I'm never speaking up again...starting nowsomewhereundoneJanuary 17 2006, 04:10:35 UTC
I understand what you're saying, and I sometimes feel that way, but I intend to write certain entries for other people, even if I know they'll never read them. I consider the online journal an outlet for my rage, happiness, and messages that I know will never be sent but still accurately record the feelings I had about a particular person or thing. Sure, I can be deep sometimes, but it's usually forced - that's the kind of writer I am, and I've realized this about myself since taking Schwartz's classes. I'm infinitely loquacious, ridiculously bombast, and I prove my point right there by using those adjectives. I'll never be a naturally creative, introspective writer, and I've accepted this. I'm a classic informative writer with abstract terminology.
If you can write something without thinking about how you want yourself to be presented or how it will sound to others, that's when you can confidently say it was natural. If you look back on things and can't recall the legitimate emotions and memories you had while writing it or think it sounds forced, it probably was. Like I said before, though, that's not a bad thing. I force everything I write. Does that make me a bad writer? No. I'm no Dan Brown, though.
Don't be so hard on yourself. You still have plenty of years to mess up.
If you can write something without thinking about how you want yourself to be presented or how it will sound to others, that's when you can confidently say it was natural. If you look back on things and can't recall the legitimate emotions and memories you had while writing it or think it sounds forced, it probably was. Like I said before, though, that's not a bad thing. I force everything I write. Does that make me a bad writer? No. I'm no Dan Brown, though.
Don't be so hard on yourself. You still have plenty of years to mess up.
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