Except I'm not all that much a writer.I write awesome stories.
Unfortunately, I've never found a great way to get to those pesky sections. Like the end. And the middle.
It's actually quite annoying. I've had great ideas, but because I can't get past the beginning of pretty much every one, I know have about 50 great story idea beginnings. Worst part is, a lot of times I'll find my idea has been used in the time after I start.
For instance, God, Inc. It's funny. I wish I had thought of it first...oh wait, I did. But that's what I get. I got about ten pages in, and hit the wall. Pretty much like I always do.
It's actually pretty frustrating. Because a pretty huge part of me knows I'm a writer. But a small part of me is a rational person and knows that I have to actually write to be a writer. I know what you're thinking. "But Bart, what do you think you're doing right now?" I'm talking doing it for a living. Or at least as a lucrative side job. Not trying to explain to people how I got my current job with an English degree. Heh.
But I think the most frustrating part is that I'm having problems even starting anything even if I get one of my awesome ideas, because I think, "oh why bother, you're gonna hit that wall." Pretty self defeating, but hey, the whole kit and kaboodle here is a self defeation problem. I think I made up a word right there.
One of the reasons i started bloggin was this reason!
ReplyDeleteI'm tryin to narrow down my writing style for a book i want 2 write.
You've gotta push past that wall and just keep writing. Don't try to self-edit while you're composing... just vomit it all out on to the page and THEN clean it up when you're done. My problem is that I have too many ideas and not nearly enough time... ugh.
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My problem is that I have trouble putting my thoughts into words. Always have, always will.
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