Reformatting "Dragonborn" (Post Your Thoughts Below) · 3:08am May 15th, 2012
Its time for a serious blog post for once.
In response to the criticism I've been receiving on Chapter 2 of "Dragonborn", I've made the big decision to heavily rethink about how I'm going to write this story.
Now I personally just want to say, I'm not doing this because of the criticism. Far from it. Its more so the fact that I actually AGREE with a lot of the negativity targeted towards it. Its more so a personal issue that I'm having with my own writing. As I've stated before many times, I am NOT a good author and all of the critical acclaim I've been receiving on the story makes me personally feel like I don't deserve it.
I have a strong passion for storytelling and I feel as though I'm not living up to the true potential of my own story. The more that I personally look at Chapter 2, the more I honest to god cringe at how terribly its structured. In fact I'm half tempted to just delete the chapter altogether.
But like I said, I'm only criticizing myself not because of the negative reception from some people, but because of the fact that I KNOW I can personally do better. I want to tell the best story I possibly can and I feel like I'm not living up to that promise. A lot of it has to do with that I do not have any personal experience writing literary works. So a lot of the prose and diction I'm taking with the story is incredibly amateurish to say the least.
But despite all of that, I'm really trying my best to make it sure its enjoyable for people to read. I don't want to write anything incredibly complex in terms of structure or narrative. I just want to tell a great story that anyone can enjoy.
That is why I'm hoping to look for an editor for my story. What do you guys think? Do you think I might be acting a little irrational on my part? I'd like to hear your thoughts in the comments below.
Thanks again!
~ Eric
Well, obviously I failed at trying to help edit. Might wanna look for somepony else, freund. Sorry for lettin' ya down.
It's not that bad.
Personally, I think it takes allot of courage for a writer to admit that they agree with the criticism they get. Because it means putting aside your pride, which many people these days aren't willing to do.
The first thing you need to be a good writer is to enjoy what you're writing. If you don't enjoy what you're writing and only doing it for the fans, then it's not worth it to begin with. Unless you enjoy pleasing your fans. But if that's the case, then it may imply that you're only writing to be popular. Basically what I'm trying to say is only to write what you want as a story. Because otherwise, you won't be as inspired to write. And that will in turn make your story less enjoyable for the viewers to read.
The second thing is if you're going to have an editor, make sure it's a good editor, but one that won't make so many changes that the story ceases to be the story you made. If the story ceases to be what it originally was, I go back to the comment I made about not being inspired. The only exception is if you like the changes that were made.
Third, take constructive criticism, but don't let anybody do what you don't want to do. Even if it's what the fans want, if you don't want it, then you won't be inspired. And you know where it goes from there.
As for being an editor, I'd be glad to be your editor. But I may need some help with it, since I'm away that I may miss things.