Comments on: V is for Valued http://boughanfire.com/2011/04/v-is-for-valued/ Thu, 13 Jan 2022 01:40:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Susan http://boughanfire.com/2011/04/v-is-for-valued/#comment-22167 Susan Fri, 29 Apr 2011 15:50:50 +0000 http://boughanfire.com/?p=1329#comment-22167 Anymore, I find personal value when I write something I think is really great. Of course, it is validating to get published. But that has been so few and far between for me. I have found writing to provide personal satisfaction first. If others find joy in it, then even better. Anymore, I find personal value when I write something I think is really great. Of course, it is validating to get published. But that has been so few and far between for me. I have found writing to provide personal satisfaction first. If others find joy in it, then even better.

]]> By: Faith King http://boughanfire.com/2011/04/v-is-for-valued/#comment-22152 Faith King Thu, 28 Apr 2011 22:21:37 +0000 http://boughanfire.com/?p=1329#comment-22152 I'm not as prolific a writer as most of my writer friends. It bothered me for a while-- I felt like I wasn't *really* a writer or there was some kind of unspoken productivity competition going on. I eventually got over it when I realized that I valued the mere fact that I had finished an original piece of fiction, which is pretty darn special, no matter what happens next. Beyond that, I find value in the thrill of those little moments when you write that one sentence, that one scene, that one exchange of dialogue that's just PERFECT and you know in your head and your heart that no editor or beta reader will ever tell you to change it because the stars have aligned and your idea and your characters and your MOMENT have all finally come together. It's usually pretty hard to get me down on the rare days when that sort of writing miracle happens. :-) I’m not as prolific a writer as most of my writer friends. It bothered me for a while– I felt like I wasn’t *really* a writer or there was some kind of unspoken productivity competition going on. I eventually got over it when I realized that I valued the mere fact that I had finished an original piece of fiction, which is pretty darn special, no matter what happens next.

Beyond that, I find value in the thrill of those little moments when you write that one sentence, that one scene, that one exchange of dialogue that’s just PERFECT and you know in your head and your heart that no editor or beta reader will ever tell you to change it because the stars have aligned and your idea and your characters and your MOMENT have all finally come together.

It’s usually pretty hard to get me down on the rare days when that sort of writing miracle happens. :-)

]]> By: Book Dilettante http://boughanfire.com/2011/04/v-is-for-valued/#comment-22149 Book Dilettante Thu, 28 Apr 2011 19:54:59 +0000 http://boughanfire.com/?p=1329#comment-22149 Everyone likes to be read - their poetry, prose, a blog post, whatever... and I love to share my love of books! Everyone likes to be read – their poetry, prose, a blog post, whatever… and I love to share my love of books!

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