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Thank you, Correspondence List...
Jun. 22nd, 2018 08:24 pm1. Got really depressed (no point into going into why), went onto DW reading list, and stumbled onto beer_good_foamy's post about some nitwits trying to Remake the Last Jedi, and just couldn't stop laughing. (I admittedly have an odd sense of humor, but this is hilarious. Oh and it's the post that keeps on giving...apparently they tried it with Firefly too, and didn't give up until Joss Whedon's Sister-in-Law told them too. ROFL!)
2. Ahhh...besides Sense8, a good Rom-Com to watch on Netflix - Set it Up Reviewed on Smart Bitches
3. And John Scalzi's post that reassures depressed and self-conscious writers everywhere. (I'm writing a book. I write it on the train to and from work each day, I write it on the train to doctor's offices, I write it in doctor's office waiting rooms, I write it on my lunch break, I write it on weekends and after work, I write it on the train to the City, or any activity. I wrote it in the park. Writing it in long-hand first in three ring notebooks, then typind in the computer at home and at work. And...every once and a while, I think why am I doing this? It's not like anyone liked the last one I wrote. It's not a brilliant earth-shaking idea. It's a story, in my head, that I can't find elsewhere and I want to tell and is weird. People will hate it. I may never publish it...Ugh.)
and here is published and best-selling writer John Scalzi to the rescue:
I highlight these lovely reviews of my book to make the point that no book is for everyone, and not everyone is going to like your book, whatever it is and no matter how successful it may turn out to be. In fact, some people will actively hate it. Why? Because they are terrible people with no taste or discernment? Possibly they are, but a reason far more likely than that is that they are perfectly normal people who just bounced hard off your work, for whatever reason.
Which is okay! If you try to write for everyone, you’re very likely going to end up making no one happy, least of all yourself. Accept that not everyone is going to like your work, and some people will actually hate it, and then write the story that you want to write.
If you accept ahead of time that someone somewhere is going to be unhappy with your book and will then write a review of it, on Amazon, or Goodreads or anywhere else — and that’s okay — it will make it easier to deal with when it actually happens (and it will). This is part of the cost of doing business as a writer. Everyone gets one star reviews. It’s not just you. And everyone survives them too.
I write for me. If you like what I write bonus. I can't control that. But I can't write to please you...that would be betraying who I am, and I'd lose me. I feel lost half the time already. I need somewhere that I can be me...and not worry too much about it.
Also, saw on a Buffy S12 Review on Youtube -- a great post by someone who said..."If I have to deal with Brexit and effing Trump, I do not have to deal with stupid fictional stories that do not work for me and make me unhappy." Yep. Right there with you on every level. So people will hate what I write, but I will also freely despise what others write and love. There's something weirdly reassuring about this.
2. Ahhh...besides Sense8, a good Rom-Com to watch on Netflix - Set it Up Reviewed on Smart Bitches
3. And John Scalzi's post that reassures depressed and self-conscious writers everywhere. (I'm writing a book. I write it on the train to and from work each day, I write it on the train to doctor's offices, I write it in doctor's office waiting rooms, I write it on my lunch break, I write it on weekends and after work, I write it on the train to the City, or any activity. I wrote it in the park. Writing it in long-hand first in three ring notebooks, then typind in the computer at home and at work. And...every once and a while, I think why am I doing this? It's not like anyone liked the last one I wrote. It's not a brilliant earth-shaking idea. It's a story, in my head, that I can't find elsewhere and I want to tell and is weird. People will hate it. I may never publish it...Ugh.)
and here is published and best-selling writer John Scalzi to the rescue:
I highlight these lovely reviews of my book to make the point that no book is for everyone, and not everyone is going to like your book, whatever it is and no matter how successful it may turn out to be. In fact, some people will actively hate it. Why? Because they are terrible people with no taste or discernment? Possibly they are, but a reason far more likely than that is that they are perfectly normal people who just bounced hard off your work, for whatever reason.
Which is okay! If you try to write for everyone, you’re very likely going to end up making no one happy, least of all yourself. Accept that not everyone is going to like your work, and some people will actually hate it, and then write the story that you want to write.
If you accept ahead of time that someone somewhere is going to be unhappy with your book and will then write a review of it, on Amazon, or Goodreads or anywhere else — and that’s okay — it will make it easier to deal with when it actually happens (and it will). This is part of the cost of doing business as a writer. Everyone gets one star reviews. It’s not just you. And everyone survives them too.
I write for me. If you like what I write bonus. I can't control that. But I can't write to please you...that would be betraying who I am, and I'd lose me. I feel lost half the time already. I need somewhere that I can be me...and not worry too much about it.
Also, saw on a Buffy S12 Review on Youtube -- a great post by someone who said..."If I have to deal with Brexit and effing Trump, I do not have to deal with stupid fictional stories that do not work for me and make me unhappy." Yep. Right there with you on every level. So people will hate what I write, but I will also freely despise what others write and love. There's something weirdly reassuring about this.