Distressed -Getting flamed
Feb. 21st, 2009 02:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sayuri2023Getting flamed hurts pretty bad. And espescially when the flame is like 'Never Write again' anonymously.
I know I am not a writer. I've never taken a 'Creative English' in college. I'm a Telecom engineer, and soon to take my Masters in this field. What do I know about writing? Nothing. I can't keep the flow of the character, I rush and jumble up too many things at once, jump from one point to anothers as my imagination leads me. I'm not cut out for that sort for this sort of thing. English isn't my first language, and my knowledge of the subject is limited to what I studied back in my boarding school.
The problem is, when I see something, be it a TV anime or a manga or a book, there are points, places, areas and scenes where something comes up like "What if this had happened...?" and the idea keeps nudging in my head until I finally write it down. I can't help it. I never think of a plot beforehand, or make notes, I just go with the flow. When a character in my head speaks something to another character, I just write it down, without actually thinking that maybe, the other person reading it, may not follow it.
I am an avid reader, I voraciously read almost anything and eveything. There are amazing fanfiction writers out there, and their stories are just so wonderful and eloquent. Their flow and characterization is perfect. I don't know how many of them write professionally, but yes, I do admire them. To make someone believe in your story and take them away on the ride of your imagination, is something which I may never excel.
But the truth is I want to write. I really really want to write. I know my current occupation is completely different, but I want to keep writing in my spare time. My friends tell me I have a wonderful gift of imagination, and it would be a shame to see it go down the drain.
Well, Mr. 'Never Write Again'... Can you see this? I am writing.
I know I am not a writer. I've never taken a 'Creative English' in college. I'm a Telecom engineer, and soon to take my Masters in this field. What do I know about writing? Nothing. I can't keep the flow of the character, I rush and jumble up too many things at once, jump from one point to anothers as my imagination leads me. I'm not cut out for that sort for this sort of thing. English isn't my first language, and my knowledge of the subject is limited to what I studied back in my boarding school.
The problem is, when I see something, be it a TV anime or a manga or a book, there are points, places, areas and scenes where something comes up like "What if this had happened...?" and the idea keeps nudging in my head until I finally write it down. I can't help it. I never think of a plot beforehand, or make notes, I just go with the flow. When a character in my head speaks something to another character, I just write it down, without actually thinking that maybe, the other person reading it, may not follow it.
I am an avid reader, I voraciously read almost anything and eveything. There are amazing fanfiction writers out there, and their stories are just so wonderful and eloquent. Their flow and characterization is perfect. I don't know how many of them write professionally, but yes, I do admire them. To make someone believe in your story and take them away on the ride of your imagination, is something which I may never excel.
But the truth is I want to write. I really really want to write. I know my current occupation is completely different, but I want to keep writing in my spare time. My friends tell me I have a wonderful gift of imagination, and it would be a shame to see it go down the drain.
Well, Mr. 'Never Write Again'... Can you see this? I am writing.
