RE: ✍️ WRITER TALK - Issue #1 - "The 1/2 Draft" - Better Late Than Never
This. Is. Next. Level.
The humor -> top notch.
The lesson -> top notch.
The pictures to go with the post -> top notch.
The text itself? -> top notch.
Maybe I should reconsider publishing my freewrites like I do if I intend to make them into a book someday~... But then again - I've already convinced myself I don't mind if I am the only person who has it in print form. It's a personal goal I wish to achieve, because regardless of it maybe being sub-par with the others out there, there's a whole lot of continuous work in there, and I've always struggled with long ongoing projects. Either finished something in a week max (preferably in a day, working 24h like a madman without sleepcaffeine helps. Big time.), or just didn't finish it at all.
I'm out of shit to say under these - Are you even reading them
Hmmm. Maybe? I'll never tell.
Anyway, I'm happy you stumbled across my freewrites the other day (today?) and that you invited me to check out your blog. Definitely will binge on a whole lot of your content.
Oh, and... how long was this post in the making?
And, just between you and me, did you burn your first draft?
Commenting for a reminder to come back and respond - Must take pooch for a walk - Thank you for reading / so happy you enjoyed the article - Be back soon to chat. all the best!
Re-commenting as a reminder to come back and check for your response. >;P
Hey man -Firstly let me apologize for not getting back to you Sooner - My goal is to never leave people hanging and seeing as you took the time to write such a genuine response to my article i I feel like I've done gone and double failed. Thank you for your kind words. You are the type of person I'm hoping to connect with here. Believe me when i say I really appreciate it. Your comment meant a great deal to me.
Despite the bravado I often display I am just as vulnerable and intimidated as the next writer - and the past week has defiantly been a time of trial for me. I'm not dealing with writers block just a serious case of writing related "BLAH".
I totally think publishing your freewrites as a book is an amazing idea - I've saved all the writing I've done there / what images I've used - plan on doing it my self in the future. Getting to the point where you're writing for you're self is important - especially if you suffer from imposter syndrome - I had a bad case of that when I first started out. Glad I moved on from that.
Right now I'm at the point where I just write because its fun - Aside from work - That's a whole other story. There was a long time where all i did was work on other peoples stuff - Paid well but - not enough to watch other peoples dreams come true while yours fade away - And be ok with it - I've had to make changes - but everybody gotta eat. Blah blah.
Oh dude i totally get you - If I told you how many things I've abandoned you would cry lol- Ive got a binder full of loglines (short synopses ) the rest were buried / burned. This post / writer talk in general is stuff I always go on about within my wiring circle while talking and hanging out - I've just never written anything down - This was written at the same time as the post I wrote introducing the series - Took about 4.5 hours to write / edit everything - and another 2 -3 to find all the gifs.
It was actually longer - I cut quite a bit - I did also come back after it was posted and make some tweaks to wordages here and there for clarity. The first bit was jot notes on a lined piece of paper and thats in the trash ...... "Figuratively Burned"? lol
Any who I'm off to work on some posts and try to get ahead a bit. sorry again for taking so long to respond. Wishing you all the best. Working on Ep 2 right now !
Not a problem at all! Life can (and does) get in the way sometimes, and we're all just humans who still need sleep (even though often times we try and pretend we don't). And as you said later in your reply, we come here (to the Steem blockchain) for fun during our free time. Sometimes we spend our leisure time out in the sun and sometimes we spend it inside for other things than Steem. It's called balance. ^^ At least to me, coming here and creating content on my blog is a hobby. Not a job. Nor do I want it to turn into a job. It won't be as fun anymore if I'm obliged to come here.
I know exactly what you mean by the imposter syndrome. Same here. It's improving in all aspects of life, not just writing, but damn, oh damn, is it still very present sometimes. But hey, improving oneself takes time, and I'm perfectly fine with that. I've learned certain things take time.... And dedication.
That sounds awesome! Speaking of which, there's topics I often discuss with friends also that maybe the general public would be interested in as well. It just doesn't quite fit the "writer-like blog" I have going on here... Maybe if I create a separate account? Or just go for it and publish here? Hmmm. Definitely worth a thought. But first, I need write those articles down. :P
Figuratively burned haha, I like that! :D I'll delete some drafts from my "unfinished" folder and figuratively burn those also, then write them anew, HHAH! ;P I mean... Hopefully write them anew.
Sounds like I need to keep my eyes peeled on your blog. Will do. :P
(I'm also behind on so many STEEM related things... ugh.. time-management, what is that, again? :P)