The October question at Insecure Writer's Support Group is What is the most favorite thing you have written, published or not? And why?
There a lot of things I really loved that I had written but somehow I can't think of them today. Maybe it's the ideas I loved more than the actual writing. My mind at the moment is more focused on what I'm working on now rather on what I had written.
Before with only a few writing experiences, I thought most of what I wrote was pretty decent but now with more years of writing, I have different opinions. It's pretty easy to fall in love with your creations even when you don't realize it. So I have learned to be more brutal (probably too strong a word) on what projects (writing or otherwise) to give up once I realized I'll never get them to the way I want. Some of my stories do stayed with me even when I had decided not to continue finishing them.
I've redo a lot of my artworks because I thought I could do better so with my writings, I do the same thing - rework them into better versions of what I want them to be or abandon them if necessary. Although I am a habitual procrastinator so what I abandoned doesn't always stayed abandoned
Do you always love what you created (writings or other creative endeavors)?
"It's pretty easy to fall in love with your creations even when you don't realize it."
ReplyDeleteIt is! Objectivity is hard to master.
Roberta: Yes, objectivity especially for your own work, something you have may be worked on for even years, it's hard to see how it really is. Maybe if we don't care about other people's opinion, we might be producing crappy work and not know it.
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I don't aspire to be a writer, but sometimes when I'm writing a blog post I have a clever phrase or sentence I want to use. Then I can't get anything else to fit around it. So, I eventually delete it, must to my disappointment.
ReplyDeleteLive and Learn: Yes, I do the same thing. Some thoughts you just want to get them out even if they might be wrong for what you're working on. I guess we have to practice some self restraint.
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"Kill your darlings" is an advice any new writer have to learn ;)
DeleteIt sometimes helps to get a second opinion -Christine cmlk79.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteChristine: Absolutely. Others may have a better viewpoint because they didn't look at it about a hundred times.
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I honestly love anything I write that's from my own experience or book reviews of my favorite books.
ReplyDeleteLux G.: That's good. It's good to love your own work.
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Lissa; you don't have an email address listed that I can find, so this is to tell you Sean Jeating has emailed the words for October to me and I have posted this week's selection just now. I can do this for the rest of October and probably for the rest of the year, since people won't know how to find you to send you their words.
ReplyDeletelissawrites(at)gmail(dot)com It's on the "Hello" page.
DeleteRiver: I'm not in charge of Word for Wed so you don't have to ask to post the prompts for the rest of the year. I think you may be the right person for new main host since more particpants know you more than me.
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Charlotte: Thanks.
DeleteCharlotte; thank you, I hadn't noticed the subtitles at the top. I have now written down lissa's email.
DeleteYes you're bisade as to your own writing, but I think it goes through stages: First you're wildly in love with what you wrote, it's a gift to humanity. Then it's the worst drivel you've ever read and put it away in disgust. Then some time later you read through it again and think: Oh, did I really write this? Quite good, and with a few changes and revisions it can turn really fine.
ReplyDeleteCharlotte: We do go through stages. I think your state of mind is more the reason for your bias. But it's easy to criticize yourself when you have more experience.
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It's interesting how much we see in our heads that doesn't translate to the page, eh? I suppose that's one of the learning curves -- getting to the point where we can portray the exact vision via words.
ReplyDeleteCrystal Collier: Yes, I agreed. Yu can sort of get it right but it takes time and practice.
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It is always hard to choose a favorite among our own creations. And the more we create, the better we are at it.
ReplyDeleteOlga Godim: Absolutely. I do like my more recent work.
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I love everything I've done. I see each gem as a learning experience as well as crafting a story. :-)
ReplyDeleteemaginette: I can't say the same but yes, the more we practice, the more we learn.
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I love almost all of the short pieces I have written, only a couple haven't pleased me. I write only using the Words for Wednesday, I'm not an author of books or anything like that.
ReplyDeleteRiver: Compare with you, I had written a lot I didn't like but I a lot I did like and even love. And words for wed did help in some of those writings.
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