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MAY 7 QUESTION: Some common fears writers share are rejection, failure, success, and lack of talent and ability. What are your greatest fears as a writer? How do you manage them?
I've been a writer all my life, writing in various formats from grants, technical descriptions, press releases, commercials, novels, novellas, etc. I understand rejection, and I rejoice in success. However, my greatest fear is the dilemma that occurs when I'm writing fiction with a loose "in-my-head" outline--and the characters decide to march away in different directions, disrupting my loose plan. This stalls me and disrupts my process and progress forward for more than just a few moments. I often lie in bed each night pondering what I should do or write to solve the plot problem and move forward. I believe this is often a writer's wide awake nightmare. Usually, with time, new ideas and solutions surface, and you can pound the keys again.
APRIL 2ND QUESTION: What fantasy character would you like to fight, go on a quest with, or have a beer/glass of wine with?
Since I embrace nonviolence and don't drink alcohol because of a medicine I have to take, I guess I'm on a quest. I'm a big fan of writer, Louis L'Amour. I read all his books many years ago. I still keep them in a box in the closet, hoping my eldest son would someday want them since he, too, was a fan of L'Amour as a writer.
I guess I would like to go on a quest with William Tell Sackett, one of three brothers in the Sackett clan and who are from Tennessee, the sons of Welsh immigrants. Tell is a central character in many of L'Amour's western novels and is known for his adventurous spirit and skill with a gun. A union army veteran, he makes his way West in the years following the war, hoping to settle down as a rancher. He has a sound, strong moral character, never forgetting his father's rule of "always ride on the side of the law, never against it." In the movies version, he is played by Sam Elliot.
Not only do I like sound logical fantasy characters like Tell Sackett, but there is something mysterious and somewhat romantic about a quest with a cowboy in the Wild West.
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Knowing the thoughts of others could be good, or exhausting and disheartening. Great post. Happy IWSG day. I'm doing the #atozchallenge bloghop this month too. 🙂 I hope you have a great April.
ReplyDeleteI've read Louis L' Amour's Sackett series. It's a great series. My dad and I both read them.
ReplyDeleteLoosing one's grip on the story--or the characters--is disconcerting, for sure. But maybe it opens up some possibilities, too.
ReplyDeleteI like your positive attitude! Now I have to convince myself the dilemma is for the best. :)
DeleteThings blocking you, stopping you from continued writing, like you said, characters running in directions you didn't want - I think that's not so much as a problem but part of the writing process and that's when you have to be creative even more, I think. I think I prefer to have such problems than not to have any ideas at all.
ReplyDeleteHave a lovely day.
Characters are funny like that...
ReplyDeleteSo true, but often, those changes make for a better story. I like when I'm more of a scribe in the story than the creator.
ReplyDeleteI agree. It's fun to watch a story evolve as the reel in your head keeps spinning. When it stops or has a hiccup is when I seem to panic. lol
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