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12/12/04 18:36Hmm. Though I was skeptical that my writing had improved much in the last two years, I've been reading over "Festival of Ghosts," and I have to say: it has. By a lot.
No matter how much advice on writing I read, there's nothing but practice that can really cause improvement. The one thing I've consistently had problems with--what it all comes down to for everyone, I guess--is making what comes out on paper match what I see in my head. And because I saw it so clearly in my head, it truly was hard to tell when I'd been doing it badly.
That doesn't necessarily mean that I'm doing it well now, though I hope it means I'm doing a little better... but it does get me out of feeling like I write novels, and they get rejected, and it's all a pretty pointless endeavour.
No matter how much advice on writing I read, there's nothing but practice that can really cause improvement. The one thing I've consistently had problems with--what it all comes down to for everyone, I guess--is making what comes out on paper match what I see in my head. And because I saw it so clearly in my head, it truly was hard to tell when I'd been doing it badly.
That doesn't necessarily mean that I'm doing it well now, though I hope it means I'm doing a little better... but it does get me out of feeling like I write novels, and they get rejected, and it's all a pretty pointless endeavour.
