I'm the Greatest Writer in the World.

Started by Kyoe December 2nd, 2014 3:53 PM
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Kyoe

working on it

Age 27
Male
somewhere in the great wide world
Seen May 10th, 2015
Posted March 16th, 2015
265 posts
8.5 Years
How confident are you in your writing? Why? How long have you been that confident, or not? How confident do you think a writer should be in their work? How long have you had that opinion?

Of course confidence in our writing is important, but can you have too much?

Nolafus

Aspiring something

Age 27
Male
Lost in thought... again
Seen March 3rd, 2018
Posted March 11th, 2017
5,722 posts
10.9 Years
I'm confident that I can convey my scenes the way I want them to, but I'm not so confident in using the perfect words to do that. I think I'm pretty average as far as my current writing is, but I hope to be up to a professional level someday. Now that would be pretty cool.

Can people have too much confidence in their writing? Yes, definitely. I've seen plenty of replies to criticism that is nothing but the writer defending their piece, and how the critique doesn't apply simply because the story is perfect as it is. That, or the author spouting off about how any critique of their work is a flame, because how dare anyone say anything negative about your story. It's a little pet peeve of mine, because why put your work out there for people to critique if you're so confident that it's absolutely perfect in every way, shape, and form?
PairPC sister

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Age 34
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the land of magical unicorns
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18.9 Years
I guess I'm pretty neutral. There are some days when I feel like I'm terrible at writing though. It causes me to give up too easily. I get writer's block so badly. D:

Yukiyo Kayume

Dragon Goddess

Female
Draconia
Seen March 4th, 2015
Posted February 18th, 2015
204 posts
10.1 Years
How confident are you in your writing? Why? How long have you been that confident, or not? How confident do you think a writer should be in their work? How long have you had that opinion?
I think it's good enough, though I always try to improve by learning new words and such. I think my style is pretty solidified by now ... my main goal is to try writing new genres, since I usually just focus on romance/fantasy.

I'd love to write some horror some day. I've done a couple pieces, but yeah...not really my thing. I think I could be good at it, however.

I've always been fairly confident in my writing, even when I was terrible LOL I think a writer (or any artist) needs a fair amount of confidence in order to keep going... otherwise they might stop because they think their work is "bad" -- what matters more than confidence, though, is having fun with it no matter what .. being able to appreciate the work you did

I think too much confidence can lead to problems... as there is a fine line between confidence and arrogance

I met another writer in high school who was like this, and she just alienated everyone else in our journalism class by being so full of herself. while she may have been talented, treating our classmates like that was pretty childish IMO.

we were equals in terms of skill, but I preferred to help people learn to write better whereas she would constantly toot her own horn. (ugh)

It's pretty difficult to make writer friends as a lot of them come off as arrogant, self-absorbed jerks... >.<

uh, anyway... im done now haha.

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HairyLoco

Age 27
Male
The Netherlands
Seen July 22nd, 2018
Posted October 1st, 2017
225 posts
9.6 Years
I'm confident in my ability to put my thoughts on paper in an orderly fashion, so that my readers have no problem keeping up with me.
I'm also confident enough not to be shy about loving to write, and I've shared many works through various means among acquaintances, friends and family.
[Lord Summerisle:] "Now, those children out there, they're jumping through the flames in the hope that the god of the fire will make them fruitful. Really, you can't blame them. After all, what girl would not prefer the child of a god to that of some acne-scarred artisan?"

[Sergeant Howie:] "And you encourage them in this?"

[Lord Summerisle:]"Actively! It's most important to teach new generation born of Summerisle be made aware that here the old gods aren't dead."

[Sergeant Howie:]"And what of the true God? To whose glory churches and monasteries have been built on these islands for generations past? Now what of Him?"

[Lord Summerisle:]"Oh, He's dead. He can't complain. He had his chance and in modern parlance. Blew it."
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[Lord Summerisle:]“And the ministers fled the island never to return. What my grandfather started out of expediency, my father continued out of love. He brought me up the same way: to reverence the music, and the drama, and the rituals of the old gods; to love nature and to fear it, and to rely on it and to appease it when necessary. He brought me up —”

[Sergeant Howie:]“He brought you up to be a pagan!”

[Lord Summerisle:]“A heathen, conceivably, but not, I hope, an unenlightened one.”

Ice

Seen October 16th, 2022
Posted February 3rd, 2020
3,448 posts
8.8 Years
I'm confident in of my writing in dutch, for Short stories, or poems, but I know my English isn't topnotch. I'm fluent in reading it, and speaking is natural, but I know my writing is a little wonky. I just don't have the natural grip on the grammar, and even though I know loads of words, I have a hard time just recalling them on the spot.

Warspirit

be nice to nice ❤️

Age 28
Female
with a stunning male specimen
Seen November 23rd, 2015
Posted November 2nd, 2015
907 posts
8.5 Years
I'm pretty confident, I enjoy reading my own work and I've been writing fanfics/stories ever since I was a little girl, even thought of a journalism major and almost published a book. Stories that I have written years ago and I come back to I really like and wish I would have finished. I used to write for my friends a long time ago too, and they always told me it was really good and they really enjoyed it.

But I guess I just don't have the confidence to post my fics online when it comes to it these days, especially if it contains real life people. It's hard keeping them in character and I find I have to reread those over and over again to get it just right. I also kind of suck when it comes to the romance department since I haven't experienced it first hand. I have to pick up and learn from other people's writing when it comes to that but I have greatly improved, especially on those naughty scenes. I also hate the pressure of keeping it updated and people whining for an update. This is mostly why I only write for myself so I can go at my own pace without feeling rushed.