Hi everyone I’ve been around this forum for some months now but never introduced myself so here it goes: I’m 26, from Scandinavia. Been writing my whole life but too lazy and not-at-all that talented to be a professional writer. At the opposite- I'm think I can come quite good at coming up with a story or characters, but the craft of writing is something I have to work on (a lot). Probably have dozens of barely-started works in my drawing. I will finish them some day.. I promise. I love to read, any genres but my favourites are fantasy and anything with connection to Greek mythology. Currently I'm writing a sci-fi novel (yeah, I know i should probably stick with a genre I know something about, but hey, you got to go the way the story takes you). I got a 82K word draft at the moment (still proud of myself for committing to it). Still gots more plotholes than Star Wars and well, the language won't blow you away but I’m enjoying writing it and in the ends that’s all that matters. I'm trying to work up the courage to actually let someone read it, but it's like Schrödingers cat: it might be crap, it might be decent but as long as I don’t look for the answer I can at least dream about it being. I started to (or rather got back to) write regular last year. Got a pretty bad case of some anxiety shit last year and writing is my way of dealing with it, I guess. Works far better than medicine up to date, so I’m sticking to it. (And for anyone thinking great artistic mind comes with mental disorders- I’m still waiting too). As a writer, I'm all for no rules (except grammar) and just go where inspiration takes you. Love to read all the threads here and learn a lot from all experienced writers here
Welcome! I know all about the anxiety behind letting someone else see your work. It's a bit like your baby, you've put your heart and soul into making it and raising it, and letting other people read it is like the first day at kindergarten where you wonder how many bullies will go for your kid.
Love to take a peek at your work on GoogleDocs (comments enabled) if only to reccommend posting here (per host rules). I'm all for encouragement.
Reading your introductory post almost felt like you were describing me. I've had the exact same problems as you Ellara. Spent my entire life coming up with great ideas and never seeing them through. I'm 28 now and just starting to take this seriously. One of the main reasons I never tried, A reason I'm still struggling with right now, is that if no one ever sees it I can always believe it would have been amazing. I can blame my lack of success on lack on effort instead of lack of skill.
That makes us two. God, I'm so scared that to hear someone actually say that my writing is crap... But hey, at least you can say you gave it a try Good luck with your writing, as long as you enjoy writing it's worth the time spent!