The act of being read doesn't change the stories I've already written.
So you come at it from a completely different point of view than I do. For me, my writing isn't complete until it's read by someone else, and they bring their own experiences to it. I don't have to know what they bring to it, just that they're reading it and bring something.
When you say "If I could figure out a way to get my words out there and read", it leads to the question by who? This is a serious question, and I ask it of myself as well.
Honestly? At this stage, I just want anyone to read it. When I first got to the beta reader stage, it was like a miracle that anyone was reading what I'd written. But that's not enough anymore. I want to touch strangers' lives, even if for just a few hours. That's all.
Sounds corny. And preachy. But the books themselves aren't. Honest.
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Date: 2008-05-13 11:02 pm (UTC)So you come at it from a completely different point of view than I do. For me, my writing isn't complete until it's read by someone else, and they bring their own experiences to it. I don't have to know what they bring to it, just that they're reading it and bring something.
When you say "If I could figure out a way to get my words out there and read", it leads to the question by who? This is a serious question, and I ask it of myself as well.
Honestly? At this stage, I just want anyone to read it. When I first got to the beta reader stage, it was like a miracle that anyone was reading what I'd written. But that's not enough anymore. I want to touch strangers' lives, even if for just a few hours. That's all.
Sounds corny. And preachy. But the books themselves aren't. Honest.