Wangst and weemo

[feuervogel]

I read a lot of writers' blogs. Or LJs, whatever. And I've started to feel like I'm inadequate and inept as a writer, because I wasn't an English major. I'm not Trained in things like Narrative Technique, Structure, and Symbolism, and I'm not well-read enough in classics, folklore, or myths to make use of Allusions.

I'm an impostor.

All I've got is some characters, a story idea, and 20-odd years of reading spec fic (and some Real Books™). No technique, no ideas for creative symbolism or structure or literary allusions.

I'm never gonna sell anything.

Comments

[luckykitty.livejournal.com]

Feeling you 100% :( That pretty much describes me to a T.

But honestly, I do wonder how many of these things really apply to all writers. It seems like they come from all walks of life and levels of education.

[feuervogel]

I know there's no One Right Way to do writing, but god I feel like such a poseur.

[tsubaki-ny.livejournal.com]

Bollocks to this "poseur" business. There's no club. Booo. If there is a club we should ignore it, they are self-anointed and should be ignored and bypssed. You have something to say and the words to say it with? The end.

(And I hope I actually said what I meant there, but my point is I don't like it that you feel "fake" because of some arbitrary qualifications. :-( )

[feuervogel]

I should probably stop reading some authors' LJs because they depress me. I mean, I don't like *reading* books where the author wants to break your heart all the time, so why the hell would I write them? And everyone seems to LOVE these books where everybody dies and it's depressing and I just don't get it.

[tsubaki-ny.livejournal.com]

*skulks away quietly with in-prog books full of dead folks* ^___________^