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Hex · 2nd May 2012, 05:30 PM

Agree with Aber about the mid-life crisis!!!

I get scared when I write -- I get scared I'm not communicating what's in my head or that I've taken the wrong turn in a plot (right now, actually, I'm scared that I've introduced a romance theme too early in what's supposed to be a strange-not-overly-romantic YA fantasy).

I'm scared when I get to the end of the easy writes-itself bit and fall into the having-to-think-carefully bit that that's happening because I've made a mistake.

I love writing (really really love) but I do find it frightening sometimes because the stuff in my head is really intense and I want it to work outside my head too -- I'm scared I won't manage that, that I'll mess it up somehow and get something that's not-quite-there.

(having said that, I'm not scared most of the time)

2nd May 2012, 05:30 PM	#12 (permalink)
Hex Creepy Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: City of Edinburgh Posts: 2,661 Blog Entries: 31	Re: If you're not scared, you're not doing it right? Agree with Aber about the mid-life crisis!!! I get scared when I write -- I get scared I'm not communicating what's in my head or that I've taken the wrong turn in a plot (right now, actually, I'm scared that I've introduced a romance theme too early in what's supposed to be a strange-not-overly-romantic YA fantasy). I'm scared when I get to the end of the easy writes-itself bit and fall into the having-to-think-carefully bit that that's happening because I've made a mistake. I love writing (really really love) but I do find it frightening sometimes because the stuff in my head is really intense and I want it to work outside my head too -- I'm scared I won't manage that, that I'll mess it up somehow and get something that's not-quite-there. (having said that, I'm not scared most of the time)