Comments on: Do You Know the Secret? http://joelysueburkhart.com/blog/2007/07/10/do-you-know-the-secret/ Dreaming in Rhyme Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:02:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Shelley Munro Blog » Blog Archive » Out and About on the Web http://joelysueburkhart.com/blog/2007/07/10/do-you-know-the-secret/#comment-7784 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 08:31:30 +0000 http://joelysueburkhart.com/blog/2007/07/10/do-you-know-the-secret/#comment-7784 [...] Joely Sue Burkhart has a post called Do you Know the Secret? It’s about writing and positive thinking. [...] […] Joely Sue Burkhart has a post called Do you Know the Secret? It’s about writing and positive thinking. […]

]]> by: tambo http://joelysueburkhart.com/blog/2007/07/10/do-you-know-the-secret/#comment-7774 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:18:49 +0000 http://joelysueburkhart.com/blog/2007/07/10/do-you-know-the-secret/#comment-7774 We all have our own personal hell to endure. I have the 'I suck' monster, sure, but there's also the stark raving terror of exposure, success, fame, and all that happy crappy. I've been tussling with the suck monster my whole life and it doesn't faze me much any more. It's the lack of it, the kudos, awards, fan letters and shit like that that really fucks me up now. Good news - ha ha - can lock me up for weeks, sometimes months. Total. Brain. Lock. Trust me, it ain't fun. Fwiw, I'd much rather be told I suck. At least it's familiar and I have the tools to fight it. We all have our own personal hell to endure. I have the ‘I suck’ monster, sure, but there’s also the stark raving terror of exposure, success, fame, and all that happy crappy. I’ve been tussling with the suck monster my whole life and it doesn’t faze me much any more. It’s the lack of it, the kudos, awards, fan letters and shit like that that really fucks me up now. Good news - ha ha - can lock me up for weeks, sometimes months. Total. Brain. Lock. Trust me, it ain’t fun.

Fwiw, I’d much rather be told I suck. At least it’s familiar and I have the tools to fight it.

]]> by: Jakob http://joelysueburkhart.com/blog/2007/07/10/do-you-know-the-secret/#comment-7757 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:59:53 +0000 http://joelysueburkhart.com/blog/2007/07/10/do-you-know-the-secret/#comment-7757 This is exactly what I expected to find out after reading the title Do You Know the Secret?. Thanks for informative article This is exactly what I expected to find out after reading the title Do You Know the Secret?. Thanks for informative article

]]> by: Joely http://joelysueburkhart.com/blog/2007/07/10/do-you-know-the-secret/#comment-7735 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:22:37 +0000 http://joelysueburkhart.com/blog/2007/07/10/do-you-know-the-secret/#comment-7735 LJCohen, thank you so much for sharing that poem! I loved it. Gabriele, that has affected my choices, too. But then I think of Robert Jordan and how many years I've been reading his series--since 1994--and I'll wait until the Last Battle to find out how everything happens. LJCohen, thank you so much for sharing that poem! I loved it.

Gabriele, that has affected my choices, too. But then I think of Robert Jordan and how many years I’ve been reading his series–since 1994–and I’ll wait until the Last Battle to find out how everything happens.

]]> by: Joely http://joelysueburkhart.com/blog/2007/07/10/do-you-know-the-secret/#comment-7732 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:11:53 +0000 http://joelysueburkhart.com/blog/2007/07/10/do-you-know-the-secret/#comment-7732 Christina, best of luck with finishing your first ms! That will be a HUGE achievement! Bri, I sometimes let the details of the plan consume me, instead of guide me. Good luck! Zoe, exactly! Write anyway. Although sometimes it is really, really hard. Even a sentence or paragraph, a tweak, whatever, every single day, will help you get out of the funk. Maude, thorns and all. I really like that. And finding joy--that is so important! Ava, that's what I keep telling myself. ;-) Some days are better than others. Christina, best of luck with finishing your first ms! That will be a HUGE achievement!

Bri, I sometimes let the details of the plan consume me, instead of guide me. Good luck!

Zoe, exactly! Write anyway. Although sometimes it is really, really hard. Even a sentence or paragraph, a tweak, whatever, every single day, will help you get out of the funk.

Maude, thorns and all. I really like that. And finding joy–that is so important!

Ava, that’s what I keep telling myself. ;-) Some days are better than others.

]]> by: Gabriele http://joelysueburkhart.com/blog/2007/07/10/do-you-know-the-secret/#comment-7726 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:05:50 +0000 http://joelysueburkhart.com/blog/2007/07/10/do-you-know-the-secret/#comment-7726 I write so slowly, I'll never finish any of my NiPs. And even if I do, how shall I ever cope with deadlines. ;) I write so slowly, I’ll never finish any of my NiPs. And even if I do, how shall I ever cope with deadlines. ;)

]]> by: LJCohen http://joelysueburkhart.com/blog/2007/07/10/do-you-know-the-secret/#comment-7720 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:41:52 +0000 http://joelysueburkhart.com/blog/2007/07/10/do-you-know-the-secret/#comment-7720 A great post and a needed reminder for any artist. It's so hard not to separate the work from yourself, so when rejections come (and they do, damn it!) it can be almost impossible not to feel as if it's personal. I let myself wallow for exactly one day. Then it's back to work. Then there was the poem I crafted from lines taken verbatim from multiple form rejection letters. It makes me laugh every time I read it, so writing it transformed something potentially negative into a positive. (It's here, if you're interested. http://ljcbluemuse.blogspot.com/2006/06/it-just-takes-one-yes.html) Thank you for this post! Lisa http://www.ljcbluemuse.blogspot.com A great post and a needed reminder for any artist. It’s so hard not to separate the work from yourself, so when rejections come (and they do, damn it!) it can be almost impossible not to feel as if it’s personal.

I let myself wallow for exactly one day. Then it’s back to work. Then there was the poem I crafted from lines taken verbatim from multiple form rejection letters. It makes me laugh every time I read it, so writing it transformed something potentially negative into a positive.

(It’s here, if you’re interested. http://ljcbluemuse.blogspot.com/2006/06/it-just-takes-one-yes.html)

Thank you for this post!
Lisa
http://www.ljcbluemuse.blogspot.com

]]> by: Ava Rose Johnson http://joelysueburkhart.com/blog/2007/07/10/do-you-know-the-secret/#comment-7719 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:29:43 +0000 http://joelysueburkhart.com/blog/2007/07/10/do-you-know-the-secret/#comment-7719 Great post Joely. I think telling yourself positive things about you and your writing is the best thing you can do. Get it into the subconscious and you'll believe it. Great post Joely. I think telling yourself positive things about you and your writing is the best thing you can do. Get it into the subconscious and you’ll believe it.

]]> by: Maude http://joelysueburkhart.com/blog/2007/07/10/do-you-know-the-secret/#comment-7718 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:03:24 +0000 http://joelysueburkhart.com/blog/2007/07/10/do-you-know-the-secret/#comment-7718 For years, I was too self-critical and resented what I could not do as to what I could do. And it hurt me. I also forgot to respect the whole art form of writing, because I was jaded. Now I am definitely positive. Though I still know I sit on the fence, I have decided to find ways to MAKE sitting on the fence work. I always knew writing was definitely hard work. I knew that. But I remembered it being fun, too, and now I definitely want to take JOY in writing, thorns and all. GREAT POST! KEEP POSITIVE! For years, I was too self-critical and resented what I could not do as to what I could do. And it hurt me. I also forgot to respect the whole art form of writing, because I was jaded.

Now I am definitely positive. Though I still know I sit on the fence, I have decided to find ways to MAKE sitting on the fence work.

I always knew writing was definitely hard work. I knew that. But I remembered it being fun, too, and now I definitely want to take JOY in writing, thorns and all.

GREAT POST! KEEP POSITIVE!

]]> by: Zoe http://joelysueburkhart.com/blog/2007/07/10/do-you-know-the-secret/#comment-7715 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:48:49 +0000 http://joelysueburkhart.com/blog/2007/07/10/do-you-know-the-secret/#comment-7715 Wow, I've used all of those examples except the second. I've found that ignoring the voice tends to work better than trying to reason with it. "I'm a terrible writer and this book will never get published..." "Yeah, that's nice, where's my 2000 words?" Wow, I’ve used all of those examples except the second. I’ve found that ignoring the voice tends to work better than trying to reason with it. “I’m a terrible writer and this book will never get published…” “Yeah, that’s nice, where’s my 2000 words?”

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