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Lucas Flint:
Ok it was worth a try. Also I was wondering when did you know that you wanted to be a athour because I am 13 and I love reading books and I have tried to start writing a lot of them but I have a break than I look at the beginning of the book and I delete it all because it looks stupid.I was wondering if you every went through what I go through when I write a book.I want to write a book about a teenage superhero.thx?
Lucas Flint
I knew I wanted to be an author when I was 12 (so close to your age). I didn't know superhero fiction would be my primary genre, though, until much later. I've always loved superhero fiction, though, so it makes sense I'd write here.
What you describe is something most beginning writers (including some much older than yourself) struggle with. Even I used to struggle with finishing my work and not letting my critical voice stop me.
My best advice is to do your best, but don't expect perfection. One of the most important lessons about writing I've ever learned is that we writers are rarely good judges of our own work. I've published books I thought were terrible but readers loved and published books I thought were great that readers didn't care much for. So I try not to judge my own work too harshly. Just keep writing, even if you think it's 'stupid,' and finish every story you write. That is the only way you'll learn how to be a writer.
If that doesn't help, just tell yourself that you can revise it later on. Remember, you can't edit or rewrite a blank page. Many writers, myself included, write first and then edit later. That may help silence your critical voice long enough for you to finish that first draft, which will bring you that much closer to having a finished story you can publish or share with others.
What you describe is something most beginning writers (including some much older than yourself) struggle with. Even I used to struggle with finishing my work and not letting my critical voice stop me.
My best advice is to do your best, but don't expect perfection. One of the most important lessons about writing I've ever learned is that we writers are rarely good judges of our own work. I've published books I thought were terrible but readers loved and published books I thought were great that readers didn't care much for. So I try not to judge my own work too harshly. Just keep writing, even if you think it's 'stupid,' and finish every story you write. That is the only way you'll learn how to be a writer.
If that doesn't help, just tell yourself that you can revise it later on. Remember, you can't edit or rewrite a blank page. Many writers, myself included, write first and then edit later. That may help silence your critical voice long enough for you to finish that first draft, which will bring you that much closer to having a finished story you can publish or share with others.
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