Novelty
Do you find blogging cathartic? In other words, if you write about an emotional event, does it help you come to terms with it? (Or make you want to go find intoxicants? LOL)
Does reading about other bloggers’ experiences help you sort out your own problems/hangups/let-downs/worries? (Or make you want to go find intoxicants? LOL)
I know a LOT of you bloggers are writing a novel (individually of course...it’s not like there is a giant room somewhere that a bunch of bloggers gather in, and attempt to produce a manuscript, although that might be pretty funny LOL)
So tell me, when you are writing a sad, depressing, or angry scene, do you get sad/angry/depressed?
It’s necessary to get into the mind of your fictional character to effectively write their words and actions, and I find myself getting caught up in it - LOL
I am at a point in my unfinished novel where my main character has been betrayed, and I tell ya, I am paranoid about everything now - LOL I look at the grocery clerks suspiciously, wondering if they are out to somehow stab me in the back!
So tell me (please please please please please LOL) does this happen to other writers?
Does writing your novel affect your blogging, or vice versa?
Comments
Now as for getting into characters, I think that's the most interesting part of writing a novel. I have a character who had to be careful about touching other people. It's a long story, and if you want to read my novel... oh wait, I have to post it somewhere. Anyway, the point is that I found myself feeling anxious about touching other people, the way this character would have.
And all the time I found myself wrapped up emotionally in what was going on with these characters.
But the most amazing thing about writing a novel was that the story just wrote itself. I was just watching it happen and doing my best to capture it all.
Now mind you, I don't know if it's any good. I don't trust my wife to give me an honest opinion and I don't think anyone else has read it all the way through.
Well I've rambled enough! What was the question?
Oh yeah, what you're going through is totally normal. I think you just need to write some short stories about someone who was really paranoid and was visited by a magic fairy who blew pixie dust and made it all go away. :)
(only witten, not published) I think the limitations of space and attention span on a blog have helped me do a better job with my newspaper column. Of course, this could just be wishful thinking.
I do think though that if you have reached the point where your characters have become real enough that you can identify them, then you are doing a good job devloping them and making them real for your readers as well.
And regarding to blogging I just love doing it since i am a big show off as well so it works perfectly .
Although I enjoy all of my reads, I am particularly fond of the more humorous bloggers.
That about sums it up for me in the simplest way. It's not exactly therapeutic nor a spiritual necessity, more like a little route to somewhere else.
I'm still struggling with this, I've cut back to just writing a few really depressing paragraphs and then doing something else LOL
I REALLY appreciate hearing other takes on this, thank you so much.