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Is It just Me Or Does Everything I Write Seem To Suck?!
Mickey Finn:
William Gibson almost threw away his near-complete Neuromancer after seeing Blade Runner.
That novel created a new genre.
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: Mickey Finn on June 13, 2007, 12:45:37 PM ---William Gibson almost threw away his near-complete Neuromancer after seeing Blade Runner.
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The first time I read Neuromancer and the sequels, I "heard" the narrative in the Harrison-Ford-impersonator Blade Runner voiceover. Some years later, I was at a Gibson signing and heard him read from Virtual Light, and now I hear his books in his voice, which is a drastically different experience. They're about three times longer, for one thing; Gibson drawls.
Drew:
I think all my stories bite at first. But after a six pack they get A LOT better.
blgarver:
I to up and down with this...when i'm rolling the story in my head or telling someone about it I'm really excited and very pleased with myself. However, once I start writing and it's right there in front of me, I get self conscious and discourage myself. That's my most common writer's block.
that's when I have to find an ear and talk about the story some more to get myself hyped back up about it.
I've been in that spot for several months with this novel; soooooo soooooo close, and yet I'm experiencing that first time novel anxiety or something, and I'm having real trouble pulling through these last 50 pages. I did switch gears and started to write the last chapter, and that seemed to help; gave me a place to go and such.
prophet224:
I have to say, I find myself feeling that way alot. "Why am I trying to write?", "Who do I think I am?", or just "This is garbage".
I have been an avid reader since before I can remember. In elementary school I'd sit and read Star Trek books under my desk instead of listen (I got all the school info eventually ;) ).
The last few years I've had a number of ideas but I find myself procrastinating; I realized recently that all of the 'method' books I've been reading about characters, dialog, plot, genre, etc have been excuses not to write.
I had gone back to school to finish my Computer Science degree and had to take an english course. It was creative writing, and we just wrote short stories and discussed them with each other, critiquing our work to improve it.
The one thing that has finally given me a clue about my own writing ability, apart from my innate disbelief in said ability, was when it was my day (we each got a class period) and the teacher started off with "well, I expect this will be a fairly short session". :) It wasn't, but it was all fine tweaking, and I walked out with a sense of accomplishment and possibility that I had never had before.
I still procrastinate, but I have a little extra core of confidence that says 'maybe I can' now. I think that, for many people, is the first and greatest gift you will get from a good writing group.
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