Bianca_Sommerland
Literotica Guru
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I pulled this up from the past, but I feel like commenting.
I know that many regular posters around these parts are writing professionals or have a lot of experience, and in this example, the reaction of "Duh!" from many people probably bare this experience level out. However, when I read the reactions, it feels like we're focused on what we expect to read in a novel as opposed to focusing on the possible difficulty in creating this. I can be very picky when reading tertiary material in a book, but as a writer (wannabe) this concept makes me very nervous. How do you know what's appropriate and what's not? Is it just gut instinct? That's all I have. Is it experience that teaches the boundaries of excess outside information in a story?
Thanks, McKenna. And, phew! Wiping the sweat on my brow from trying to keep up!
(Oh, and I agree. There's a lot of stuff out there that is startling in it's lack of quality! It's probably why mom, junk reader extraordinaire, thinks I should be published!"You're stuff's better 'n theirs!" -- Mama Driphoney, 2009. The same can be said about other artistic venues. Every man I know sings better than Kris Kristofferson.)
my daddy dearest says that too!
Actually if you can write anything coherant you can probably write better then some published authers. I read somewhere on here...not sure where...that the difference between published and unpublished is persistance. If you are ready to put in the time and do the best you can as an artist then the rules (other then the very basics of grammer and spelling) mean no more then as they apply to you personally. Make new rules, the greatest do. I love the metaphor of sifting for gold. You'll find something pretty amongst the pebbles.
It's not, I promise. 
