Have you ever noticed how the same letters (+i, -r, -e, -d) of editor can be rearranged to spell...idiot?
That's one of those things that always pops out at me when I'm trying to write. You see, I've got this editor in my head. And the editor says, "This sucks. Are you kidding? You can't write. You can't plot. This is boring. There are too many words. There aren't enough. This whole thing doesn't make sense. It will never sell. No one will like it. I hate it. Stop. Stop writing, now. Go do something else. Go, be a housewife and wash your dishes."
Idiot.
I hate the editor in my head. She kills everything. AND, she makes me feel guilty for writing. I try not to listen to her, but...she makes it very hard. She sounds so credible.
So I keep using the formula. Add an i. Minus e, d, r. You get--idiot. That's what that internal editor is. An idiot. And that's what I'd be--what we'd all be--if we listened to her. (Because she lives in all our heads. Sometimes, she goes on vacation and lets us write in peace--probably haunting someone else's head. Oooh, I hate her.)
Anyhow, I'm working on my YA--or what I think might be a YA. I've only got six double-spaced pages completed. That editor is reading over my shoulder and she's got me doubting my story. I'm going to try and write past her...wish me luck.
Do you have any advice for quelling the editor (the idiot)? Please, share!
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2 comments:
Yes.
Give it to your BIGGEST fan to read (AKA me) and let me sing its praises until you're so pumped up with ego that you rush to finish the darn thing. LOL!
Dishes over the internal editor...my IE isn't that much of an idiot..the dishes will never win. I'll do anything...even update my website before I'll do dishes! LOL.
But, it was cute to know that editor is an idiot! BTW..my son (14) reads anything YA that will stand still..has read all the HP series at least 3 times...I bet I could have him look at yours..and he'd love it!
Well, unless it's a romance YA..in which case, nope..he's not that interested yet.
Do you remember reading THE WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND? It might be before your time..I'm dating myself here...but it was the greatest YA romance I read while in 7th grade-I still think it is. I digress....
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