Quote Originally Posted by robertpaullocke View Post
thank you for re affirming for me what I kinda knew from the beginning, And that is. I suck. I should just stick with poetry and my blog. I will never be come a decent writer, no matter how much I try I will never be good. So I'll just stick with leaving all the great story ideas I have in my head and never let them see the light of day. I get it. though, writing is a passion for me but just like everything else I just dont have the talent so whats the point? Thanks.
Robert, did you bother reading any of the authors I suggested to you or did you just have your pitty party and then make a quick revision of the story?

Ya know, one of the things I am known here for is being brutally frank. I am not going to tell you that you are great when you suck. I am not going to tell you that something has potential when it has none. If I say I like any portion of what you write you can be damned certain I did.

You say you write poetry and a blog. Do you want to write a blog with "LOL" and "bcoz" and all the silly little intenet shorthand shit that goes with it or do you really want to write? If you really want to write you have to take your lumps and you have to learn to write. It sure doesn't come overnight. Hell, Mad still can't spell the word "truly" without throwing in a limp "e". But Mad is one of the best writers the Library has seen.

What I want to see, Robert, is for you to take time. Not an hour or a day - but time. Make it a week. Go through some other author's works. Go through the block and read what people have written and what we have hammered on. Then, go through your story. Take some time. Then tell us the story so we can understand it. Not so you understand it - but so we can.

I promise you that comparing your structure to the structure of other authors will help. Give it a shot and don't be so fucking down on yourself. I used to suck at writing. Now I actually have fans. Two fans. And a snake.