Rodin, The Thinker

I am not a fan of the re-write but it seems that is mostly what I am doing these days. I am simply not satisfied. While trying to forge ahead in my literary ventures, I find myself going back to Book One and asking myself, "Is this the way I want to introduce this character?" "Will anyone that reads it care to keep reading?"
I think the answer might be "no."
I won't be re-writing the book, just the opening. Maybe reverting back to my original chapter one and doing away with the current. The story is there. It is solid. The opeing sort of stinks, though.




Hmm... decisions, decisions.
I wonder how many changes the great novelists made to their magnum opus (opuses? Opi?).
I know it took Tolkien the better part of two decades to write the Hobbit and Lord Of The Rings series. And Catcher In The Rye took about ten years. Not that I am comparing myself to their literary genius. Not at all. I guess it makes me feel better knowing that some of the worlds greatest authors, whose works have inspired me, took much longer than the writer expected them to to reach perfection.
I wonder if they were ever satisfied.