Comments on: Full of Artless Jealousy http://www.afterthemfa.com/archives/full-of-artless-jealousy.html Life after the creative writing MFA | Writing tips | Author interviews | Creative writing links, and more. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:14:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kate http://www.afterthemfa.com/archives/full-of-artless-jealousy.html/comment-page-1#comment-43306 Kate Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:15:32 +0000 http://www.afterthemfa.com/?p=121#comment-43306 I agree with you 100% and wrote something related here: http://beingandwriting.blogspot.com/2008/05/summers-debut-and-youth-fetish.html I agree with you 100% and wrote something related here:

http://beingandwriting.blogspot.com/2008/05/summers-debut-and-youth-fetish.html

]]> By: Todd http://www.afterthemfa.com/archives/full-of-artless-jealousy.html/comment-page-1#comment-42933 Todd Sun, 01 Jun 2008 21:24:27 +0000 http://www.afterthemfa.com/?p=121#comment-42933 Doubt and impatience are banes to me as well. Jealousy sort of gets wrapped in between those, if the green monster plays a part at all. I suspect doubt is the worst monster most writers have to struggle with. Doubt and impatience are banes to me as well. Jealousy sort of gets wrapped in between those, if the green monster plays a part at all. I suspect doubt is the worst monster most writers have to struggle with.

]]> By: Armand http://www.afterthemfa.com/archives/full-of-artless-jealousy.html/comment-page-1#comment-42247 Armand Sat, 24 May 2008 05:46:13 +0000 http://www.afterthemfa.com/?p=121#comment-42247 My bane isn't jealousy but doubt and impatience. I've said it before and will say it again: at least once a month I seriously consider dropping the long term project that I'm working on and starting something new (although I'm now old enough to know that the new project will eventually become the long term project that I will consider dropping, so I don't do it). So my brain goes like this: I'm going to work on selling my collection and writing my novel. NO- I'm going to start a funny blog that everyone will like and make a lot of money! No- I'm going to form a consulting company that trains English teachers on how to use a wiki to teach composition! No I'm going to write a steam punk novel! No I'm going to stop writing and learn computer code (Ajax preferably) It's like I subscribe to the "Trendy Idea of the Month" club here. It all takes away from my writing flow. Armand My bane isn’t jealousy but doubt and impatience. I’ve said it before and will say it again: at least once a month I seriously consider dropping the long term project that I’m working on and starting something new (although I’m now old enough to know that the new project will eventually become the long term project that I will consider dropping, so I don’t do it). So my brain goes like this:

I’m going to work on selling my collection and writing my novel.

NO- I’m going to start a funny blog that everyone will like and make a lot of money!

No- I’m going to form a consulting company that trains English teachers on how to use a wiki to teach composition!

No I’m going to write a steam punk novel!

No I’m going to stop writing and learn computer code (Ajax preferably)

It’s like I subscribe to the “Trendy Idea of the Month” club here. It all takes away from my writing flow.

Armand

]]> By: Rion http://www.afterthemfa.com/archives/full-of-artless-jealousy.html/comment-page-1#comment-42064 Rion Wed, 21 May 2008 15:12:01 +0000 http://www.afterthemfa.com/?p=121#comment-42064 I have a friend who ever time I turn around is getting published in this little journal or that little journal. I'm happy for him. He does the research and his work is good. He deserves it. Once he encouraged me to submit to one of the journals that had accepted him and I said, "I know it's stupid, but I feel like a follower submitting to a place after they've accepted you." And those hot writer wunderkinds...ugh.... I have a friend who ever time I turn around is getting published in this little journal or that little journal. I’m happy for him. He does the research and his work is good. He deserves it. Once he encouraged me to submit to one of the journals that had accepted him and I said, “I know it’s stupid, but I feel like a follower submitting to a place after they’ve accepted you.”

And those hot writer wunderkinds…ugh….

]]> By: ll http://www.afterthemfa.com/archives/full-of-artless-jealousy.html/comment-page-1#comment-42063 ll Wed, 21 May 2008 15:11:21 +0000 http://www.afterthemfa.com/?p=121#comment-42063 For me it was once I realized what the canonical and main stream throught of literature was that I felt more productive and assured of my intentions and ability. To me the canonical of literature is just about all the books we had to read in high school, including The Catcher in the Rye, but not including Grapes of Wrath. I know that sounds contradictory but its not. Catcher in the Rye was about a middle class hetero trying to deal with growing up, Grapes of Wrath was the attempt at humanization of the poor. To this though one might look at Stephen King, someone who admits readily that he got a lucky break. More so though, one might look at his first book Carrie versus any of his later works. In Carrie there is an intent but a confusion of style and voice but it is the intent of the author to protray this characters, this situation that someone recognized. With time, money, and continued experience he grew as a writer to where he can turn out "confident" material succesively, though at times lacking in intent. Have you read A Buick 8? I give him props for having the courage to be so bland and yet so quick. That's all I have to say about that. For me it was once I realized what the canonical and main stream throught of literature was that I felt more productive and assured of my intentions and ability.
To me the canonical of literature is just about all the books we had to read in high school, including The Catcher in the Rye, but not including Grapes of Wrath. I know that sounds contradictory but its not. Catcher in the Rye was about a middle class hetero trying to deal with growing up, Grapes of Wrath was the attempt at humanization of the poor.
To this though one might look at Stephen King, someone who admits readily that he got a lucky break. More so though, one might look at his first book Carrie versus any of his later works. In Carrie there is an intent but a confusion of style and voice but it is the intent of the author to protray this characters, this situation that someone recognized. With time, money, and continued experience he grew as a writer to where he can turn out “confident” material succesively, though at times lacking in intent. Have you read A Buick 8? I give him props for having the courage to be so bland and yet so quick.
That’s all I have to say about that.

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