I think you should always please yourself with what you do, and enjoy yourself. Trouble is, sometimes we can be our own worst critics, and it's hard to step away from the work and judge it impartially. OLther people always spot things that you miss, too.
Rule #1, if you're gonna critique, be prepared to back it up. Grammar is fixable, I know this because I am terminally grammatically challenged. I however had a wonderful beta reader who not only pointed them out, gave me the correct example and explained WHY. I still have issues with effect and affect. Rule #2, being published doesn't mean your a good writer.
Lastly rule #3, take the good with the bad, if people like your stories, they will over look the occasional error, and probably bad mouth your editor lol. Seriously... there are tools to help with the basics, it's the story that makes the difference.
I actually know people who think Charlaine Harris is a hack, her characters are boring, and the stories aren't worth the paper they're written on. Yes, Sookie, Eric, & Pam boring. Don't let a few deter you from the stories you want to tell.
I know my limitations, like you, and that's a good thing. If you know them, you can work with them and make allotments for them. It's the not-knowing that drives me insane. Sometimes, I wonder if she said it knowing what it would do to me.
Charlaine Harris is a good writer. She beats the hell out of J.K. Rowling - hell, she's much better in verbage and structure than Alice Sebold. OMG, there's the perfect example. Lovely Bones is all about story idea and bad execution.
Hi, my name is Nobody? lol I always want to read what you write!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*growl*
You definitely hit the nail on the head though, when I wrote (notice the past tense) it was the untold stories in my mind that pushed me to it, and the enjoyment I got out of telling them. Yeah it's always nice to get praise, but I did it for me more than anyone.
Of course, being published was never in the realm of possibilities for me, in face of all the extremely talented people I know who wrote Trek fanfic, I know of only one who actually got published (Strange New Worlds, a sanctioned fanfiction anthology, open to all writers)
Being selected to get published is so subjective, but now with the self publish option out there, I have bought a couple of self pubs at B&N that were quite good. Fuck that drawer and self publish.
*smoochies* I love you more than my laptops. You know that, right?
And I think you've talked me into a Color Nook, if it makes you feel any better.
Authors like Wil Wheaton and Lee Barrett have taken the sting out of self-publishing. There are a lot of excellent authors who want that level of control. I love finding them.
You haven't. It's been nagging at me for a while about making the leap to digital. I need to bite the bullet and just do it. No e-reader is going to be perfect, but I liked the interaction with your Nook best of all. I played with a iPad at Wal-Mart on Tuesday to make sure. :-)
There should be a way to make the wallpaper, damn it! You need it! We all need it. June 26th needs to hurry up.
Grammar? Isn't that what editors are for? Plus, being publishied means nothing. Karen has a friend who got her book published. She's so awful I can't even begin describe her awfulness, but she found a shyster dealer who took her money to publish her book. Therefore, anyone can be published, if you care to pay a shyster.
Comments 14
I think you should always please yourself with what you do, and enjoy yourself. Trouble is, sometimes we can be our own worst critics, and it's hard to step away from the work and judge it impartially. OLther people always spot things that you miss, too.
Reply
Reply
Rule #2, being published doesn't mean your a good writer.
Lastly rule #3, take the good with the bad, if people like your stories, they will over look the occasional error, and probably bad mouth your editor lol. Seriously... there are tools to help with the basics, it's the story that makes the difference.
I actually know people who think Charlaine Harris is a hack, her characters are boring, and the stories aren't worth the paper they're written on. Yes, Sookie, Eric, & Pam boring. Don't let a few deter you from the stories you want to tell.
Reply
Charlaine Harris is a good writer. She beats the hell out of J.K. Rowling - hell, she's much better in verbage and structure than Alice Sebold. OMG, there's the perfect example. Lovely Bones is all about story idea and bad execution.
Reply
*growl*
You definitely hit the nail on the head though, when I wrote (notice the past tense) it was the untold stories in my mind that pushed me to it, and the enjoyment I got out of telling them. Yeah it's always nice to get praise, but I did it for me more than anyone.
Of course, being published was never in the realm of possibilities for me, in face of all the extremely talented people I know who wrote Trek fanfic, I know of only one who actually got published (Strange New Worlds, a sanctioned fanfiction anthology, open to all writers)
Being selected to get published is so subjective, but now with the self publish option out there, I have bought a couple of self pubs at B&N that were quite good. Fuck that drawer and self publish.
And I will be reading it. Don't argue.
Reply
And I think you've talked me into a Color Nook, if it makes you feel any better.
Authors like Wil Wheaton and Lee Barrett have taken the sting out of self-publishing. There are a lot of excellent authors who want that level of control. I love finding them.
Reply
btw... I got that issue of GQ for free, all magazines get a free 14 day trial. hehehe. Now I just have to remember to cancel in time! ;)
And if I can get one of those pictures as my wallpaper, I might just faint with glee.
lol
XOXOXOXOXOX Now get back to writing and stop fooling around on LJ! ;)
Reply
There should be a way to make the wallpaper, damn it! You need it! We all need it. June 26th needs to hurry up.
I'm breaking to shower. :-P
Reply
Reply
Did Karen's friend's book get published? Really?
Reply
Leave a comment