October 10, 2005

I Went to a Gathering Yesterday

. . . of three different writer's groups headed up by my writing teacher. We were all supposed to read aloud some small snippet of our work. I went through all my files, and suddenly realized that every single thing I'd ever written—including all my blog entries, high school essays, and every word of my novel—was crap.

I read something anyway.

Posted by: Attila at 11:42 AM | Comments (6) | Add Comment
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1 Now you should post it here and let your Devoted Readers indicate whether or not they agree with this assessment....

Posted by: David Foster at October 10, 2005 01:58 PM (7TmYw)

2 Tisk, tisk. You're letting the inner critic get the upper hand again, aren't you? It could not have been all crap. It just needs a little tweaking. And when you've done that...you'll realize it wasn't so bad after all and go back to the original. Maybe. Then there are those that say 90% of all writing is rewriting.

Posted by: joated at October 10, 2005 02:49 PM (M7kiy)

3 You're SUPPOSED to think that. It's those people who believe every word they write is gold that suck.

Posted by: Justene at October 10, 2005 04:26 PM (+akC4)

4 Please post it, I would like to see it.

Posted by: Chuck at October 10, 2005 08:23 PM (R/J3m)

5 Serves you right for going to a writer's group. If they knew what they were doing, they'd be living off their royalties and not dealing with the likes of you! ;-) Seriously, I'm sure you dazzled them! You'd know if your 40-year old eyes could've focused...

Posted by: Darrell at October 10, 2005 10:19 PM (+j+Wg)

6 Obviously, I can't post a longish chapter here from my fiction project. What I can do is promise to make it available to my readers should I ever get it published.

Posted by: Attila Girl at October 13, 2005 11:02 AM (EmfL0)

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