Writing Shaken
This is a poem I wrote about my experience writing Shaken. If you've ever felt self-doubt about writing, you might relate.
My friends commented on it -- that's who's talking at the bottom.
Writing Shaken
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No wait.
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“Maybe. And, she’s also in a coma.”
It’s not Alex’s voice yet.
“Maybe. And… she’s in a coma.”
Decisive. There.
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Wait.
Edit.
“Alex smiled at her. ‘Maybe we could
grab a drink after work sometimes?’”
Alex wouldn’t say that
either.
How would she
say it?
Wait - oh, this is a big moment.
Their relationship is changing.
Why don’t I ever get this?
How do you
pack emotion and relationship
and action
into sentences?
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Wait…
Edit.
It’s getting late.
Only 2 comments.
How can I
get better?
How do writers get past self-doubt? Impossible probably. It’s especially hard when so few people (only two comments) seem to care about something that is so important to us. I like that most writing is about writing. Is there a better topic? I like the one word sentences with longer questions and musings interspersed. You get at the thought process of putting small changes in our writing (that readers might not even notice but that are so important to writers). I like the wordplay in the title.-c
B: rockwellian, you are the master of saucing things up with a short sentence. I felt as though I was following your thoughts with you. The anxiety built up here still feels like it’s with me…wondering, what you’ll think of my comments. Writing seems to put us out there in a way few other ways of communicating does. It’s fucking hard.
k- writing IS fucking hard. In a way it sometimes feel as if you are bearing your soul, even when you aren’t writing about yourself. You can think thoughts and say thoughts but writing makes things feel final and permanent. Are you sure that is what you want to say. You capture the thought process and feelings in a very real way. The reader is definitely inside your mind. And I think people can relate, at least those of us in the best writing group ever.
My friends commented on it -- that's who's talking at the bottom.
Writing Shaken
Click to post.
No wait.
Edit.
“Maybe. And, she’s also in a coma.”
It’s not Alex’s voice yet.
“Maybe. And… she’s in a coma.”
Decisive. There.
Click to post.
Wait.
Edit.
“Alex smiled at her. ‘Maybe we could
grab a drink after work sometimes?’”
Alex wouldn’t say that
either.
How would she
say it?
Wait - oh, this is a big moment.
Their relationship is changing.
Why don’t I ever get this?
How do you
pack emotion and relationship
and action
into sentences?
Click to post.
Wait…
Edit.
It’s getting late.
Only 2 comments.
How can I
get better?
How do writers get past self-doubt? Impossible probably. It’s especially hard when so few people (only two comments) seem to care about something that is so important to us. I like that most writing is about writing. Is there a better topic? I like the one word sentences with longer questions and musings interspersed. You get at the thought process of putting small changes in our writing (that readers might not even notice but that are so important to writers). I like the wordplay in the title.-c
B: rockwellian, you are the master of saucing things up with a short sentence. I felt as though I was following your thoughts with you. The anxiety built up here still feels like it’s with me…wondering, what you’ll think of my comments. Writing seems to put us out there in a way few other ways of communicating does. It’s fucking hard.
k- writing IS fucking hard. In a way it sometimes feel as if you are bearing your soul, even when you aren’t writing about yourself. You can think thoughts and say thoughts but writing makes things feel final and permanent. Are you sure that is what you want to say. You capture the thought process and feelings in a very real way. The reader is definitely inside your mind. And I think people can relate, at least those of us in the best writing group ever.