A blog about a stupid kid with dreams of telling stories the world wants to hear and following his journey as he attempts to write and publish his first novel.
Monday, January 18, 2010
THE TRUTH(behind why I don't produce 50 pages a week)
Writing is hard for me, as I said before, I'm technical but what makes matters worse is that I'm also a perfectionist, well at least when it comes to writing. I have a hard time finishing sentences unless I'm completely happy with the product. This is also a reason I don't have nearly as hard a time editing as I do actually writing anything, I'm normally so happy with what I have initially that I don't have to add much else. But honestly it takes me a while to eek out scenes, if I get an entire scene done in one day it's a fucking miracle. I'm hoping to curb this little discipline problem as I get older...(not putting it off I swear) but for now I'm trying to do what I can...I mean 52 pages over a month and a half isn't bad...but the worst part, what fucks me over and slows me down...more than manga, comics, anime, videogames, more manga, and that beautiful girlfriend of mine...THE PHONE. As a product of my generation and surroundings, I made two of my best friends on the internet and the other two live across the country...so a huge part of my emotional and social development happened over the phone...fucking sad right. But I still talk to these friends and my god can they be distracting, it's not their fault I guess, more mine than anyone's but I just get sucked in and I'm stuck and next thing I know I'm so far out of the mood to write that I can't make any fucking progress...it sucks, and I'm going to try and curb that little problem too.
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Unfortunately, to alleviate this problem you are going to have to get off the phone...but I have a poem that you might enjoy and explains perfectly what a writer must do, which is not available online. Therefore, be prepared to recieve it via email!!!!
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