Well. There it goes.
I haven't uploaded anything these past few months, and removed my stories. Writers Cafe became a sad disappointment, the creative juice stopped flowing, and I've knocked myself off a pedestal. Or three.
Last semester I enrolled in a creative writing course, thinking that, while it won't be a breeze, it would be thoroughly enjoyable. Well, I got the first part right. The latter, well...
Granted, my classmates were far from an enthusiastic bunch about writing, and certainly there were some (one) overblown personalities. But I had certain epiphanies about myself, and the realizations weren't pleasant.
It seems, darling, dear Mordantcoffee, that you may style yourself to be humble, but you will never take seriously someone whose one writing you judge to be inferior. Even when professors and peers say otherwise.
Figures that I have writer's block. The creative gods must be punishing me.
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- Alyssa Santa-Cruz is a pseudonym for a Filipino college student striving for forever. Staring blankly into space, seeing worlds within the plaster.
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1 comment:
This is a normal part of being a writer. It tends to be that even the best writers doubt themselves and struggle through periods of non-productivity. If you look through my blog, you'll find long breaks in my writing and then periods of writing a lot. The biggest difference between the two - letting go of my self-judgements enough to keep going. Regardless of whether what you write is good or not, its better to keep writing because you do improve the more you write.
I understand your feelings about creative writing classes. Often I struggled when a certain classmate got a lot more attention from me, when I thought he work used a lot of cheap tricks and lacked in real substance. In fact, generally after finishing my creative writing classes I stopped writing for a while - I had to let all of the feedback sink in and think about what people liked and didn't, then eventually brush off what I didn't agree with, and move on.
I hope that you keep writing and posting your stuff online. I'd also love to hear what you think of what I've been writing lately. If you get a chance, please do...
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