tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post115525913043550420..comments2023-10-28T05:33:15.060-05:00Comments on The Writing Playground: Worry WartMarilyn Puetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16073134550080890157noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-1155332852710655372006-08-11T16:47:00.000-05:002006-08-11T16:47:00.000-05:00Everything! LOL.Everything! LOL.Katherine Bonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14701961380138616355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-1155319382358165442006-08-11T13:03:00.000-05:002006-08-11T13:03:00.000-05:00I think I prefer "Control Freak" to worry wart. S...I think I prefer "Control Freak" to worry wart. Sounds better, even if it comes to the same thing at times.<BR/><BR/>And Shell--you are holding up well for your age. If nothing else, you'll always be younger than me...<BR/><BR/>And I had a student tell me that 30 was middle aged. I had to go dye my hair a new color just to prove I wasn't.Problem Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01456049865200737618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-1155312681091361622006-08-11T11:11:00.000-05:002006-08-11T11:11:00.000-05:00I might have just slapped that child.Wait til you'...I might have just slapped that child.<BR/><BR/>Wait til you're 53 years old and getting braces for the first time and the kid (he was about 13) in the next chair is whining about having to wear them for 18 months. I'd just been told I'd be wearing mine for 28 months. <BR/><BR/>I worry about every short story I send out. Even after selling 5 of them, I worry that the writing isn't good, the story isn't "hooky" enough, and anything else that can be worried about.Playground Monitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07444337591281145863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-1155307788762921672006-08-11T09:49:00.000-05:002006-08-11T09:49:00.000-05:00Yeah, I'm not alone!!!I've been in the middle of o...Yeah, I'm not alone!!!<BR/><BR/>I've been in the middle of one of those "What if my writing isn't good enough to ever sell?" slumps since conference. I don't know why I worry about it. There's nothing I can do except keep trying, keep putting myself out there, and hope some editor falls in love with my voice. <BR/><BR/>I have days when I can push it to the back of my consciousness. But invariably it will rear its ugly head again. I'll just do my best to drown it out with words--my words, written despite the worry.<BR/><BR/>That's all I know to do. :)Angelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17010424240956906870noreply@blogger.com