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SOme things are not ment to be (rant)
4 years ago
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I thought long and hard about this before deciding to just throw in the towel. THe idea of publishing a book was a dream of mine. How ever like every other dream it get crushed due to my own inability to graphs simple things. Things anyone and everyone knows how to do. But NOT me I'm to fucking retarded.
Yes I know plenty of authors out there had learning disability's, But the differences they had is they had the talent, I do not have such thing.
It often hurts to get to the honest truth but in the end it is what it is. I cant show with words I cant set the scene with the characters. The only way I can do it is list it as I listed it. And its frustrating, I looked at the first block describing Fredrick and I ended up only rewording it instead of showing. I tried with Kyle same deal, juts reworded and wasn't showing crap.
I look at the samples I look at articles No mater what I do I simply cant do it. So I do what I do best give up and move on.
Lets face it some people arnt meant to do great things. SO what ever. Back to drawing I guess
Yes I know plenty of authors out there had learning disability's, But the differences they had is they had the talent, I do not have such thing.
It often hurts to get to the honest truth but in the end it is what it is. I cant show with words I cant set the scene with the characters. The only way I can do it is list it as I listed it. And its frustrating, I looked at the first block describing Fredrick and I ended up only rewording it instead of showing. I tried with Kyle same deal, juts reworded and wasn't showing crap.
I look at the samples I look at articles No mater what I do I simply cant do it. So I do what I do best give up and move on.
Lets face it some people arnt meant to do great things. SO what ever. Back to drawing I guess
Writing is partly talent, but mostly it's a lot of hard work. Reworking the story, changing endings, removing beloved sections that just don't work.
And like any other skill, you have to keep working at it. Most great writers weren't great out of the gate. They spent years writing crap, learning from their mistakes, and the mistakes of others, to get a story that resonated with readers.
And publishing is a whole other ballgame. Finding an editor or publisher to look at your work is an effort and if one doesn't have an in, requires networking and submitting, submitting, submitting.
If you really want this, don't give up. Maybe you need to keep rewriting, or maybe you need to find a different way to tell the story you want.
Regarding your last sentences. The question is, what are you passionate about? Writing? Drawing? Something else? Don't worry about what other people are doing. Ask what you really give a shit about.