tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post3253461398863807067..comments2024-03-22T07:29:41.391+00:00Comments on Jayne Ferst: TimewarpJaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11309191526500602452noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-90232279998902678852009-07-15T22:40:59.771+01:002009-07-15T22:40:59.771+01:00Ah thank you all! I guess everyone gets into these...Ah thank you all! I guess everyone gets into these ruts, it is so nice when people come along and lift you out.<br /><br />Rose, that does help - knowing other people feel the same. And maybe it does 'rescue' us in small ways without even knowing it - things like our blogs, places we can share anxieties and pleasures. And I also think of the tortoise and the hare! Lots of value in being the tortoise.<br /><br />Hi Martin, I guess it depends how we measure achievements and the fact people are so hard on themselves. Such as me - I will only think I have achieved something if I get a book published - regardless of having features in magazines, or my own column in a local newspaper. For some reason I dismiss these very good achievements and instead can only focus on a distant mountain top that says 'I will only be a real writer when I have a book on the shelf'. Why oh why oh why I think that is anyone's guess. Another writer's curse!<br /><br />Hello Rachel, and welcome! I love your diagnosis and your remedy - especially the marvellous remedy! I think I'm also suffering from Editing Elbow. <br /><br />And thanks for letting me know how you found me! Catofimpossiblecolour's blog is lovely - her posts are a pleasure to read, and I am always finding new people to read through her links - as soon as I have some time I must update my own!Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11309191526500602452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-14344665316893844122009-07-15T09:31:03.804+01:002009-07-15T09:31:03.804+01:00Diagnosis: looks to me like you're suffering f...Diagnosis: looks to me like you're suffering from a severe case of the pre-query/submission nerves!<br /><br />Remedy: Take a sip of confidence, a few bites of self belief, wrap yourself up in a compliment, and you'll be as right as nine pins in no time; alright then, as famous and successful as Margaret Atwood!<br /><br />BTW found you on catofimpossible's blog.Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-79514874322485857052009-07-15T09:03:00.552+01:002009-07-15T09:03:00.552+01:00I agree with Rose - we all feel like that sometime...I agree with Rose - we all feel like that sometimes. I have spent over 30 years doing a job that I didn't really enjoy and thought that writing would lift me out of a rut. Well, it did and it didn't. I'm not a successful writer but it did save my sanity to produce a book and write my blog.<br /><br />Now that I am unemployed, I wonder what, exactly, I have achieved in my life. I am struggling to create a CV that has any sort of skill base or qualifications yet I've been working since I was 21!<br /><br />Surely at my time of life (ie old) I should've achieved something? Yet I don't feel it. Perhaps this is the writers' curse?music obsessivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16191742084494035205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-91791980079378909462009-07-13T10:51:47.891+01:002009-07-13T10:51:47.891+01:00if it's any consolation I sometimes feel like ...if it's any consolation I sometimes feel like writing might rescue me too. <br /><br />I think it might be the nature of anything creative that you want it to be good enough to become widely read and last and to mean something- because the reason you start doing it is because you want to share the story/ song/ feeling. it's not just arrogance or wanting people to think ooh didn't she do well, it's part of why you're writing. Although it is also wanting to be admired by peers! <br /><br />I always think of the story of the tortoise and the hare when I'm feeling bad that I don't have 2 houses and 2 platinum albums or whatever.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08459305021803770946noreply@blogger.com