I want to write a MG fae story one day... and the video for "Somewhere Only We Know" by Keane has just made that urge worse. ><
Great Expectations soon!
Great Expectations soon!
I don't have any close friends who would be willing to read what I write, my mom always says no, and so...I'm left to my own devices when it comes to writing. I guess it helps I'm a perfectionist and my own worse critic haha.
Me too, Ely!
Has anyone found "The One" - the novel that they is so unique it could be their breakthrough? There's a teeny part of me that thinks Sticks and Stones might be mine.
I've written 9 full books am a third done my 10th and a little over half done my 11th. I have if we count how many times i've written the first book then technically i've written 17 books. In almost 10 years i've truly accomplished nothing.
That's the problem though i'm not going to move on. I've spent way too much time and energy on my series. I love it too much for it not to get published.
The two and now three people who have read it loved it. I love it, the problem for me is
1) 8 out of 10 (or on real statistics 22 out of 27) other writers dont like it because of the way I write. Now you would say change the way you write... but how i write is how i write, i dont write poorly i just use a different style and for the two people who werent writers themselves they loved the way i wrote and found that was what made the book.
2) there are few people to get past my poor grammar skills. Problem is i cant change my grammar skills because of my disability, and i cant change or fix my disability.
The more i think about it the more i find myself in a never ending spiral where i end back up at square one.
1. Is it really that people don't like your style or is it that you're writing skills need work? Everyone can improve on their writing, everyone. Go read the Harry Potter series and Rowling's writing gets better with every book.
2. You can't fix your disability, but you can work on getting better grammar skills despite of it. How do you know you can't if you don't try?
I've been thinking a lot about the publishing industry lately. I've had days where I wonder if seeing my book on the shelves is even worth the trouble that I'm going to have when it does.
If someone told me something was bad, half way through my story being written, i'd..yeah, i'd be gutted. But then I'd ask them to give me reason WHY it was bad. If no one's willing to actually read it and say whether it's bad or good (a proper opinion, that is), I'd take someone who would read it and still encourage whether it's good or bad, any day.
Still, I'd rather wait for the real critics once it's finished because then I know it's done (the first draft, that is) and can work on it from what the bad or good say about it. i have logic here, I do, I promise! lol
Yes its my style. You see I self insert myself in my own books, which i quickly learned from others here is like the biggest rule you can break. I also write my fiction books like a non-fiction book. I'll explain why...I want them to be believable.
Ever read Series of Unfortunate Events? Lemony Snicket often says he follows the kids and learned about them and even puts his name on the cover. As a child that was like the coolest thing ever... knowing that the guy telling the story actually wrote it. For the longest time i thought the books were really real. Then as i grew up i realized there was no Lemony Snicket. It just really pissed me off. Yes i understand pen name and such but at the age of 12 i vowed that if i was going to be in my books (It all started off as a epic daydream I stared in while in class and during free time) I was going to put my real name in the book and be the author. Might sound silly to most but I'm not changing it.
1. Author self-inserts are advised against because their one of the major characteristics of a Mary Sue. Do you know how many times SMeyer has been ripped apart because she and Bella share such a resemblance?
2. You don't have to write a book like a memoir for it to be believable.
No, but it does make me think of I Am Number Four which follows a similar concept. I hated that book (for unrelated reasons) and the whole thing with the author just felt like a big gimmick to me.
Yeah clearly my story just wasnt for this girl, and i didnt mind. It's not for everyone. The thing a wise person told me was your story is ready (to be read or published) whenever it satisfies you. If you feel that everything you wrote is exactly how you planed it out in your head, then its ready no matter what others say.
Grammar aside, i feel mine is ready. Would just like to see others opinions on if anything is confusing or whatnot. Because i know how it ends i know the twists, so reading it i know why i write some things i do earlier on, just want to see what others think of it you know.
Sometimes I prefer telling, too. Showing can become a little too dragged on. I know it's like "the rule" but seriously? Why does there even have to be a rule book for writing. There isn't for singing, or for dancing or game design. Personally i think there should only be rules for careers that involve the law. Lawyers, retail businesses, the government.. ecetera. haha