erika, at some point, you're going to have to learn to love your own voice. The voice is there. Don't muffle it - don't bury it.
And sweating is fine, so long as you don't let it drown you, or stop you.
We didn't have sex, if that's what you mean. That's all I do now, not have sex.
Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
deborah grabien - Mar 09, 2005 10:08:01 am PST #432 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
erikaj - Mar 09, 2005 10:16:08 am PST #433 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Well, I'm trying, but being *asked* to, makes me realize it's still hard.
deborah grabien - Mar 09, 2005 10:30:56 am PST #434 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
I hope you do do the meme. I really want to see what you come up with as first or spontaneous choices, both as reader and as writer.
Beverly - Mar 09, 2005 10:36:35 am PST #435 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I know instantly what I come up with as reader. But I'm having a problem as a writer. I like a lot of my stuff--I just don't have one bit that I love.
Still looking.
erikaj - Mar 09, 2005 10:40:56 am PST #436 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I think I fear I'll be overcome with self-love, um, apart from the kind that makes you go blind if you do it too much, and my whole world-view will be upended.
deborah grabien - Mar 09, 2005 10:50:21 am PST #437 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
It's not so much about posting a piece that you love of your own - it's more about posting a piece that you think is immediately recognisable as you.
Amy - Mar 09, 2005 10:50:50 am PST #438 of 10001
Because books.
Bev, I picked something so strange -- it's so hard to pick one small thing. I like a lot of my stuff, too, but as soon as I picked one, I wished I had picked something else.
Ginger - Mar 09, 2005 10:54:11 am PST #439 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I've had a hard time determining a favorite. There are articles I've written that I think were pretty good, but it's hard to find a paragraph or so.
deborah grabien - Mar 09, 2005 11:03:55 am PST #440 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
The bit I posted, as a writer (as a reader, I posted Shirley Jackson's prologue to Hill House), isn't remotely my favourite. But as something that worked to encapsulate what I think of as my voice, it worked.
BTW, this isn't a friendslocked meme; anyone can come play. I'm debg at livejournal. Writers, all welcome. And it doesn't have to be fiction - if it's fic, or poetry, or drama, or anything else that you feel catches your voice, go for it.
Amy - Mar 09, 2005 11:15:38 am PST #441 of 10001
Because books.
Deb, where's your tag from? It's on the tip of my tongue -- I *know* I know it, but I can't place it.
I did a stupid thing -- when we changed computers, I apparently didn't get everything off the old one. I was actually looking for part of a personal essay I wrote years ago, and it's gone, baby. Not on a disk, and I can't find a hard copy. Which is of the suck, let me tell you. I know there's other stuff I'm going to look for one day, and it will have suffered the same fate.