歴史文芸賞応募
文芸社主催「歴史文芸賞」に本日応募した。運慶とと快慶の話を書いた。原稿用紙換算１５５枚である。このような大作？を書いたことがないので、この一ヶ月半、執筆にかかりっきりであった。特にこの１０日ぐらいは、コンピューターとにらめっこで、目を酷使した。
プロの作家が、２００枚も、３００枚も書くけれど、その苦労が分かった。見直すだけでも時間がかかるのに、体力、気力、眼力が必須だと分かった。
発表は９月下旬だが、さてどうなるやら。
あれ以上の話は書けない。
I submitted my work to Historical Literature Contest held by Bungeisha today. It is the story about two Buddhist statue sculptors: Unkei and Kaikei. It consists of 155 pages of manuscript paper. I have never written such a long story. I have spent most of my time during the past month and a half. I devoted myself to it, especially during the past 10 days, facing my computer from morning to night, even if I had pain in my eyes.
How could professional writers write as many as 300 or 400 pages, I wonder. Now I understand their invincible power. Just checking the wrong spellings takes a lot of time. Writing a novel needs energy, spirit, and strong eye sight.
The names of the prize winners will be announced in September. I hope my name is included.
文芸社主催「歴史文芸賞」に本日応募した。運慶とと快慶の話を書いた。原稿用紙換算１５５枚である。このような大作？を書いたことがないので、この一ヶ月半、執筆にかかりっきりであった。特にこの１０日ぐらいは、コンピューターとにらめっこで、目を酷使した。
プロの作家が、２００枚も、３００枚も書くけれど、その苦労が分かった。見直すだけでも時間がかかるのに、体力、気力、眼力が必須だと分かった。
発表は９月下旬だが、さてどうなるやら。
あれ以上の話は書けない。
Submission to Historical Novel Contest
I submitted my work to Historical Literature Contest held by Bungeisha today. It is the story about two Buddhist statue sculptors: Unkei and Kaikei. It consists of 155 pages of manuscript paper. I have never written such a long story. I have spent most of my time during the past month and a half. I devoted myself to it, especially during the past 10 days, facing my computer from morning to night, even if I had pain in my eyes.
How could professional writers write as many as 300 or 400 pages, I wonder. Now I understand their invincible power. Just checking the wrong spellings takes a lot of time. Writing a novel needs energy, spirit, and strong eye sight.
The names of the prize winners will be announced in September. I hope my name is included.
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