Yesh, but the best work that I have ever done has been the things that utterly terrify me. I find that the fear is telling me that I am stretching.
Remember the gleeful terror when the training wheels came off? You knew that you could and probably would fall on your butt trying to master this. Still, you did it, didn't you? You wanted to see how far you could ride that bike, how fast you could make it go, you wanted to feel the wind whipping by you. Even though you knew you could tumble off and break something, you did it anyway.
That's the feeling to reach for. Find that moment when the characters take over and are yanking you along after at top speed. Find that place where you can feel the ship's deck under your feet and hear the wind whipping the sails and you know the storm is coming. Find that place and just go, because when you get there, despite how scary it can be, there is no better feeling on earth.
That is the madness and addiction of being a writer.
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Date: 2006-09-08 05:49 pm (UTC)Remember the gleeful terror when the training wheels came off? You knew that you could and probably would fall on your butt trying to master this. Still, you did it, didn't you? You wanted to see how far you could ride that bike, how fast you could make it go, you wanted to feel the wind whipping by you. Even though you knew you could tumble off and break something, you did it anyway.
That's the feeling to reach for. Find that moment when the characters take over and are yanking you along after at top speed. Find that place where you can feel the ship's deck under your feet and hear the wind whipping the sails and you know the storm is coming. Find that place and just go, because when you get there, despite how scary it can be, there is no better feeling on earth.
That is the madness and addiction of being a writer.