Comments on: Want to Impress With Your Writing? http://neobluepanther.com/2009/08/want-to-impress-with-your-writing/ Writing, Among Other Things Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:09:30 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Tonya http://neobluepanther.com/2009/08/want-to-impress-with-your-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-278 Tonya Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:16:16 +0000 http://neobluepanther.com/?p=125#comment-278 I'd say that self consciousness is one of the biggest hindrances to a writer. I can't attest to the quality of my own writing but I know that as long as I lose myself in a story and allow myself to experience it as it unfolds, I have little or no trouble articulating those ideas. The second I become conscious of the work as something separate from the experience or whether it's "good" or "bad" writing - that's when I run into a brick wall. Maybe the old adage about not being able to see the forest for the trees would apply in a situation like that... I’d say that self consciousness is one of the biggest hindrances to a writer. I can’t attest to the quality of my own writing but I know that as long as I lose myself in a story and allow myself to experience it as it unfolds, I have little or no trouble articulating those ideas. The second I become conscious of the work as something separate from the experience or whether it’s “good” or “bad” writing – that’s when I run into a brick wall.

Maybe the old adage about not being able to see the forest for the trees would apply in a situation like that…

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