writing support
not for me... I'm good, which is kind of the point actually.
See, I was invited to join a friend's Facebook group for insecure writers. I was technically invited by my husband who even said to me "not that you're insecure about your writing" in his message. I didn't doubt at the time that the friend who started the group would have invited me eventually, but as much as I enjoy a writing support group. I think support from other writers is the most important thing to writing successfully or even happily... but...
I'm not where they are in the writing process. Most of them fall into two categories: Nanowrimo* winner "Yay! I wrote 50k words that I'm pretty sure are crap!" or "I've been writing this novel for 6+ years and have just thrown out 100k words and started over for the third time" o_O
I don't really want to leave the group because I enjoy talking about writing. But I'm not insecure about writing. I'm insecure about querying. And I can't give supportive advice to someone lamenting an unpublishable 800 page epic. Not getting realistic advice and criticism was what kept me from moving forward with my writing for far too long, but I don't know most of these people to know what kind of criticism they want or need or can handle. Probably, I should disable notifications, but IDK...
thanks for listening. You don't even have to comment. I just needed to vent. <3
*Standard disclaimer that I don't think very highly of Nano. It's good idea, but it puts too much emphasis on finishing and not enough on process and editing. I will also admit that this is mostly because of how I write, which is not a very Nano friendly way. YMMV.
See, I was invited to join a friend's Facebook group for insecure writers. I was technically invited by my husband who even said to me "not that you're insecure about your writing" in his message. I didn't doubt at the time that the friend who started the group would have invited me eventually, but as much as I enjoy a writing support group. I think support from other writers is the most important thing to writing successfully or even happily... but...
I'm not where they are in the writing process. Most of them fall into two categories: Nanowrimo* winner "Yay! I wrote 50k words that I'm pretty sure are crap!" or "I've been writing this novel for 6+ years and have just thrown out 100k words and started over for the third time" o_O
I don't really want to leave the group because I enjoy talking about writing. But I'm not insecure about writing. I'm insecure about querying. And I can't give supportive advice to someone lamenting an unpublishable 800 page epic. Not getting realistic advice and criticism was what kept me from moving forward with my writing for far too long, but I don't know most of these people to know what kind of criticism they want or need or can handle. Probably, I should disable notifications, but IDK...
thanks for listening. You don't even have to comment. I just needed to vent. <3
*Standard disclaimer that I don't think very highly of Nano. It's good idea, but it puts too much emphasis on finishing and not enough on process and editing. I will also admit that this is mostly because of how I write, which is not a very Nano friendly way. YMMV.