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maderrLately I've been trying to better immerse myself in the online writing world. I'm on so many lists it's borderline pathetic, but it's the only way I'm going to read and be read. Can't expect people to comment on your stuff if you won't comment on his/her's right?
It's really just the writing part that's hard. I have all these ideas, and elaborate outlines/notes for two of my seven/eight stories. But I'm always so loath to start the actual writing, in part because in some small part of my mind I'm afraid I'll finally start to really suck. I know I'm a decent writer, and other's have said as much. Still.
But it's mostly b/c I don't have anyone to edit (read: destroy) my work. I had an awesome friend do it for me while we were still in school, but now that's she's working (while pathetic me is still jobless and increasingly poor) I don't want to just email her and say "please read this." I've tried to find a beta-reader online, but so far it's no go.
So I have all these chapters written and no one to help me fix them. I'm not so arrogant to think they're good enough. I could post them anyway and say "fix this please" on my different lists, but I prefer to offer at least half-decent work there. I hate submitting first drafts.
But I'm anal, eventually I'll cave and do it anyway I'm sure.
Speaking of frustrations, up until yesterday I was working on seven stories. Now I have a new one pounding away in my head. I tried to ignore it for an entire week and a half, but last night I finally caved and wrote out some notes. It's going to require a little bit of research, but meh. It's trivial compared to the research I'm doing for my goth story.
It's really just the writing part that's hard. I have all these ideas, and elaborate outlines/notes for two of my seven/eight stories. But I'm always so loath to start the actual writing, in part because in some small part of my mind I'm afraid I'll finally start to really suck. I know I'm a decent writer, and other's have said as much. Still.
But it's mostly b/c I don't have anyone to edit (read: destroy) my work. I had an awesome friend do it for me while we were still in school, but now that's she's working (while pathetic me is still jobless and increasingly poor) I don't want to just email her and say "please read this." I've tried to find a beta-reader online, but so far it's no go.
So I have all these chapters written and no one to help me fix them. I'm not so arrogant to think they're good enough. I could post them anyway and say "fix this please" on my different lists, but I prefer to offer at least half-decent work there. I hate submitting first drafts.
But I'm anal, eventually I'll cave and do it anyway I'm sure.
Speaking of frustrations, up until yesterday I was working on seven stories. Now I have a new one pounding away in my head. I tried to ignore it for an entire week and a half, but last night I finally caved and wrote out some notes. It's going to require a little bit of research, but meh. It's trivial compared to the research I'm doing for my goth story.
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Date: 2003-05-29 08:14 pm (UTC)and nosy people like me, CANT!
hehe!
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Date: 2003-05-30 11:56 am (UTC)Again you prove very helpful. That's what I thought, and my last couple of posts were just for friends.
We need all the help we can get anyway, hee.