Sick of Yourself
Mon, 2013-04-22 00:03
#1
Sick of Yourself
Sick of writing, transforming, cutting, smoothing, gutting, researching, kicking, swearing, hormonal-attacking, shredding, deleting and re-writing.
Is there anything uplifting out there?
The Walrus
Nope - carry on writing, Vera, there's a dear - you're enriching the lives of a lot of people.
hudsonmoon
Aside from the hormonal-attacking, I know the feeling, Vera. But I'm gonna suck it up and make it my sworn duty to provide something uplifting for you. You will be my inspiration point for the week.
Cheers.
Rich
VeraClark
Rich, that's a wonderful gesture for writer's jade.
And Walrus, 'there's a dear', was doing Story a Day but I've hung my pinny up.Pain in the sphinctor. Feel refreshed now.You know when you feel shortchanged over output versus hours.My quality has returned overnight.Back to 500 word days and practising my rhythm on the school run.
VeraClark
Oh, isn't it a bore Stan? There is a square bolt syndrome that makes round bolts gurn at the mouth. My productivity has been good of late - probably because this site has given me a boost - reading other people's new work is hugely inspiring, it makes me generate wildly. So I've put my curly head down. But last night, two pieces I've written for competitions have been scrapped because I lost the will to write. Are you any further with your novel chopping?
The whole 'publishing' thing gets tiresome. For you, it must be far greater. I'm just playing at competitions and portfolios. The need for fresh material is totally understandable, and new work emerges all the time, but some of my old work is entrenched in the internet simply through posting with writing groups - which makes it null and void for any literary big wigs. And some of it is bloody good now I look back! 'Publish' means 'post' now though I guess. I may enter the Bridport for comedy value. Feel far more breezy though after a good whinge.
celticman
you're a fine writer Vera. I can rattle out quite a lot of words when I put my mind to it. The old quantity vs quality argument. I wish I was a better editor. I wish I was a better writer. I wish I was somebody else. I quite liked this idea of flow>http://www.abctales.com/fracine-prose-2006-reading-writer
It's not a new idea, of course. But it encasulates the idea of writing being for writing's sake. The problem is sometimes I like to imagine someone else is listening to what I write. That takes perhaps too much imagination. When you're not writing your not a writer. Abc has been great for me. It allows me to put my rants and rambles up. It's my equvalent of facebook.
music88
"I wish I was a better editor. I wish I was a better writer. I wish I was somebody else."
This could have come from my lips.
VeraClark
Do you know what, that is it Celtic, in a big fat walnut: 'When you're not writing, you're not a writer.' And then when you are writing, you wish you were better. I should just shut up and write.
VeraClark
Does Buk have residence in Room 56 in the frontal lobe of your head Stan?
VeraClark
I'm sure he has a bed space in there. There is a handy quote for every life scenario. Must acquaint myself with him.