Chatbox II: The Rebirth

what I need is motivation

I come up with idea that I love and I love writing and I want to be an author so badly when I get older

but sometimes I feel like I don't actually love it as much as I think i do, because if I did I would be writing much more and have much more motivation and I'd have finished something longer than a short story by now...

 

Man, I just had some turkey pot stickers and sauteed spinach. Righteous.

 

oooh potstickers yumm

hey Greg

 

I just had a barbequed chicken breast (muy picante!) and corn roasted on the grill,

 

Now I'm hungry!

Heya Hedge and Cog.

Yellow it seems to me your problem is you work up till the "honeymoon" phase is over. That's really when the "work" of writing begins.

 

well like I said i have horrible motivation

 

That is why I suggested someone to keep you honest. It is like anything else, once you lose your inital "high" you have to keep plugging along. Knowing that there is someone or a group of people that are expecting to read the works helps a lot. It gives you a little bit of motivation simply because you don't want to have t make up excuses. It helped me more than a few times.

 

Hiya People Yellow, Rumpole, Cog and others.

 

Heya Z. You know what I'm gonna ask .......

 

Yep, it's up Rumpole

 

yeah...

Hopefully this fanfic story I wrte will get accepted, if it does I'll have that, and I think finishing one long story, chapter by chapter will really help me get better at finishing long stories in general. I mean in general I'm great with short stories, and I still love all my novels just as much as when I started them, I'm just not writing in them...




hey Z

 

I read it. You were wrong, it is good. It just needs pruning. Mind if I cut and paste a copy in word before I critique? it is easier for me that way.

 

No, go ahead. Teehee my first critic. LOL

 

I won't be able to post it till tomorrow night. I like to read things several times.

 

Okay! Sounds great!

Thanks again Rumpole

 

No problems at all. I'm glad you decided to post it.

So how's your evening going?

 

Very Well. Just had dinner, watched some 60 Minutes, and now I'm just hanging out.

 

Hey guys!

-pokes her story with a stick- o.o; WHY WON'T YOU WOOOORK.

yellowm&M - I haven't finished a story in ages. It's been years since I've finished something. >_<; I get to the editing phase of writing, and then I freak out because I made mistakes. Darn perfectionism. I'm motivated to finish them, I'm just ashamed of my mistakes. o.o

 

First of all Kaci, you are the worst judge of whether a story works. All of us are our worst critiques. Second, if mistakes are your worry, have someone else deal with them. Seriously, someone who will just make the corrections for you.

 

hey, Z I just reviewed your story, it was really good

I don't know why you kept saying it was stupid earlier

 

Thank you Yellow ... that's what I said.

 

I saw! TY TY TY TY

*jumps for joy and kicks monitor to the floor*

 

Z, I would...but I'm crabby and have a headache.

Which translates into: Zero patience for reading anything.

 

Thanks for the advice. I'm slowly learning how to accept that I'll make mistakes, that absolutely nothing is perfect on attempt #1. When I actually finish something, I might post it here so I can get advice from lovely people. xD

One day I will overcome this mental block. I know I will!

I wanna read Zcreative's story now. >_> -scurries off to read-

I'll even try to review it! o.o;

 

Ty Kaci!

And Emily, don't worry. You can just do it after you take some Tylenol.

*Fills glass of water and throws a bottle of Tylenol at Emily*

JK

EDIT: I didn't mean to be insensitive