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Is It just Me Or Does Everything I Write Seem To Suck?!
Cyclone Jack:
--- Quote from: redneckwitch18 on May 25, 2007, 06:17:40 PM ---How would I find out about any of these test readers?
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RNW, try Critters. It's an astute, supportive and -- most importantly -- very diplomatic online workshop for critique and improvement.
I'd go out on a limb and say you more than likely do NOT suck. I've never read anything that came from the heart that truly sucked? Could your writing be flawed or problem ridden or not as good as it could be? Of course -- but that goes for every pen scratching. That's why we write in drafts, get critiques and attempt to outdo ourselves with every story.
Take heart, and keep trying. Best of luck! :)
redneckwitch18:
--- Quote from: Cyclone Jack on May 25, 2007, 06:34:18 PM ---RNW, try Critters.
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Thanks for the suggestion. Will take to mind. Might take a while to come back out again but will get there
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: Cyclone Jack on May 25, 2007, 06:34:18 PM --- I've never read anything that came from the heart that truly sucked?
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Oh, these things exist; but anyone who understands the possibility that their writing can be flawed and there are ways to make it better is not going to perprtrate them. It's the bulletproof egos that Feel More Deeply Than Anyone Else and therefore don't have to bother with spelling or punctuation, let alone more sophisticated virtues like character or plot, that perpetrate the real monstrosities in this regard.
Murphy's Stunt Double:
--- Quote from: neurovore on May 28, 2007, 07:40:02 PM ---Oh, these things exist; but anyone who understands the possibility that their writing can be flawed and there are ways to make it better is not going to perprtrate them. It's the bulletproof egos that Feel More Deeply Than Anyone Else and therefore don't have to bother with spelling or punctuation, let alone more sophisticated virtues like character or plot, that perpetrate the real monstrosities in this regard.
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Have to second that one. There is one gentleman in our writer's group who has particular points of view about *everything* and goes on very long rants about them in the guise of "characters" and "points of view" but his readings are so..... well, boring. Way too many words to get his point across. Compete stream of consciousness, no editing. It's a punishment to listen.
Kathleen Dante:
--- Quote from: redneckwitch18 on May 25, 2007, 05:55:12 PM ---I got into writing fiction novels in high school. I do pretty well, but I hit major blocks constantly, have trouble with getting the info I don't know, and think everything that I write sucks more than I brand new Hoover vaccum. Instead, I spend my time reading someone else's published novel, which (although it's good) makes me a very depressed person. Am I the only one????
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I went through that stage with my last novella and my last novel. The stories were done, I had no idea about how to improve them, BUT I wasn't sure they worked ... so I sent them in anyway. Luckily, my agent loved them and my editor thought the novella was great. No word yet on the novel, though. Sometimes our noses are so buried in bark that we can't see the forest. :D
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