tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202274659436317634.post786506672841113951..comments2023-12-02T05:59:27.143-05:00Comments on YAtopia: Don't Give Up - Unless That's What You WantSM Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03546994863993080465noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202274659436317634.post-6577039156842094962011-11-24T02:57:21.694-05:002011-11-24T02:57:21.694-05:00Rows of rejections, seeing all the red marks after...Rows of rejections, seeing all the red marks after a CP or Beta gets their hands on the manuscript - yep, the blues come and sometimes I'm sure that I'll never get published. But quit? I couldn't do that if I tried. I think story writing is in the blood - I've been writing since I learned my ABC's - the thought of trying to get some of it published just hit me a year or so ago - after thirty years!Tonja Dreckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07683717853264134466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202274659436317634.post-28355755758222714042011-11-23T15:04:01.224-05:002011-11-23T15:04:01.224-05:00I have not felt like stopping, on the contrary. Wr...I have not felt like stopping, on the contrary. Writing had become a tad more difficult for awhile but in the good challenging kinda of way. The kind which makes you realize that you want to continue.<br />I think when some authors want to drop the towel, they should try to remember how they felt when they first started writing. Would they really be ready to give up the excitement, the butterflies (sometimes I do have them when I´m on a roll :-)), the delight when they managed to pull through?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202274659436317634.post-31529082999622933292011-11-23T14:50:08.909-05:002011-11-23T14:50:08.909-05:00Lately I have been tempted to quit. But then I e-m...Lately I have been tempted to quit. But then I e-mailed a friend and asked for feedback. She provided a fresh perspective on my manuscript, which helped me get over the hump.LinWashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13041832821260168483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202274659436317634.post-71436326821865768852011-11-23T12:58:14.292-05:002011-11-23T12:58:14.292-05:00I recently quit NaNoWriMo. However, what a lot of ...I recently quit NaNoWriMo. However, what a lot of people seemed to think was that I was quitting writing. I am not. However, I think we all need our breaks and NaNo was not eliciting good work from me -- and I get that's not the point. But I was already so far behind and the story had the completely wrong overtones, so I scrapped it and I will restart it later.<br /><br />What bothers me is when people write on their blog at least once a week that they are done writing. That it's too hard, that someone said something mean, and that they shouldn't do it. It's not only annoying (when it's all the time) but it's also not good for you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12964473925684317787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202274659436317634.post-11053201178359477512011-11-23T04:05:20.738-05:002011-11-23T04:05:20.738-05:00That's so true, and I think I'm going to b...That's so true, and I think I'm going to bookmark this post when I get to days I feel like my writing sucks and what the heck am I doing? I usually get past that by remembering my love of writing and my love of the story I'm telling.C D Meetenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185285028025647307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202274659436317634.post-27878490964702994562011-11-23T01:05:20.675-05:002011-11-23T01:05:20.675-05:00There are days when the cyber trash can seems to b...There are days when the cyber trash can seems to be glowing on my computer, and I really feel like sending some ms's it's way, but I know I could never do that. It's hard to hear/see rejection, it's hard to push through barriers either self inflicted or out of your control, but because of the very low lows, there are also very high highs. And they are right around the corner if we wait for them. Sometimes it comes in the form of another wip, or the form of an encouraging email from a cp, or sometimes it just comes to us. Writing is all about passion and emotions. We all have to deal with them somehow, and the outlet is and always will be in a story.<br /><br />Great post! As you can tell, it really inspired me :)Cassie Maehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17706774393186819619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202274659436317634.post-19250841321365506442011-11-22T22:07:22.311-05:002011-11-22T22:07:22.311-05:00I certainly threaten to quit sometimes, especially...I certainly threaten to quit sometimes, especially when my boyfriend says all I do it sit in front of the computer or when the honeymoon is over with one of my manuscripts. Rejections suck, too. Put them all together and it can making writing seem like masochism. But then I get a story idea and I just start writing, losing myself in another world, and I remember that quitting would be impossible.Shell Flowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08127004188099765270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202274659436317634.post-9974889286937269902011-11-22T19:57:23.886-05:002011-11-22T19:57:23.886-05:00I can't quit. I've tried. But characters...I can't quit. I've tried. But characters and stories creep into my head and I can't lock them out. I just have to write.Kate Larkindalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06202347563426692610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202274659436317634.post-72947080316225179242011-11-22T19:36:36.574-05:002011-11-22T19:36:36.574-05:00Rejections keep rolling into my inbox, and it is s...Rejections keep rolling into my inbox, and it is starting to chip away at my soul. But I could never stop writing. I think I would lose my mind if I couldn't create a world, a character, a plot that I truly cared about. A writer is who I am.Lindsey R. Louckshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16905479544791130030noreply@blogger.com