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I'm reading Ian McEwan's 'Atonement' and it really is quite depressing how incredibly good a writer he is.
I'll never win the fucking Booker Prize at this rate.
posted by Pete @ 7:52 pm
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Set fire to the preacher who is promising us hell
While my mother waters plants, my father loads his gun
Wednesday, February 09, 2005
I'll never win the fucking Booker Prize at this rate.
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but even he had to start somewhere.
it's like any author or artist or musician- you generally don't get to see their stuff from when they were geeky teenagers or just learning how to do stuff or experimenting with how to express themselves. you only get to see the stuff that's good enough to be seen, not the working out that comes before.
so don't be discouraged, just keep writing, and i'm convinced you will reach a point where your stuff is just as good as theirs and ready to be seen.
stick with it!
Pete - what's your email address? I only have fridaynightmove which is bouncing.
petedavid@gmail.com
Yeah, I guess the comfort in reading Ian McEwan is that he's probably the best living English writer. Thankfully - at this current juncture anyway - I'm feeling inspired by a lot of what I read and not crippled with fear. There are always going to be moments of doubt, but the thing about writing is that you can define yourself entirely by the fact that no one can stop you from doing it. I am a writer! And being published won't stop that, it'll just flatter me a bit and hopefully allow me to write with a bit more freedom.
How presumptuous of me!
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