I hate that. When you think you've made a big deal and you try and share it with someone and even though they mean well, they are less than enthused and even though you don't want it to it somehow takes away from the big deal you thought you made making it seem like less of a big deal.
Thats exactly why I'm nervous about showing it to him. Right now it's just mine and it's wonderful because no one has seen it so no one thinks its bad.
It's like when I ran the mini marathon. I was so proud of myself for finishing it and then my brother made fun of me for being slow. It was nice when my Mom jumped in and said "Well, YOU didn't run anywhere at all, so shut up."
For now I have my fantasy that I've written something great, I'm afraid to even read it again myself because it probably won't seem as good even to me...
I totally know the feeling. But I like when it works in reverse too. Like you look back on something you wrote years ago and think "damn I was SUCH a genius!"
Okay, I have been trying all month to find a way to describe my novel in a way that doesn't sound incredibly stupid, and have not succeeded. Nor have I come up with a title. But here goes...
It is about two cousins, who at first don't get along. One of them has a lovely stable home life and the other has a really flaky Mom who moves them around all the time. The flaky Mom goes missing and the cousins have to team up to find her and they end up time traveling and meeting all sorts of nasty people. They even make a cute and fuzzy sidekick type friend and of course, by the end of the book, they got along well.
I swear, it's not as cheesy as it sounds. I hope. I haven't gone back and read it yet, and I'm a little afraid to. But I had fun writing it!
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It's like when I ran the mini marathon. I was so proud of myself for finishing it and then my brother made fun of me for being slow. It was nice when my Mom jumped in and said "Well, YOU didn't run anywhere at all, so shut up."
For now I have my fantasy that I've written something great, I'm afraid to even read it again myself because it probably won't seem as good even to me...
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But I like when it works in reverse too. Like you look back on something you wrote years ago and think "damn I was SUCH a genius!"
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What's your novel about???
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Okay, I have been trying all month to find a way to describe my novel in a way that doesn't sound incredibly stupid, and have not succeeded. Nor have I come up with a title. But here goes...
It is about two cousins, who at first don't get along. One of them has a lovely stable home life and the other has a really flaky Mom who moves them around all the time. The flaky Mom goes missing and the cousins have to team up to find her and they end up time traveling and meeting all sorts of nasty people. They even make a cute and fuzzy sidekick type friend and of course, by the end of the book, they got along well.
I swear, it's not as cheesy as it sounds. I hope. I haven't gone back and read it yet, and I'm a little afraid to. But I had fun writing it!
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