This is me sticking my toe in the water, I guess. Or maybe it's me looking for a little encouragement or a shove out the door.
I love to write. I have written a blog for several years and gotten quite a few really nice comments on it. I've also had a couple of short pieces read on the local radio and at local readings.
Reading has always been a passion for me and there is a big part of me that wants to contribute to the body of literature out there. I think I could do a decent job writing something.
Here is the problem. I am my own worst critic. Every time I try to write something beyond my blog or a short essay, I kill it immediately. "A scholarly work is too dry, a fiction novel is too maudlin, a christian historical novel is too saccharine, a child's novel is too unimportant...."
Every time I think of an idea or come up with a character I criticize it until it is in absolute tatters and then I give up. Then too I'm scared of failing. What if I get something written and it never gets published? What about all of the rejection slips? What if I do get published and it's a flop? What if I do well and I still get lots of criticism?
I have this crazy urge to WRITE and need something amazing to write about. So far nothing has stood up to my own acid testing.
(I have to add, my Hubby is amazingly supportive. He has even offered to be Mr. Mom for a few days so I can take a writing retreat and jump start things. I wonder sometimes if he believes in me more than I believe in myself!)
I love to write. I have written a blog for several years and gotten quite a few really nice comments on it. I've also had a couple of short pieces read on the local radio and at local readings.
Reading has always been a passion for me and there is a big part of me that wants to contribute to the body of literature out there. I think I could do a decent job writing something.
Here is the problem. I am my own worst critic. Every time I try to write something beyond my blog or a short essay, I kill it immediately. "A scholarly work is too dry, a fiction novel is too maudlin, a christian historical novel is too saccharine, a child's novel is too unimportant...."
Every time I think of an idea or come up with a character I criticize it until it is in absolute tatters and then I give up. Then too I'm scared of failing. What if I get something written and it never gets published? What about all of the rejection slips? What if I do get published and it's a flop? What if I do well and I still get lots of criticism?
I have this crazy urge to WRITE and need something amazing to write about. So far nothing has stood up to my own acid testing.
(I have to add, my Hubby is amazingly supportive. He has even offered to be Mr. Mom for a few days so I can take a writing retreat and jump start things. I wonder sometimes if he believes in me more than I believe in myself!)
It's too bad it's only June, because you might find benefit in something like 
Artist's Way!! It changed my life when I was living far from authentically. It took 14 years for me to finally call myself a Writer, but Julia Cameron was the one who stirred my initial urge.
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