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[It's 5am, so I'm a little ranty.]
I'm in a bit of a quandry at the moment, I need help or advice, or something.
Almost a year ago, I had an argument with my fiance that ended with me quitting writing. It was like some kind of terminal writer's block - it hurt to write a sentence, anything beyond that was impossible to think about it. I let ideas slip by and though I thought about them, thinking about putting pen to paper seemed impossible.
A few months back, I was able to write again. I finished off my novel (ok, it was only 65k shuddup). Though the concept and characters were good, it's 65,000 words of passive crap with no style. (<- came to that conclusion on my own with the help of a couple of crits).
We had another argument the other night - I'm in the middle of end of semester exams so I'm pretty volatile, hence pushing things when I probably shouldn't.
I think the terminal block is coming back. I don't want it to, but part of me thinks I should let it.
My questions are these: Should I never ask my SO's opinion again - never try and get him to read anything I write ever again? Should I make that a no-go topic to avoid arguments that make me feel like crap? I've since ditched the novel I was writing and I've been doing world-building on a new universe, purposely trying to change my style and stuff, trying to improve my writing...and I feel like he's scribbled over it in red pen before I've had a chance to finish explaining it.
I do love him, I'm just wanting to know if anyone else has a similar situation.
Again, I apologise for this TLDR-ish post.
I'm in a bit of a quandry at the moment, I need help or advice, or something.
Almost a year ago, I had an argument with my fiance that ended with me quitting writing. It was like some kind of terminal writer's block - it hurt to write a sentence, anything beyond that was impossible to think about it. I let ideas slip by and though I thought about them, thinking about putting pen to paper seemed impossible.
A few months back, I was able to write again. I finished off my novel (ok, it was only 65k shuddup). Though the concept and characters were good, it's 65,000 words of passive crap with no style. (<- came to that conclusion on my own with the help of a couple of crits).
We had another argument the other night - I'm in the middle of end of semester exams so I'm pretty volatile, hence pushing things when I probably shouldn't.
I think the terminal block is coming back. I don't want it to, but part of me thinks I should let it.
My questions are these: Should I never ask my SO's opinion again - never try and get him to read anything I write ever again? Should I make that a no-go topic to avoid arguments that make me feel like crap? I've since ditched the novel I was writing and I've been doing world-building on a new universe, purposely trying to change my style and stuff, trying to improve my writing...and I feel like he's scribbled over it in red pen before I've had a chance to finish explaining it.
I do love him, I'm just wanting to know if anyone else has a similar situation.
Again, I apologise for this TLDR-ish post.