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mmerriam ([personal profile] mmerriam) wrote2006-06-05 01:41 pm
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So The Question Is...

Despite my plans, I found myself mugged by a shiny new short story that demanded it leap over the queue and be written right now, thank you very much.

I'm a little over five hundred words in and my brain suddenly realized that I was doing things I had never tried before as a writer. Things with voice, and language, and tense, and perception. I've wondered off into new, weird, uncharted waters.

And then I stopped cold.

So the question is: what stopped me? Is it that I've overreached what I'm capable of as a writer? Or is it just raw naked fear of wandering off into the unknown?

I'm going to go for a walk and see if I can sort myself out.

Peace,
Michael

[identity profile] mylefteye.livejournal.com 2006-06-05 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Reached your limits? Nah, more likely you just need to practice sailing these formerly uncharted waters.

Here be dragons!
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[identity profile] mmerriam.livejournal.com 2006-06-05 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
It's either going to work brilliantly, or blow up spectacularly. Either way...