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Snippets of Writing Frustration: Part 3
Feb. 3rd, 2012 05:14 pmI'm convinced that, as a writer, I'm my own worst enemy, my own harshest critic, and my own biggest obstacle. Some days, I don't even want to touch a keyboard, or a pen, or a pencil. I feel that my imagination has gone way ahead of me, as usual, and I'm envisioning a story I don't have the skill or endurance or maturity to write.
I'm scared stiff that I won't be able to do the concept or the characters justice. I love to complain about stories that had great potential, but didn't deliver. It's easy to think up some better dialogue, or some better conflicts, or a better ending for someone else's story.
It's a whole different ballgame when you are considering your own brainchild, and seeing the same defects you love to tear apart.
Whose idea was it to write a novel from four different POVs, when I'm still learning how to write in one POV? Oh, wait, that was mine.
Whose idea was it to make the plot so long and complex, it will probably need to be split into two books--maybe even three? Mine again.
Whose idea was it to write from a male POV, after I had already convinced myself I could never write from a male POV? What do you know! It was mine.
Maybe I should start pretending that I'm writing somebody else's story. It's all in my head, after all. I can't wait to stumble upon some NZT, like the guy in Limitless. I've got to do it myself.
I'm scared stiff that I won't be able to do the concept or the characters justice. I love to complain about stories that had great potential, but didn't deliver. It's easy to think up some better dialogue, or some better conflicts, or a better ending for someone else's story.
It's a whole different ballgame when you are considering your own brainchild, and seeing the same defects you love to tear apart.
Whose idea was it to write a novel from four different POVs, when I'm still learning how to write in one POV? Oh, wait, that was mine.
Whose idea was it to make the plot so long and complex, it will probably need to be split into two books--maybe even three? Mine again.
Whose idea was it to write from a male POV, after I had already convinced myself I could never write from a male POV? What do you know! It was mine.
Maybe I should start pretending that I'm writing somebody else's story. It's all in my head, after all. I can't wait to stumble upon some NZT, like the guy in Limitless. I've got to do it myself.
