Starting as a liberal arts graduate who barely passed freshman bonehead English on the third try and later discovered I suffered from Aspergerâs Syndrome and dyslexia, I began to write as grief therapy from my time in Nam and the loss of a partner of many years from SLE. I write speculative, science-fiction/fantasy novels, to flex my mind-muscle, hopefully to keep it healthy, to hone my writing skills, and to escape for a while from an increasingly insane world. Writing is a never ending journey of exploration and learning. A journey Iâm glad I began at the turn of the century. ~ Waddie Greywolf
The ten million dollr question:
What do you do when you donât have any self confidence? Iâm not going to cry and moan on the details. Iâm sure everyoneâs hit a slumpy period in theri lives but for me? I dunno. I should be able t oshrug at the lack of feedback or readers and just carry on having fun with what i do, but I donât. It bothers me I have to use what i feel is some form of emotional blackmail to get more than a noncommital statement.
Probably a case of expecting too much or not marketing enough.
This would probably be more inspiring if that damn music were mixed lower.
âYou have to make fiction writing mumble mumble mumble.â
âKeep at it until somebody says âkid, youâre absolutely no good [?] mumble mumble.ââ
Iâm currently doing the NaNoWriMo for the fifth time and not giving a single fuck about the quality of what I write. I used to be WAY too concerned about getting feedback or simple acknowledgement. It really fucked me up and eventually turned me off writing altogether.
Donât seek out companionship on your writing journey, donât join blog circles or writers groups until youâre comfortable youâve found your own voice because you need to accept that youâre going to write a lot of crap for many years before you produce anything that people are really going to want to read. Support groups are going to poison your expectations and either turn into circle-jerks or beat you down with âhonestyâ.
Once upon a time writers toiled in abject obscurity, bothering no-one but editors and agents. Now everyone feels obliged to put up their every written word on the Internet so it can be admired.
In much the same way you should dance like no-one is watching, thereâs nothing wrong with writing like no-one is reading. They probably arenât, but it doesnât matter.
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