Comments on: Emotional Blocks

By: Deborah

Deborah — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 15:58:02 +0000

I used to have my husband check for typos and critique my work back in the late ’90s. This was asking a lot, since he hates to read anything that isn’t car-related.

I appreciated the fact that he was always honest with me. If he didn’t like what I’d written, he’d tell me.

By: Pat Kirby

Pat Kirby — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 15:19:26 +0000

I don’t sweat the inner critic too much on the blog. (Although, I hate it when I noticed a big, fat typo a day after posting. Like misusing “its.”)

The critic is a much harder task master with fiction. Literally, until 2003, I never let anyone, ANYONE, read my fiction. What little I wrote was deleted/thrown out soon after I wrote it. Couldn’t have anybody read it, nope.

I “decided” I had to get over it. Except, I still can’t deal with my husband reading my stuff. Weird.

By: Deborah

Deborah — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 14:59:00 +0000

Thanks, Karen.

By: Karen Lee Field

Karen Lee Field — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 08:41:19 +0000

Upon reading about your Thanksgiving day, I felt like heaving too…and I wasn’t even there. I swear I could smell it though, you did a great job getting that smell across.

By: Deborah

Deborah — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 00:55:44 +0000

Oh, yes. I’m sure I’ll be an irritating mother-in-law in my own unique ways, lol. Mine has done a lot for us. If it weren’t for that smell, I wouldn’t care.

By: Karen Lee Field

Karen Lee Field — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 00:42:00 +0000

Mother-in-laws, everyone hates them but remember…you’ll be one too. I haven’t gained that title either yet, but I’m sure I will be thought of just like most of the others.

Having said that, no one should take their dog over to someone else’s house - how rude!

By: Deborah

Deborah — Sun, 27 Nov 2005 22:58:45 +0000

That critic never really leaves, I agree. On good days, I’m able to pump out entire sections of my story. When that happens, the critic returns with a vengeance.

She came over again yesterday, this time bringing my nephews to play with the train set. I grumbled under my breath because she just had to come when we were getting ready to go out to dinner. At least she didn’t bring her damned, smelly dog!

By: michaelm

michaelm — Sun, 27 Nov 2005 22:30:04 +0000

Deb-
I can relate so well to the “internal” critic comments. I’ve always found that when I’m waiting for him to show up and start slinging insults he’s MIA. It’s only when I choose to “forget” about him that I read a previous post and realize he was there all along.

I, too feel a need to connect with my readers. Interesting how we crave that as writers.

“As for my writing block yesterday, I could blame that on the unexpected arrival of my mother-in-law.” LMAO…

~michaelm

By: Deborah

Deborah — Sun, 27 Nov 2005 17:05:23 +0000

Thank you, Karen. I find myself censoring my posts as well, mostly because I’m self-conscious. Yesterday was an exception.

Sometimes I need to let my hair down and not worry about what people may think of me. This post helped me write a few more paragraphs for Prosperity, so it was worth it.

I’m glad I made you laugh.

By: Karen Lee Field

Karen Lee Field — Sun, 27 Nov 2005 09:38:43 +0000

Sometimes we have to be bossier than Miss Critic, but I wanted to tell you that you’re not alone in your thoughts and feelings about blogging.

Some of my own posts must sound vague or silly because there is more I want to say, but I’m mindful of the people reading what I write. I wrote such a post today and when I read over it later, it didn’t relate to what I was *really* thinking because it was censored. Never mind.

Deborah, you seem so sweet and innocent. I laughed at the image of you mooning your inner critic. Daring move.