Problem is, I'm a perfectionist. If I don't have the time or ability to do something right, I figure I better leave it to someone who can do a better job than I can. There are lots of things that I do have the time and ability to do it right, better stick with those, yes? Forget the writing nonsense.
Who is going to tell you that you cant write? If you think that you can write then nobody should be able to make you believe that you cant.
Ah, see, there's the problem. I'm the one telling me I can't, and in the end, it's probably only my voice that matters.
First of all, you have to enjoy writing. If you don't, then you should quit.
I used to enjoy it. I'm not sure what happened. Maybe I just pushed myself too hard. Maybe I'm not pushing myself hard enough. Maybe reality is just setting in and I'm realizing that the dream is just that--a dream. You have to wake up sometime.
Your goal in writing can't be to get published.
I don't want to be published; I want to be read. There's a fine line there. I want to believe that I have something to say that would matter to someone else. Maybe I do, maybe I don't. Maybe I do but I'm just not good enough at saying it for it to matter whether I do or I don't.
Finally, there is a difference between people who have specific stories they want to tell and people who want to tell stories. The mechanics behind the writing of each type of writer is very different. Which are you?
I think I just like to tell stories. Then again, I think there's one specific story I'm trying to tell, in a broader sense. This isn't going to make sense, but I'm going to try to say it anyway--
The only story I have to tell is my own. No matter what the current story I'm writing is about, its a piece of my experience, even if it's fantasy, even if its about things I've just dreamed up. I write it down because it helps me, because it makes me feel like I have something to say, like I can make a contribution, to be good for something.
This is sounding really negative. I don't mean it to, it just hasn't been the greatest month. *laughs at vast understatement* My apologies. I'll try to be happier next time.