because the stories I've done that I've liked the most were the ones that I wrote for me, without worrying about what others thought of them.
I'm really starting to miss those days. Yeah, all the stories that have done well are the ones I did more for myself, because they were the kind of stories I liked.
Another tainting factor is seeing stories with such wonderful, clever, interesting poignant ideas that become kind of a drive for me to do stories similarly wonderful, poingnant, etc. Which, in turn, makes me try too hard, overloading the story by pushing themes rather than letting the themes come to me.
What's funny is that my own story, Of Coloring Books and Lt. Colonels, kind of started this drive. What I achieved with Coloring Books I hoped to achieve again. But the thing about Coloring Books is that I was just writing it for fun, letting it go in whatever direction it would.
I need to get myself back into that mindset - writing for fun instead of writing to please.
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Date: 2007-10-28 05:54 am (UTC)From:I'm really starting to miss those days. Yeah, all the stories that have done well are the ones I did more for myself, because they were the kind of stories I liked.
Another tainting factor is seeing stories with such wonderful, clever, interesting poignant ideas that become kind of a drive for me to do stories similarly wonderful, poingnant, etc. Which, in turn, makes me try too hard, overloading the story by pushing themes rather than letting the themes come to me.
What's funny is that my own story, Of Coloring Books and Lt. Colonels, kind of started this drive. What I achieved with Coloring Books I hoped to achieve again. But the thing about Coloring Books is that I was just writing it for fun, letting it go in whatever direction it would.
I need to get myself back into that mindset - writing for fun instead of writing to please.