The other night, Aron and I went on a walk to discuss the lack of engaging voice in his storytelling guide. About halfway through, he stopped and took a deep breath, then asked if we were talking about a complete rewrite from scratch.
I hedged a little. I told him that we could probably fix up the manuscript he gave me into something acceptable or that he could rewrite something better. Aron agreed to do the whole thing over.
He barely even hesitated. The first time I was told – by Aron – that I need to scrap months of writing and start all over again. I cried and pitched a fit, swearing that I would never write again. I’ve gotten better about it in the years since… but not by much. I still get so frustrated with wasting words. It was so hard to write them in the first place. How could I ever replace them?
Aron’s taking it a lot better than I ever did. I think he should be spearheading more of our books. I wonder what I’d do all day, though…
