04-23-2012, 03:43 AM | #46 |
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04-23-2012, 04:54 AM | #47 |
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At least this way you know someone was enjoyed themselves. You could have gone through a life of self-sacrifice and still not been certain it did any good ... or does that make it seem like I have a dismal outlook on life. Hmmm...
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04-26-2012, 04:01 PM | #48 |
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I write because I can't NOT write. I write because if I don't, the voices of my characters pile up in my head and begin arguing with one another and yell at me to write their stories until I'm ready to get up on a rooftop with a rifle and a scope if I don't. I write because it's what I would prefer to be doing, like, ALL THE TIME, not because I like it, but because I HAVE TO, even when there are dust bunnies the size of my head rolling around the room and the dog hasn't been fed in days.
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I don't know, maybe I'm not a writer, I don't have voices in my head.
and who said anything about glamor anyway. |
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04-26-2012, 05:08 PM | #51 |
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One of the strange things in our culture is that we look up to people who accomplish things, but if anyone thinks they just might be able to accomplish something and gives it a try, they get called a narcissist. It's like we put up a big "keep out" sign. I don't see anything narcissistic about writing, or about thinking that your writing just might be good enough for someone to read. If someone paints, we don't call them a narcissist. If someone tries to play sports, we don't call them a narcissist. They might produce paintings that no one wants. They might not make the team. But we don't call them narcissists. Now, if someone insists that they are one of the greatest writers ever, despite few people wanting to read their books, that just might be a sign of narcissism.
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Classic narcissism. Painters, also classic narcissists. Sports people? Narcissists. Narcissists!!! EVERYWHERE!!!! Ahem. But yeah. You're getting confused by a word which you've only heard used as a pejorative, but which has a definition which ranges from benign all the way to personality disorder. Embrace your narcissism. Remember, YOUR narcissism is superior to everyone else's narcissism. Substitute any word you like for "narcissism". |
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04-27-2012, 06:09 AM | #57 |
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See I find it hard to believe there are literal voices in peoples heads that
"must be heard" -- I think it is really just one's own mind asking questions, observing -- 'Thinking' in other words. If it is literally voices that must get out, there's a problem. |
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Agreed, it is just thinking. If you are really hearing voices telling you to do something, then watch out when it goes from saying "write that story!" to "kill your neighbour, his dog just peed on your lawn!"
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