Today's post is a bit different. It's not about my writing progress, or my reading, or even my crocheting; it's about the encouragement I received from best friend today about my writing. Sometimes I feel like my writing isn't exactly the best and for a while I've been feeling that way. Perhaps that's why I haven't written much in the past few weeks; or perhaps I was just too sexually frustrated with Eric being out of the country and I was tired of writing sex scenes. Yeah, I think I wrote like two of them in my book! Which is kind of funny if you ask me! But oh well, that doesn't matter because well, the book is going to get some MAJOR revision this summer. Maybe I'll even start on the prewriting phase tomorrow. Yeah, that's a good idea. Anyway - it's nice being told your an excellent writer, especially from your best friend, who I know would tell me the truth about my writing, even if it sucked. =] I'm exceptionally thankful for her.
One thing I do have difficulty with is showing my husband my writing. He's not into the whole reading thing and I think a huge part of me holding back from telling him what my book is about or letting him read some of it is because, even though he would be extremely proud of me, reading just isn't his cup of tea. Which is completely understandable. I also just don't believe I'm ready to stoop to that level of vulnerability. Writing is kind of like art work, it may reflect your feelings on the particular days you spent hours writing or the viewpoints you share. Does that make sense? Actually, I changed my mind; writing is a form of art. It tells a story and expresses feelings, invokes emotions, and pulls a reaction out of every audience member. I think fear of receiving a bad reaction is keeping me from holding back. Which makes perfect sense. Anyway - I hope as soon as I start revising everything, that I'll be ready to share my entire work with my husband and my best friend. =] They're the people who will tell me the truth, no matter what...that's the kind of trust I have with both of them. I need to lean on that trust and face my fears and take a leap. Hopefully that leap will come soon. =]
xoxo,
Megan
You're welcome! And yes, I will always tell you the truth! I understand your hesitation about showing Eric. Your writing is a part of you, it's your baby and of course you'd be hurt if anyone said anything negative about it. But it's that constructive criticism that we can utilize to our advantage to push and make our writing ten times better! Use it! And I'm sure Eric is proud of you, not only with your writing but with your school too. I hope one day you are able to work up the courage to show him. Maybe he'll surprise you :-) I also can't wait to read it myself! haha!
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