In my writing I swing from two extremes:
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| Hard |
and
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| Hard Core |
I want to find a happy, healthy medium between I suck, my writing sucks, I have no good ideas, and I can't make dinner or listen to an entire sentence not coming out of my own head because I am on the rollingest roll in existence. This book baby won't even need to be edited.
Instead I want this
and this
so I can feel this
So tell me, dear readers, how do you find that beautiful balance?
Sorry, haven't found it yet. Let us know if you figure it out. I think each day you just try to find it.
ReplyDeleteI feel this so hard (or should I say hard core). But I think that's what makes good artists, maybe. They feel things so deeply whether good or bad. Let me know when you find the balancing secret.
ReplyDeleteBalance um...I really like to write? Seriously though writing can be tough but we have to muscle through to finish.
ReplyDeleteThe key to life is balance, wish I could figure out how to achieve this sometimes! Let us know the secret if you find it :)
ReplyDeleteSometimes I feel like I've balanced my life and days. And Then the scale tips to the side. I think that's life...
ReplyDeleteI'm still looking, as are we probably all.
ReplyDeleteIt's not a very good answer - but truthfully I just press forward and do my best not to look back until absolutely necessary. That way I can just keep telling myself "It probably sucks now, but I can fix that later easy." I will probably be kicking myself in the trou later, but, hey, I'll be that many more words ahead than I would be otherwise. Hang in there.
ReplyDeleteA good question. And one I can't answer in a 'GIF'fie. ... Dumb joke, I'm sorry.
ReplyDeleteReal answer for me - Practice makes perfect. ish.
It comes and goes for me. Sometimes life forces it on me like it has done in the past few months. I tipped one way and then the complete opposite, and now I'm finding a balance between the two even though it's pretty much one of the hardest things I've ever done. Mostly, I've found it's what Dory says in Finding Nemo -- just keep swimming. In this instance, just keep writing and realize that yeah, it's hard sometimes and easy sometimes and a lot of times your stuff really does suck, but that's what revisions and edits are for. Then you just write some more and keep going. :)
ReplyDeleteSome people just write like that. Might be your style. Just relax and go with it.
ReplyDeleteOh boy if I find it, I'll let you know. It's tough. So far, I've found everything can wait except family. The world will not explode if I don't write, or don't blog, etc. Keeping it real, helps me balance.
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