NaNoWriMo Note

[galdrin]

I don't want to drop out of this thing - and I probably won't. But ...

Everyone here had such nice things to say about what they'd read so far that the other day I pulled up what I'd written so far for Joyce to read and see what she thought of it.

She immediately started to critique it and when I said, "Don't critique it. It doesn't have to be good, it just has to get written. Critique comes later." she got all huffy and said she really didn't care for 'fantasy' that much, that this or this didn't make sense (it would have if she'd read further), and blah blah blah. That left me despondent, as she's my biggest fan.

So now I'm stranded in the doldrums, thinking about the story, but afraid to write anything further on it. How ridiculous is that? I never write for anyone else's pleasure ... but I so wanted her to like it - and she won't give it a chance.

Damn-it (that's two in one day's worth of posting) I gotta say screw it, get out of this funk, and just push forward.

Damn - damn - dam

Comments

[malinaldarose.livejournal.com]

Oh, please continue -- even if you decide to drop out of NaNoWriMo, I think you should finish the novel. I think it's a good story, with great potential and I've really enjoyed the excerpts you've posted.

So there.