To make up for my earlier memesheepish behavior, here is an attempt to be thoughtful and certainly some heartfelt rambling that is *all me
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Gasp! Actually, I feel like this a lot. To quote Secret Window, I feel like saying to myself, "This is just...bad writing. And we said No Bad Writing."
And here I never thought I'd see that movie quoted in a conversation.... ;^P
But do you think that you're too hard on yourself? Even as I recognize that my older stuff is not as good as my newer stuff, to the point sometimes where it is almost painful to read, I also recognize that there are certain ways that I observe my own writing that contribute to that.
For example (and I said this also to tehta in a comment below, so if this is repetition, feel free to skip it!): If I work and rework a passage, it sounds terrible no matter what I do. It is never quite right, even if it is writing that I would accept or even applaud from someone else. Why? I sometimes think that the knowledge alone that the writing has given me trouble and the memory of dealing with that trouble color my perceptions of it. Or if I want a word/metaphor/description to say something and can't get it perfect, no matter how good the alternative, I will always hate it.
I hope this makes sense!
That's another thing me & my RL friend have in common. Maybe you to?
Oh, absolutely! I've never felt that writing is something about which I have a choice. Hence the fact, probably, that I do not care if anyone ever sees my work. Kind of like, "Well, I have to eat or I'll starve, so I have to make a meal, but since I have to do it anyway, if no one else likes my cooking, then who cares?"
And I thought I was being confusing before? o.O
(Felak should not post replies in the morning....)
But do you think that you're too hard on yourself?
Perhaps sometimes. But, concerning the stuff I found over break, definitely not!!!
I sometimes think that the knowledge alone that the writing has given me trouble and the memory of dealing with that trouble color my perceptions of it.
That makes sense. (Oh, and it's not repitition because, even though I'd like to, I haven't the time to read everyone else's comments :( ) With my stuff, it sometimes seems so shallow to me. Bleh.
I've never felt that writing is something about which I have a choice.
Yay! Although I often have the problem of not having a muse when I need one. If that makes any sense at all... (Thus my whining!!)
And I thought I was being confusing before? o.O
Actually, I'm following pretty well! Maybe because it's morning for me too??
And here I never thought I'd see that movie quoted in a conversation.... ;^P
But do you think that you're too hard on yourself? Even as I recognize that my older stuff is not as good as my newer stuff, to the point sometimes where it is almost painful to read, I also recognize that there are certain ways that I observe my own writing that contribute to that.
For example (and I said this also to tehta in a comment below, so if this is repetition, feel free to skip it!): If I work and rework a passage, it sounds terrible no matter what I do. It is never quite right, even if it is writing that I would accept or even applaud from someone else. Why? I sometimes think that the knowledge alone that the writing has given me trouble and the memory of dealing with that trouble color my perceptions of it. Or if I want a word/metaphor/description to say something and can't get it perfect, no matter how good the alternative, I will always hate it.
I hope this makes sense!
That's another thing me & my RL friend have in common. Maybe you to?
Oh, absolutely! I've never felt that writing is something about which I have a choice. Hence the fact, probably, that I do not care if anyone ever sees my work. Kind of like, "Well, I have to eat or I'll starve, so I have to make a meal, but since I have to do it anyway, if no one else likes my cooking, then who cares?"
And I thought I was being confusing before? o.O
(Felak should not post replies in the morning....)
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Perhaps sometimes. But, concerning the stuff I found over break, definitely not!!!
I sometimes think that the knowledge alone that the writing has given me trouble and the memory of dealing with that trouble color my perceptions of it.
That makes sense. (Oh, and it's not repitition because, even though I'd like to, I haven't the time to read everyone else's comments :( )
With my stuff, it sometimes seems so shallow to me. Bleh.
I've never felt that writing is something about which I have a choice.
Yay! Although I often have the problem of not having a muse when I need one. If that makes any sense at all...
(Thus my whining!!)
And I thought I was being confusing before? o.O
Actually, I'm following pretty well! Maybe because it's morning for me too??
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