I think that at least Findekano will not judge any of the Feanorians for their mistakes and he will learn to love every one of them. Won't he? That's how I see it, anyway.
That's how I see it too. :) One thing that always strikes me about The Sil is how Maitimo and Findekano--the eldest sons and heirs of their bitter fathers--are two of the only ones to pull their family together and unite for the benefit of the Noldor. They must have been very special people to do that; with this in mind, I write them.
As for being down about this story, I can only ask you...huh?!
Yes, I get that sometimes. ;) As I was explaining to Jenni, one of my dearest online friends, one day, I generally go through stages with my stories. It begins as an idea only that bugs me constantly while I try to insist no, I am not writing that! Then, I give in and write it rabidly until it's about half-finished. Then it plods along and I have to force it to end. Then I go back and read and revise it a good dozen times until I see nothing but errors and get depressed over it....
So I'm at the last stage now. But this is not a bad thing; just my challenge to fix the problems and make it better.
I think that many writers are harder on themselves than their critics will ever be. There's a good reason for this, though, I think. After all, we live with our stories. We know that parts that we hurried to get through or the passages where we wanted to write one thing, couldn't think of the perfect words, and so settled for something lesser. We have grand ideals that our stories can never wholly match. But our readers don't know that. And so you wonder how I can see flaws in AMC; if I were to read your work, I doubt I'd be as hard on you as you are on yourself. (Btw, if you ever decide to post anywhere, please let me know!) But it's different, looking at it from a writer's perspective versus a reader's perspective.
(In my experience, the writers who do not feel this way are generally obnoxious and awful to be around. They are also usually mediocre--because they are not willing to find place for improvement. So insecurity is not a bad thing, I don't think, as long as we rise above it and keep trying.)
Okay, I'm really rambling. You talk about long posts?! Obviously, I'd be a hypocrite if I minded them. (In fact, I love long posts.)
Until it becomes less shallow and until I have the time and the patience for reasonable plots, not just rolls in the hay, I'm keeping my writing to myself and trying to learn from others.
Like I said, please let me know if you post anywhere! Even just rolls in the hay; every Elf-freak needs a good dose of PWP every now and then! :D
I also have a writers' workshop group for Sil writers. We have an LJ community silwritersguild and a Yahoo! group. We haven't really perfected the workshop idea yet, but we've got lots of great people there who are willing to look at and give help with writing. (And I'm building us an archive site! Okay, that's totally random, but it's one of my more exciting post-NaNoWriMo projects. :D)
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Date: 2005-11-04 03:05 pm (UTC)That's how I see it too. :) One thing that always strikes me about The Sil is how Maitimo and Findekano--the eldest sons and heirs of their bitter fathers--are two of the only ones to pull their family together and unite for the benefit of the Noldor. They must have been very special people to do that; with this in mind, I write them.
As for being down about this story, I can only ask you...huh?!
Yes, I get that sometimes. ;) As I was explaining to Jenni, one of my dearest online friends, one day, I generally go through stages with my stories. It begins as an idea only that bugs me constantly while I try to insist no, I am not writing that! Then, I give in and write it rabidly until it's about half-finished. Then it plods along and I have to force it to end. Then I go back and read and revise it a good dozen times until I see nothing but errors and get depressed over it....
So I'm at the last stage now. But this is not a bad thing; just my challenge to fix the problems and make it better.
I think that many writers are harder on themselves than their critics will ever be. There's a good reason for this, though, I think. After all, we live with our stories. We know that parts that we hurried to get through or the passages where we wanted to write one thing, couldn't think of the perfect words, and so settled for something lesser. We have grand ideals that our stories can never wholly match. But our readers don't know that. And so you wonder how I can see flaws in AMC; if I were to read your work, I doubt I'd be as hard on you as you are on yourself. (Btw, if you ever decide to post anywhere, please let me know!) But it's different, looking at it from a writer's perspective versus a reader's perspective.
(In my experience, the writers who do not feel this way are generally obnoxious and awful to be around. They are also usually mediocre--because they are not willing to find place for improvement. So insecurity is not a bad thing, I don't think, as long as we rise above it and keep trying.)
Okay, I'm really rambling. You talk about long posts?! Obviously, I'd be a hypocrite if I minded them. (In fact, I love long posts.)
Until it becomes less shallow and until I have the time and the patience for reasonable plots, not just rolls in the hay, I'm keeping my writing to myself and trying to learn from others.
Like I said, please let me know if you post anywhere! Even just rolls in the hay; every Elf-freak needs a good dose of PWP every now and then! :D
I also have a writers' workshop group for Sil writers. We have an LJ community
Okay, I'm really ending this post now.... ;)
*hugs*
~Dawn