Here I sit, stuck again! My plot is so simple, but I've been writing part one, page one for thirteen years and I'm nowhere near...page two. My goal? Quality over quantity. But ten billion pages of utter crap is so much easier to write than five pages of gold.
Tempted to give up, again. But I know what'll happen. I'll piss and moan at my incompetence, then continue to write. I'll pat myself on the back and say it's an improvement, look at it one more time and get tempted to give up...It's a vicious circle. I'm wasting my whole life!
I think I need a team. Otherwise I'll die having accomplished nothing. I'll always want to be a writer, but I don't want to want it anymore. It's too hard on my own. I don't think I can do this without help. Know anyone who wants a coauthor? >.<
Tempted to give up, again. But I know what'll happen. I'll piss and moan at my incompetence, then continue to write. I'll pat myself on the back and say it's an improvement, look at it one more time and get tempted to give up...It's a vicious circle. I'm wasting my whole life!
I think I need a team. Otherwise I'll die having accomplished nothing. I'll always want to be a writer, but I don't want to want it anymore. It's too hard on my own. I don't think I can do this without help. Know anyone who wants a coauthor? >.<
I know how that feels ... maybe you should check the FanFiction.Net forums - I'd bet there are a lot of people struggling with writer's block looking for coauthors, and I bet there are a lot of people suggesting ideas that might inspire you ... bet a lot of them have tips too :)
ReplyDeleteRight now I'm struggling with writer's anxiety more than writer's block, so I'm sticking to fanfiction (for a series you don't read/watch, I think), otherwise I'd offer ...
It's possible we're just taking it too seriously - we got into writing because it was fun ... what changed? Personally, I wanted to write stories everyone could enjoy, not just kids ... which meant using more adult material, improving my grammar and plots ... but just because I'm taking it more seriously doesn't mean I should stop enjoying it altogether. Unfortunately, there have been times lately when not writing was just easier ... I'm back at it, sticking to fanfiction though; anything that might motivate me or give me confidence is a good thing, I say :)
If none of this works, maybe take a break - do some pixel art, play some video games ... I find those things often inspire me :)
So, I checked the forums. One thing appealed to me - ask for a coauthor. I started to, but that seems even harder than trying to write by myself. I'm tired of writing about premade characters I don't even have permission to write about. I'm especially tired of trying to make them in character - I just want to write about my own characters now.
DeleteI've started my book for the billionth time, and instead of focusing on detail I'm writing the book. I'll go back and change stuff if I need to, but I just want to see what I can do. And it's kind of comforting, knowing that however it turns out, there will be those who like it.
I remember trying to write with you - we'd both done it alone so long that working with someone else was much slower ...
DeleteThat's true; it seems every single thing out there has fans - even the books most people criticize. I always want to write something amazing, but I'll settle happily for having written something worth reading ... :p
I was told by a reviewer to quit, that I was horrible at it. Ouch. But if I didn't want to continue writing, I wouldn't have been bothered by the remarks. At least now I know.
DeleteOuch, for sure ... I've gotten a few like that too, but I know it was all because I defended another writer and her bully targeted me; I'm sure it had a lot less to do with my writing. But even if the jerk did read my stuff, they upped my read and review counts, so ... yeah, even negative attention gets the numbers up :p
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