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The problem with reading tight, well-edited prose with a good story to tell is that it reminds me of how far I have to go. And then I remind myself that, well, yes, but what I have is an incomplete first-draft.
I'm also a bit boggled by the size of the nonfiction project. Seven to ten pages to cover "early history", including prehistory, the invention of irrigation, early Egypt, and several other things. Yes, it's a review, but this isn't so much skimming the surface as flying over it like the kingfisher, touching down at random and hoping to hit a fish.
If I can write a metaphor like that, I can do this!
I'm also a bit boggled by the size of the nonfiction project. Seven to ten pages to cover "early history", including prehistory, the invention of irrigation, early Egypt, and several other things. Yes, it's a review, but this isn't so much skimming the surface as flying over it like the kingfisher, touching down at random and hoping to hit a fish.
If I can write a metaphor like that, I can do this!