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Here's an interesting fact. Stephen King wrote the entire first draft of "Dreamcatcher" all by hand. He didn't type any of it up. It is over three hundred pages long in tiny, tiny print. And besides that, its good.
I wrote another twenty pages for The World out when I was at my aunts. Maybe it'll be like Dreamcatcher, all written by hand. Wouldn't that be something? Maybe not, I suppose. Doesn't mean it'll be good or anything like that. It just is. Will be. Hasn't been done yet.
I don't even really have any plot ideas. Just images in my head, characters speaking to me, letting me hear what they'd sound like. Reading this, I know it sounds crazy. I sound like a lunatic.
I probably am. And this disturbs me less than it should. In fact, I find myself unable to care. I've probably known it for a long time. Joked about it plenty, maybe I even meant it, then.
Huh. I'm ranting.
I want to be a good writer. I want people to praise me. That's not exactly the best motivation, but it works for just about everything else. Maybe it'll be enough. I hear people say that they can do something, just for the pure joy of doing it. They aren't always good, but you can tell they love it. Their work always has that vibe. I never could do that. I always have to be good. Not the best; I'm not that arrogant. But good. Better than average. And that's not a good mindset.
Is it?
I'm running myself in circles right now. Not even on the first topic I started with. Guess I really am crazy.
I wrote another twenty pages for The World out when I was at my aunts. Maybe it'll be like Dreamcatcher, all written by hand. Wouldn't that be something? Maybe not, I suppose. Doesn't mean it'll be good or anything like that. It just is. Will be. Hasn't been done yet.
I don't even really have any plot ideas. Just images in my head, characters speaking to me, letting me hear what they'd sound like. Reading this, I know it sounds crazy. I sound like a lunatic.
I probably am. And this disturbs me less than it should. In fact, I find myself unable to care. I've probably known it for a long time. Joked about it plenty, maybe I even meant it, then.
Huh. I'm ranting.
I want to be a good writer. I want people to praise me. That's not exactly the best motivation, but it works for just about everything else. Maybe it'll be enough. I hear people say that they can do something, just for the pure joy of doing it. They aren't always good, but you can tell they love it. Their work always has that vibe. I never could do that. I always have to be good. Not the best; I'm not that arrogant. But good. Better than average. And that's not a good mindset.
Is it?
I'm running myself in circles right now. Not even on the first topic I started with. Guess I really am crazy.