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How do you quit writing? Completely?
As in, 'been there, done that, moving on with my life now'?
I've been writing a new novel and I can tell the work is utterly dismal. Fourteen years and I still write crap? I tell myself this and it only makes me more determined to keep on going. It's as if a part of me still entertains delusions that I am a good writer.
Granted, I'm not a bad writer. I can string together a coherent sentence and can almost make up convincing characters, settings, and plots. But I know my work lacks that special quality that makes it readable, publishable, even memorable. I can tell when I'm reading bad or good writing, which says something, but. . .
I came here to see if I had the stuff to be a real writer. Once, I thought I did. Now, I know I don't. Every time I try to quit, however, I find myself inexorably drawn back to the page. It's a habit, you see, one that I can't seem to break.
Advice, tips, general punches to the face--all of it would be appreciated. Thanks.
As in, 'been there, done that, moving on with my life now'?
I've been writing a new novel and I can tell the work is utterly dismal. Fourteen years and I still write crap? I tell myself this and it only makes me more determined to keep on going. It's as if a part of me still entertains delusions that I am a good writer.
Granted, I'm not a bad writer. I can string together a coherent sentence and can almost make up convincing characters, settings, and plots. But I know my work lacks that special quality that makes it readable, publishable, even memorable. I can tell when I'm reading bad or good writing, which says something, but. . .
I came here to see if I had the stuff to be a real writer. Once, I thought I did. Now, I know I don't. Every time I try to quit, however, I find myself inexorably drawn back to the page. It's a habit, you see, one that I can't seem to break.
Advice, tips, general punches to the face--all of it would be appreciated. Thanks.