without hating it
Note that this does not mean “loving it”. If I waited until I loved every single pen stroke I ever made, I wouldn’t have a comic.
Selection chosen deliberately
That was a double take for the ages, mate ;D
Comment on Can I become a writer when this is the quality of my writing? Please be honest.
DomeGuy@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
You wrote something. Ergo, you are a writer.
Whether or not anyone ever pays you for your art, that you choose to make something yourself is enough to earn the same title as Shakespeare, King, Rowling, Shatner, Stallone, or Myer. ~Selection chosen deliberately to have a range of quality.~
Keep writing until you have finished a story. Then revise it until you can read it without hating it. Then write something else.
Lumidaub@feddit.org 2 hours ago
AnAmericanPotato@programming.dev 2 hours ago
And, uh, don’t get too caught up on that part.
Lots of artists never stop hating their own work. Art and neurosis — name a more iconic duo. At some point you just need to move on and let it be what it is. Perfectionism is a powerful thing, but it must be tamed.
This is especially true when you’re starting out, before you’ve developed an intuition for which paths are worth following. It’s easy to get stuck in a loop trying to “fix” something that’s never going to be what you want it to be. “Quality over quantity” is the more common refrain, but for a beginner it should be the opposite, because what you need more than anything at that point is just practice. Related: austinkleon.com/…/quantity-leads-to-quality-the-o…