Wednesday, November 08, 2006

horror story

do writers, or those who make attempts at writing creatively, share the same fears that I feel? I am so scared of sounding "corny" that even though I get story ideas in my head, it never gets written down? My other fear is not having an ending. I suppose its the editor in me that self-edits, that cuts the words that haven't even had a chance to be written. I need to let go of these fears. Right now I have 2 "starts" of new storie in my "PLAY" folder. Even though they are barely 100 words combined, I can already see how they can be elements of the same story. I hate (fear?) that my most powerful ideas are drawn from a certain family member. Its like my conscious self has already made amends and accepted her as an imperfect human being. I mean we have a good relationship now, and I've learned to let go of hurful words. But it continues to inspire these stories in my head. Like my subconscious still hasn't let go of these childhood resentments. Even my past stories - the ones that I feel most confident about, meaning the ones I think are worth tweaking and publishing, are drawn from very painful experiences. Is this normal? I feel like it is such a cliche'd intial stage of an amateur writer. God, I'm a cliche.

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