tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859940184293909528.post2286968697806780966..comments2023-04-28T04:20:05.766-07:00Comments on WRITER on WRITING: Imposter!Virtual Strangerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01040333093180694172noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859940184293909528.post-67479643018929096192016-11-24T12:54:17.147-08:002016-11-24T12:54:17.147-08:00"I’ve run into a few folks like this. You pro..."I’ve run into a few folks like this. You probably have, too."<br /><br />Oh boy, you have no idea.<br /><br />I, of course, suffer from the same syndrome. Like most writers who take themselves seriously, I think: I'm overcritical of my own work, always plagued by doubts about its quality... basically what you said. ;)<br /><br />But in my case I'm kind of alone. Why? Because all the books I've published to date (not counting short stories and poems included in anthologies) have been children's novels. And as a fellow writer informed me, with a half-condescending smile, writers who write for children apparently don't suffer from that. <br /><br />The worst thing about it is that I'm pretty sure she's right. Every single author of children's books I've met seems to be fairly confident and worry-free. They complain about publishers and editors and money and time, but they never tell you how hard it is for them to get to the end of the damn thing, how unsure they are about writing crap, or wanting to dump everything sometimes because they will never be good. <br /><br />It's like a parallel universe of happy, self-assured, well-rounded writers. <br /><br />I hate it with all my heart. Even though some of them are my friends. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯<br />Sebastián Lalaurettehttp://www.lalaurette.com.arnoreply@blogger.com