Monday, March 28, 2011

Worry and Failure

Tomorrow, I am starting something new. And I am scared. I am putting Slice away for now, because I really want to write this new idea. This new idea is a dystopian. It is called Outlawed. More info can be found in the "My Books" tab.

I've never really worried about writing before. But with dystopians, I am. What if I suck at it? What if I can't make a convincing futuristic world? What if it is just...bad? All of these worries have prevented me from writing dystopian before, but I have this idea and I just need to write it.

I have the same worry with historical fiction. I have one or two of those that I want to write, but what if I get it all wrong? What if I don't research enough and fail?

But in the end, I will start Outlawed tomorrow. And I will write those historical fictions later on. Because I am a writer and I need to write them.

Also, I just updated THIS PAGE. Please go look at it because I literally spent hours doing it.

7 comments:

  1. Good luck! You can never know if you can or can't do something if you don't try. And remember, if you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything ;)

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  2. Remember, the first draft is SUPPOSED to suck. That's what frees you to write it.

    Check "Bird by Bird" by Anne Lamott (a great book for writers) for a more memorable way of saying the same thing. =D

    Good luck!
    Eric

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  3. Needing to write is gold. Mine it. Every one of us has doubts, trust me, and those doubts never stop - so you shove them in the back of the closet and go for the gold.

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  4. All I can say is How?
    How can you possibly write so many books at once?

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  5. I'm new to your blog and I didn't know you write books (I know I'm lame), but from the looks of it, things could only get better :D Good luck on Outlawed.

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  6. I want more Outlawed. In my inbox. Right now.

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