That's very true. I don't really see myself as a creator, I see myself as a conduit for the story. The story is somewhere, maybe in Jung's collective unconscious, and my craft is to find the story, follow it to its end.
But, conversely, there is some skill involved in getting that tale down on paper so that others will understand it and enjoy it. While I write mainly for myself (as evidenced by the fact that I haven't published anything in two years) sharing brings about its own joy. And sometimes I find that if I follow what the character wants without some sort of--for lack of a better word--compromise, the characters will kind of each go their own way and avoid the ending altogether.
Of course, that's probably part of the reason I gravitate towards writing serialised stories. I don't have to stop the characters from doing their thing. Haha.
I think I just sometimes lack the discipline to finish, or rather, to declare a novel finished. I'm a perfectionist, as I'm sure you can understand, and I always see things I can improve. Which is why my novel is in its fifth draft. But I'm determined to make it the final one.
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Date: 2007-06-20 03:08 pm (UTC)But, conversely, there is some skill involved in getting that tale down on paper so that others will understand it and enjoy it. While I write mainly for myself (as evidenced by the fact that I haven't published anything in two years) sharing brings about its own joy. And sometimes I find that if I follow what the character wants without some sort of--for lack of a better word--compromise, the characters will kind of each go their own way and avoid the ending altogether.
Of course, that's probably part of the reason I gravitate towards writing serialised stories. I don't have to stop the characters from doing their thing. Haha.
I think I just sometimes lack the discipline to finish, or rather, to declare a novel finished. I'm a perfectionist, as I'm sure you can understand, and I always see things I can improve. Which is why my novel is in its fifth draft. But I'm determined to make it the final one.