Reflection

[wishfulthinking]

I recently read a story on lit of mine. Sounds weird, doesn't it? But once a story is posted, that's it, I don't want to know about it. It takes several months before I can get the distance to look at it objectively (without picking it to pieces for bad spelling and the like and what I could and should have done differently) to the point where I can take the story at mostly face value.

I was pleasantly suprised. I think I'm starting to match what I like about my writing together with what I like to write about. (stuff what the audience want ).

What about anyone else? Is your writing going where you want, or thought you would end up?

 

[Stella_Omega]

I recently read a story on lit of mine. Sounds weird, doesn't it? But once a story is posted, that's it, I don't want to know about it. It takes several months before I can get the distance to look at it objectively (without picking it to pieces for bad spelling and the like and what I could and should have done differently) to the point where I can take the story at mostly face value.

I was pleasantly suprised. I think I'm starting to match what I like about my writing together with what I like to write about. (stuff what the audience want ).

What about anyone else? Is your writing going where you want, or thought you would end up?

Arrgh! I want so much more from my writing now than I did. I can see every shortcoming so very clearly...

I am pleased with what I've done, and can read most of my old stories with pleasure-- for what they are. But I would never write any of them a second time.

 

[wishfulthinking]

Arrgh! I want so much more from my writing now than I did. I can see every shortcoming so very clearly...

Yep But I'm learning not to kick myself when I'm down. I'm working on some shortcomings, but there will always be many

 

[only_more_so]

I recently read a story on lit of mine. Sounds weird, doesn't it? But once a story is posted, that's it, I don't want to know about it. It takes several months before I can get the distance to look at it objectively (without picking it to pieces for bad spelling and the like and what I could and should have done differently) to the point where I can take the story at mostly face value.

I was pleasantly suprised. I think I'm starting to match what I like about my writing together with what I like to write about. (stuff what the audience want ).

What about anyone else? Is your writing going where you want, or thought you would end up?

I had an experience once where I found a file on my computer that I didn't remember. I started reading it and thought, "Hey this is pretty good." Only then did I realize I had written it.

 

[Belegon]

everytime I open something of mine older than a few months I cringe...

I am a much better writer than I once was. It's not the plotting or anything... it's the "craft"... grammer, phrasing, passive tense.

I've grown.

 

[only_more_so]

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[wishfulthinking]

I had an experience once where I found a file on my computer that I didn't remember. I started reading it and thought, "Hey this is pretty good." Only then did I realize I had written it.

Must have been a good feeling. I never have that problem, since I find a way to delete, crash or otherwise lose stories

 

[wishfulthinking]

everytime I open something of mine older than a few months I cringe...

I am a much better writer than I once was. It's not the plotting or anything... it's the "craft"... grammer, phrasing, passive tense.

I've grown.

The Cringe. Lol! It never completely goes away. I still look back at my first story ever, innocent pawn, and wondered how I ever managed to get to 10+ chapters without ever planning it, let alone the change is style and writing from the first chapter to the last. That is my growth story, and I still cringe.