I'll be online and thus adding to this blog more now that I have AT&T wireless at home. Originally I intended to write about my favorite hobby, reading, and I will continue to do that, but I have written a novel and I plan on writing thirty or more books so I thought I'd share on that subject as well!
My self doubt is shouting. "You are so boring. No one wants to read your lame a** thoughts or even your novel. Stop torturing yourself and everyone else!" I write my self doubt's words and then ignore them! That is the first lesson I learned as a writer. I don't have to believe that I am the greatest or that I am the most talented or skilled, but I have to be willing to push worries and doubts aside. Focus is imperative and listening to anything other then the creative force's voice is distracting!
Writers and other artists are notoriously harsh critics when it comes to his or her own talents! I certainly am not a judge of my own work. I read Ezra Pound's words about what is well loved remains. That worried me for a minute because I hate everything I write. Fortunately the hatred never lasts. I find the love in the legacy of words.
My self doubt is shouting. "You are so boring. No one wants to read your lame a** thoughts or even your novel. Stop torturing yourself and everyone else!" I write my self doubt's words and then ignore them! That is the first lesson I learned as a writer. I don't have to believe that I am the greatest or that I am the most talented or skilled, but I have to be willing to push worries and doubts aside. Focus is imperative and listening to anything other then the creative force's voice is distracting!
Writers and other artists are notoriously harsh critics when it comes to his or her own talents! I certainly am not a judge of my own work. I read Ezra Pound's words about what is well loved remains. That worried me for a minute because I hate everything I write. Fortunately the hatred never lasts. I find the love in the legacy of words.
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