I do that every now and then, but usually find my center, and find what I like about it again. That, or I just bluff it.
That you thought was a great idea, one that you were excited about and then later, start to think it's not such a great idea afterall? That the story you were trying to write may not be that good? I'm not talking about to other people, I mean to yourself. That it seems to be something that is not that good anymore.
I've been thinking this way about a lot of my writing lately, but one story I just wrote has me reconsidering turning it in to my editor.
I do that every now and then, but usually find my center, and find what I like about it again. That, or I just bluff it.
Well, I don't know if I'm just being too hard on myself or what. I'd like to think you can't be TOO hard on yourself. Then again, we are our own worst critic and all that.
A lot of times I'll have a mindblowing idea, start working on it, and get several pages done. Then I'll read it the next day and say "WTF?" Yes, I say "wtf." Out loud. But only in private.
Originally Posted by BWC Boston
I recently trashed almost an entire issue of something because after re-reading it, I hated it.
I find the longer I leave someting the more I pick it to pieces, and if I didn't push something through the slot, I'd probably refine it to shit.
I've stumbled upon a winning formula recently, but who knows how I'll feel about that if I still only have the script in six months.
The mini-series I'm only just now getting close to releasing, some two years after the start, is a good example of a similar feeling. I'm no longer connected to it, so it's tough to maintain enthusiasm right now, and I keep forgetting how good it is.
Then I read the script, remember for a night, and forget again.
Yeah, I get that. I've got a couple things I've been working on for close to a year now and I can't help but pick, pick, pick. I keep telling myself to leave it alone, but that's easier said than done.
In that respect, I'm probably lucky that I've stopped caring. It's a lot easier in general, than freaking out about it.
Of course, when someone asks me what it's about, and I have trouble remembering... then it becomes a problem.
Use the noir, Luke.
Ha!In that respect, I'm probably lucky that I've stopped caring. It's a lot easier in general, than freaking out about it.
Of course, when someone asks me what it's about, and I have trouble remembering... then it becomes a problem.
Use the noir, Luke.
I always care about what I write. I don't freak out though if something doesn't feel "good enough" to me. I sort of either let it sit and move on to something else normally. But, this time I'm kind of on a deadline.
Yes. But when I do a lackluster script for FH, I try to pick it up in the next issue, or I spice it up with dialogue. And I'm not afraid at all to throw in a fight to pick up the pace, since the book can get very slow (still interesting, IMO, just slow). I've done only three action scenes so far, one was necessary to advance the plot, the other two were to make the pace pick up.
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