abandoned, but I couldn't figure out where they needed to go next. And today I saw where they needed to go.

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[ariadnesthread.livejournal.com]

Yay, you! I'm glad to hear you've got some momentum going. I'd love to read your drafts when you're ready to share them. We really need to get together some time soon. Give me a call or drop me an e-mail at work. I had ice cream at Stacy's (nee Caffeine) last night and thought of you.