I've decided against posting about Comicon afterall. Most of it was just about how awful that day was (examples- the MTA and Comicon's insane crowd) and a lengthy, completely ridiculous explanation for why the ground in NYC gets all wavy past 8th avenue. Suffice to say I had this whole history about it being a major social initiative from the prohibition era to simulate drunkeness in an effort to discourage the practice, but was cancelled abruptly when Albert Q. Brew invented the first beer goggles. Not really worth the time it takes to write about it, especially five days later.
Instead, have the quickst quick tip yet- Often times new and amateur writers (such as those in my writing group) get freaked out when there's something they don't know. Be it "voice exercises" or "2nd person narration" or "magical realism" they often get depressed and worried when they stumble upon it or someone mentions it. Don't be that way. It's not helpful or necessary. There's plenty of time to learn those things in the future. Meanwhile, don't worry about the quantity of styles and forms you know and concern yourself more with the quality.
Wax on. Wax off.
I am one of those writers who often freaks out when someone mentions something writing related that I've never heard of. I've gotten better about just saying "what's that mean?" or just googling it etc. But there's so much to learn it's easy to feel like you know nothing.
ReplyDeleteBill: So crates- The only true wisdom lies in knowing that you know nothing.
ReplyDeleteTed: Dude, that's us!
Bill: Oh yeah!
And with a little help from George Carlin, they created a future where we have more excellent waterslides than any planet we communicate with.