Writing, Facing your fears!

I don't know much about writing, but i have my history of bringing my opinions to public. The way i see it is that the things you wanna write or tell about are the things, that represent you. Do it. There is nothing embarrassing in your own opinions. Let other people know what you think, let them know who is AquawindLugia trough your thoughts and ideas. If you fell uncomfortable just think, that maybe, just maybe, my writing will effect someone in the positives of ways. Every time when i fell that my opinions are sensitive or some way wrong, i usually think that it might be for the greater good. My friends trust me with all the hard stuff. Cuz i have grown strong from the inside. And the feedback is made to construct you. Next time you write something... be proud of it. Your text is you in a nutshell, a HUGE nutshell

 

I honestly didn't get nervous at all the first time I uploaded something. For me, the choice is easy: if you like my story, great! If you don't like it, that's great as well. I can deal pretty well with negative comments and harsh criticism, if I may say so myself. However, every time I upload a new chapter, there's this little part of me that keeps asking if this chapter is good enough; if it isn't much worse as the previous part. Luckily, the feedback has been generally positive so far, so I don't mind it too much

 

I never got nervous when posting my stories or writing them at all x3 I think the easiest genre for me to write is Romance? I dunno lol. I did get a little self conscious of my writing and all one time, and I just read other people's stories~ It helped, for some odd reason..

 

I get nervous when I post my stuff online, but not out of fear of negative feedback. I'm more afraid that I made something that isn't good. I am my own harshest critic, so I feel awful when I create something that isn't the absolute best it could have been. So yeah, I am often worried that I could have done better. Often times, I will put off posting something to improve it for so long that it ends up posted months after completion.

The easiest genre for me to write... I dunno. I feel like, oddly enough, both the Dark, Slice of Life, and Action/Adventure genres come naturally for me when writing. I'm decent at comedy, but mostly just lighthearted comedy with a warm and fuzzy kind of feel to it. I'm horrible at Romance genres because I have nothing to base it off.

 

I know exactly how you feel, since I'm a writer myself.
I just don't really post my stuff online.
Why? Well, mostly because most of it is Dutch, and there aren't enough Dutch-spreaking people out there who would be willing to read my stuff. I think.
Second of all, I'm the type of person that likes attention. So if I post anything, I kinda expect it to be instantly popular. If it doesn't become popular, I start to ask myself: 'Why post it anyway? No one's reading it, and if they do read it, they don't tell me that I did a good job or tell me how to improve or so.'
I do share some of my work with a few people I know. I kinda selected them, because I'm sure that they really READ the stuff I write. I want to write, I just don't want to write it all for myself. Do I eventually want to become a professional writer? That would be fun, but I would first need to improve a lot...

And what genres am I good at? Well, I'm really into adventurous fantasy stories (not really with elves, ogres, dragons and stuff like that, but oh well). I write a few fanfics, and I recently started writing my very first original story, without any fanfic-thingies in it. Its genre is probably adventure, with a bit of humour and a slight hint of romance. I think I would eventually be able to write romance stories as well. I would probably use the knowledge I gathered from reading other teenage stories about romances to write my own. The key to that is just: read all the stuff and watch how the characters describe it. Does it have many things in common? Then you can use it too.

Hope this helps, although I don't really think that I answered your question XD

 

I definitely am afraid and self-conscious of my own writing just because I always feel like it isn't as good as someone else's work, that I'm not good enough. However, I really do like feedback, and it hurts when I don't get any so that's my worst fear.

The easiest genre to write about? Definitely fantasy. You can create everything you could ever dream. Twists and turn to your desire. Fantasy has no bounds and I love it.

 

Usually I'll only start feeling paranoid about my writing after others have seen it. It's usually not embarrassing, but more of "Oh, could this have flown better?" "Is it good enough, will people like it?" "How many errors are there that I missed when proofreading?" And somehow, as I've written more, these quiet nagging doubts have actually gotten worse.

 

I'm afraid of historical writing. Mainly because it's based on something real. It's so hard to make a story out of someone real in my opinion because you have to put yourself into that situation. I have no idea if I'm portraying the character correctly or even if I have the right situation. However, I would love to try it because it really focuses on the past, and it's always interesting for me to look back on what others have done in a situation where they're in between a rock and a hard place.

 

I really like writing. It was one of my hobbies before it evolves into the secret of my success in many parts of my life. Writing was the way to do anything. In the begining, all the things are hard and you are scared from the new sensations and the posible feedbacks.

With the time and practice I earned the ability to don't be scared about the thinking that the people could have about my work.

I never wasn't scared about writing again until I come here. Start to write in English? It was really hard, because I had to take care about Literature and grammar and also my bad English. I was really scared. So I took Valor and started to post my fanfiction and a song some time ago, it was hard to face my fear, but Here I am .

I can say that you, me and all the people that writes has problems at the moment of sharing their work, all the prejudice and the statutes of the society sometimes create the already known complexes on our attitude. But, it is when you discover if you are ready to be a writer or not.

When you face your fears, when you avoid the tears after a bad work is when you show the world that you are different, and that you won't be giving up until your dreams and goals come true.

 

I want to try my hand at being a consistent romance writer for my OTPs (because they're cute, dammit!) but I really lack the skills and ability to handle said genre in any way. I always feel paranoid while writing it, like it's choppy and doesn't flow from one sentence to another correctly and that, most importantly of all, the reader isn't able to connect with the emotions and plights of the characters.

 

Mostly I'm afraid that my characters will act OOC. I'm afraid that the plot will "hook" (so to say) anyone.

The easiest genres to write, for me, is humor and friendship. I can't help myself. I love to make people laugh, it bleeds through. A lot.

 

A wise man once said to me that some things only embarrassing if you make it. To clarify, if you think posting something is not going to hurt you in the long run or if ever, then that means that another part of what you do is entirely yours to control. I keep these in mind when I post anything of mine, mainly because I somewhat know that I'm trying to not hurt anyone.

This may sound selfish, but I do what I do for myself mostly. To better myself, if you will.

I become self-conscious about what I do whenever I feel that I may have not gotten the point across correctly, or if my writing is not up to par with the plethora of others in existence. Those thoughts will forever haunt me for the rest of my life, but I chose to use it to my benefit.

I constantly label myself as a nobody, someone who in unimportant compared to many others. When I look at work that is either really bad (sorry if that came out wrong) or at its initial stages, I can't help but feel that the potential of those writers/artists will soon become better than me/others in due time, mainly the writers. I feel worthless.

But that doesn't mean that I won't stop trying. I do my best no matter what the situation. To leave my mark in the world of FanFictions and Fandoms. To be a person who, even if is not very well known, but will be able to be mentioned from time to time for what I did. To know, that I am not really a nobody.

Sorry for the somewhat unrelated information posted, but that's how I feel.

Long story short, I never overcome them. Those feelings, those thoughts, are here to stay. In the future, I do plan on showing those feelings through my original characters, or perhaps earlier, but that won't happen for a while.

On the topic of the genre most comfortable, I would assume that mine would be Hurt/Comfort. Anguish or depression pretty much defines my character and I feel that there are not enough of them around lately. The genre is personal to me and I can relate to it, that's why I continue to write the main story I place almost all my resources in. Humor is not my strong suit, unless it's sarcasm in real life. I made my online persona, EverchangingArcadia for a reason. There is a deeper reason for its existence, but I think that's enough for this thread. I answered all the questions and that's the most important part.