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rebnessI don't know what the hell is up with my brain lately. I've been on a terrible reading kick, devouring newspapers and books and fanfic like there's no tomorrow. And at night, when I'm trying to sleep, or when I'm at work, for God's sake, a thousand different ideas seem to be going through my brain for stories and articles and fics, which is all well and good.
Except that when I go to write them down, my mind goes blank.
Actually, that's a lie. It doesn't go blank. I just don't feel that I can put what's in my head onto paper adequately. It's annoyingly manic, and I'd be worried it was a symptom of some wanky bipolar-esque disorder, but my mood's absolutely fine. I just feel a profound disappointment that I'm writing stuff and it is absolutely crap and amateurish when I look at it. It's fine being all verbose, but I believe Orwell was right when he said writing should be clear, concise, simple. Maybe I should just spill out the purple prose, then ruthlessly edit it. Except I'm awful at editing. And then I'll ask for a beta/editor and take ten years to get back to them, because I have to edit before the editor sees it, so it's a vicious circle where nothing gets resolved.
Shoot me plzkthnx.
Except that when I go to write them down, my mind goes blank.
Actually, that's a lie. It doesn't go blank. I just don't feel that I can put what's in my head onto paper adequately. It's annoyingly manic, and I'd be worried it was a symptom of some wanky bipolar-esque disorder, but my mood's absolutely fine. I just feel a profound disappointment that I'm writing stuff and it is absolutely crap and amateurish when I look at it. It's fine being all verbose, but I believe Orwell was right when he said writing should be clear, concise, simple. Maybe I should just spill out the purple prose, then ruthlessly edit it. Except I'm awful at editing. And then I'll ask for a beta/editor and take ten years to get back to them, because I have to edit before the editor sees it, so it's a vicious circle where nothing gets resolved.
Shoot me plzkthnx.
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Date: 2006-12-08 01:08 pm (UTC)Hmm. Maybe *try* to skip that part and tell the beta/editor just what kind of editing you're looking for? e.g., Check my spelling, don't worry about the grammar that sort of thing? Just a thought.
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Date: 2006-12-08 02:24 pm (UTC)Oh, hell. Maybe I'll just get one of you to edit and see what happens. The worst would be me saying, "Er... that's not what I wanted" and being sporkedd to death by an underappreciated editor, right? ;)
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