My Frustration with Writing
Is there anyone else who just looks back on their work, or even as their still writing it thinks, "there's just not enough"?
I've been struggling to write so much lately because even though I have hundreds of ideas, I just can't seem to write them how I want. I have these scenes imagined perfectly in my head, but when they go to be written on the page, they just seem so... lackluster.
Maybe it's because I'm just not a talented enough writer, but I don't really think that's it. I've been writing for ages, and this feeling has always been there (though not as annoyingly distracting as it is now). The only time it ever goes away is when I turn my writing into reality.
When I was younger I used to write tons of scripts for short movies, and though a lot of them were rather cliche (hey, I was 12, what do you expect) it was still so satisfying to see my writing brought to life. I've always been obsessed with setting, and every little detail in surroundings. On paper, I just can't seem to create the same imagery that I can with a camera, and it frustrates me so much.
Maybe I'm letting it get to me too much, but this is (one of) the main reasons I've been having so few updates lately. I want to update, but I'm tired of the pathetic imagery and setting used in my stories. They might as well be blank backdrops >.< I can't understand how anyone can get any sort of image in their head while reading my fics because really, what is there to give them a starting point?
Ugh, I guess really I'm just whining about my own lack of talent, but I'm just so done with my writing lately. It's so amateur and does nothing for the reader, imagery wise. I think I just need to take a break, pull out a camera, and go with that for a little while before coming back to writing. I don't know. There has to be some way to transfer my on screen imagery into a fic successfully (if you have suggestions on how to do so I will gladly take them)
Anyone else? Does anyone else struggle with not bringing enough into a scene? Does anyone else have something about their writing that bothers them and they want to fix?
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