First Things First

[queenoftheskies]

Only because I get the feeling that people think I've been bashing the class instructor and that they think he said I should change my character, I have to set the record straight.

My earlier posts were all about ME feeling bad because he thought something was laughable. Quoted straight from my earlier post:

All because a professional told me that something in my universe was laughable and I got upset.

What I'm saying here is NOT that he did something wrong. He did NOTHING wrong. Not one single thing. NOTHING.

My point is that I have not enough self-confidence and that this upset me.

My point is that maybe my ideas are too stupid to be written.

And, that upsets me. No matter how good (or badly) I write, if my ideas are stupid, what good am I as a writer?

That's the entire point.

That said, some people asked for more evidence of what was stupid. I'll post my plot points, but I'm not going to leave the post up for long because there are people on my FL who take every opportunity they can to laugh at me and...well, that's what this is all about.

Comments

[mark-west.livejournal.com]

Self-confidence - as silly as it might be to mention it - isn't something that happens overnight and even writers who have been professionally published for years still suffer (at last years FantasyCon, I sat in on a panel with Simon Clark who gave me the impression that each time he sent a book off, it was like the first time!).

If your ideas are too stupid, so what? Learn what's stupid about them, work around them, push yourself for more ideas.

I'd be interested to see your plot points, to see if there's anything I can say or do to help and I would also get rid of those people on your F List who would make fun. Writing is hard enough as it is, you don't need that kind of help!

[queenoftheskies.livejournal.com]

While it's often a relief to know that other people share the same problem, I'm very sorry for them at the same time. :)

I'm working on self-confidence, but sometimes, I still get knocked down, you know?

Thanks for the encouragement.

I put you on the filter, so the scene list posts I made earlier should show up for you now.

Thanks. :)