Writer's Block
When I do have something to say, you'll find it in one of these blogs:
Sunday, September 11, 2005
To Write or Not to Write
Do I really want to be a writer? Or is this something you can choose for yourself? Is the compulsion for self expression something you are born to do? Or can I toss the idea of being a writer into the trash with all the drafts of my book?
When my writing is really good, in my opinion, is when my heart is in it, when I throw myself completely and totally into the topic. Ideas flow, actually rage like a flooded stream during an Alaskan breakup.
However, after I have spent my emotions into a project, I start doubting if I can take the criticism that is necessary to move the project to the next level. I have always been stumped at the editing level. I didn't even make a showing at NaNoEdMo last March.
Can I allow my precious words to be ripped apart and reassembled as if the maid has come to change the linens on my bed?
That is the question.
