Have you ever doubted yourself whether you are a good enough writer? Have you ever thought to yourself that your work is bad?
What does it mean to be a good writer anyway?
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“What the hell do you think you’re doing?”
I heard a voice which rumbled like a rolling boulder. I looked to my left, I looked to my right, and I even looked above my shoulder, behind me. No one was there. The room where I have been sitting in front of the computer was as empty as a poor man’s wallet.
I poised my hands to begin typing. I cracked my knuckles and aimed my index finger to hit the first key.
“I said, what the hell are you doing?”
The voice rumbled once more.
“Hello?” I tried to speak to the disembodied voice. “I’m trying to work? Writing?”
“That blank screen does not look like work in progress to me…” It replied.
“I-I don’t know where to start.”
“Do you even have a story?”
“Yes, yes I do. It’s about this group of adventurers who – ”
“YAWN.”
The nerve. The disembodied voice in my room yawned loudly.
“Just hearing you talk about your plot is making me sleepy. My grandma can tell a more compelling story about her laundry.”
Despite being insulted, I was mildly intrigued. What could this compelling story about laundry be?
“I’d like to hear about this laundry story, if you don’t mind.”
“I do mind,” it said. “It’s a really good story, but I don’t feel like talking to you. And you have the balls to call yourself a writer…”
“Why, yes, I am a writer.”
“Then write, damn it. Show me some good stuff. Stop making excuses and just write. If you don’t know where to begin, then start at the very beginning.”
“B-but that would be a boring way of telling the story.”
“Do you even have a complete story? From top-to-bottom complete?”
I could not reply. Of course my story was not completed. I did not even know how the story will end.
“Your silence is enough. Work on the story first. If it is as interesting as you say it is, then perhaps a few editing tricks could be enough to make your work much more entertaining and interesting than a straight telling of the events.”
“Now, I’m going to go pester other authors. By the time I get back, you better have a complete story. Alright?”
I nodded, and instantly found myself testing if my keyboards were drool-proof.
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