Failed header attempt one. Bah, Ill leave it up here as a reminder to come back to it. Someday Ill have a good one.
Aerer's Scrapbook.
Purpose - Hoping to accomplish two things with this scrapbook. One: to document my ongoing goal of being more upbeat and open to criticism and two: to document my ongoing goal of being a more focused and accomplished writer. As such I would love replies and responses however attempting to keep it on topic would be preferred.
Upbeat and open to criticism ? - So heres the thing. I'm usually very poor at receiving criticism even when its done in a positive manner. Its one of my larger problems in life, I take everything as an attack against myself and become horribly discouraged and give up. Additionally I'm cynical and negative and that's just not good for anyone.
I don't want my writing to be stunted or lost simply because of these issues so its a bit of a thought experiment to be a lot friendlier, upbeat and open to all the problems my writing presents. I want this scrapbook to be the place where I can write about places I feel weak in, or issues people point out and work on positive ways to get better. I will also use this place to toot my own horn a bit and remind myself how awesome I am.
Focused and accomplished writer? - Did you know my writing has already increased tenfold since I started here? I've started up on writing my novel again and began reading a lot more. THIS. IS. INCREDIBLE. I want a place to keep things that motivated me, that really have changed things for the better and perhaps tidbits of advice to share for newcomers so that they can catch Mizahar fever as well. Mizahar can be daunting at times and while I think that overwhelming vibe keeps out some of the riff raff, I'd love to keep ideas of what keeps me going to not only reinforce whats been helpful but perhaps it might help others on the fence become as enthusiastic as I seem to be right now.
So thats the goal! Hopefully add to this shortly.
Aerer's Scrapbook.
Purpose - Hoping to accomplish two things with this scrapbook. One: to document my ongoing goal of being more upbeat and open to criticism and two: to document my ongoing goal of being a more focused and accomplished writer. As such I would love replies and responses however attempting to keep it on topic would be preferred.
Upbeat and open to criticism ? - So heres the thing. I'm usually very poor at receiving criticism even when its done in a positive manner. Its one of my larger problems in life, I take everything as an attack against myself and become horribly discouraged and give up. Additionally I'm cynical and negative and that's just not good for anyone.
I don't want my writing to be stunted or lost simply because of these issues so its a bit of a thought experiment to be a lot friendlier, upbeat and open to all the problems my writing presents. I want this scrapbook to be the place where I can write about places I feel weak in, or issues people point out and work on positive ways to get better. I will also use this place to toot my own horn a bit and remind myself how awesome I am.
Focused and accomplished writer? - Did you know my writing has already increased tenfold since I started here? I've started up on writing my novel again and began reading a lot more. THIS. IS. INCREDIBLE. I want a place to keep things that motivated me, that really have changed things for the better and perhaps tidbits of advice to share for newcomers so that they can catch Mizahar fever as well. Mizahar can be daunting at times and while I think that overwhelming vibe keeps out some of the riff raff, I'd love to keep ideas of what keeps me going to not only reinforce whats been helpful but perhaps it might help others on the fence become as enthusiastic as I seem to be right now.
So thats the goal! Hopefully add to this shortly.