{it takes years to write a great novel. and it takes you just as long to write a shit novel}

Truth be told. Albatross. Just watched this movie, one of those peculiar ones in which you are convey ed into a feel good place yet the plot is quite sketchy and insecure. I enjoyed it, naturally. There´s a writer involved (Sebastian Koch, yum!), talk about his novel...There´s also Emelia, who has been deceived her whole life into thinking she was Conan Doyle´s great granddaughter (a clever touch) and well, that´s about it... Some website described it as - A coming of age at the English Seaside - That´s plenty for me, I will forever more be front row audience to anything remotely: Bildungsroman / Künstlerroman

Even if the dialogue goes something like this:

Beth: Do you need to call your mom to check?

Emelia: I would but, she's a bit dead.

Beth: Oh. Sorry.

Emelia: It's okay. Not very fair for you to take the blame. She *did* kill herself.

And these movies always teach you something, the worn out "moral of the story", so you feel as though you were deceived... Although in this case, by the box office...

The title of this post really stood out because Im currently working on my first novel, and the words are so true! Since I was a little girl, I heard my mother saying something that influenced me a great deal. "There´s very little difference in doing things right or wrong. Think about it, you put in the same effort, the time and will. The only distinction is focus and attention to detail. The devil is in the detail". 

My mom is a wise woman and she's had plenty of experience doing things wrong, so I guess she knows exactly what she´s talking about. And this sound advice is incredibly simple to apply to our every day life, remember, it´s all about the little things. Adjust the wheels of the car just a little tighter or use a condom... the details!!!

Like the saying goes, - Im a writer therefore I rewrite. - This is exactly what Ive been doing and it´s also true that there comes a point when you need to stop with the revisions before driving yourself crazy... When your dog already knows the novel by heart, it´s a good sign that you've been through it enough...

So let´s carry on with this journey (some call it perfectionism), you and I, together... whether you're writing something yourself or making an effort to finish going through my posts. And let´s do it right, thoroughly and with conviction. Otherwise, you'll be hearing from my mother!