NaNoWriMo Note
Nov. 21st, 2002 07:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
galdrinI 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
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
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Date: 2002-11-21 06:28 am (UTC)Maybe Joyce didn't know what she *was* meant to do with the story, if she wasn't to critique it? And felt like she was trying hard to be helpful, and you were rejecting that (and perhaps, as Cissa said, it's taking time from the relationship and you're not letting her participate by critiqueing)? That sort of situation tends to make me snappy too... maybe it felt like she was meant to read it, but only allowed to say "it's very good" because anything else was critiquing?
I'd explain to her what you actually wanted, when you get home, and say you'll show her when it's finished (and you're deciding if you want to spend further time reworking it). And maybe thank her for wanting to help, even if she went about it in a way you didn't actually want...