-....that I felt so inspired yesterday....but I didn't know how to get it out of my head. I had this image in my mind of a story.....but I think I suck at writing....so I thought of a poem....but my language was crappy....and then I thought of painting that image, but painting is seriously not my cup of tea....so I failed and felt useless afterwards, because I really liked my idea...

 

So, what are you not talented at? And do you believe in talent or just in exercise? Or just in interested which causes motivation?

 

I do actually believe in interest which causes motivation...I am not even sure if something like talent does exist actually, because you can be good at something if you are interested in it and motivated in doing it...

 

maybe I should attend a writers course or something like that....but the interest is probably not high enough

 

does anybody get me?

I think people needs just a bit of talent but lots of dedication to be successfull, sadly I don't have any particular talent, I'd love to have some music talent :P

Julia, you have lots of talents:kiss::heart:

 

I sing well:nice:

yeah Jules, you have the music talent which is special :heart:

well, I think I have a big musical "talent", but only when it comes to play the saxophone or the clarinet or the flute....but when it comes to playing the guitar I suck...because I am not really interested in it and therefore not really motivated to play it...

I told you that I want to hear your music Julia:nice:

heheh I recorded something some years ago....maybe I will find it on my laptop...(I am not on my laptop right now...)....

Well, I hope you will post it someday soon:blush:

 

I have to go now. You all have a great evening:kiss::heart:

Aww:(

I have this a lot. I suck at playing classical music because I have no motivation to play it. But, when I play Coldplay or other music that I am intrested in, I am very good at playing the piano. Along, with every other instrument I have tried. I've tried Guitar, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Bass Guitar. I haven't been succesful, because I have no motivation or intrest in attempting to learn how to play them.

Write it, just do it, and then work on it later... I got in a contest for school for a writing a book, not sure if I should do it in spanish or in english

This guy's got talent in abundance!!:rolleyes:

 

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-....that I felt so inspired yesterday....but I didn't know how to get it out of my head. I had this image in my mind of a story.....but I think I suck at writing....so I thought of a poem....but my language was crappy....and then I thought of painting that image, but painting is seriously not my cup of tea....so I failed and felt useless afterwards, because I really liked my idea...

does anybody get me?

Want to know a secret?

 

80% of good writing is overcoming that little voice in the back of your head that tells you that each word, sentence, paragraph, idea, ...you get the picture... is stupid.

 

Many if not most writers have that voice screaming at them. Learning to overcome that voice is a discipline, not a talent. The more you write in spite of it the easier it is to ignore.

 

What you have to tell yourself is that this is only the first draft. Getting the raw material out of your head right now is important. You can fix it later.

 

Once you've finished it, then (and only then) you can sculpt it like a lump of clay; take your rough, messy, illogical first draft and tease out themes, make connections, even out the plot, tweak the language to make it special. But that is the second draft (and third, fourth, fifth...) First you need something to work with. First you need to create the clay before you can sculpt it.

 

And that means just writing it. No matter how bad you think it is. No matter what that little voice is telling you. Just keep writing. :smart:

 

You should try writing that story. I'd love to hear it.

I'm decent at music and have a lot of ambitious ideas, but I'm horrible at organizing and working out little kinks, so the basement of my mind is cluttered with unrealized ideas. I'm good at writing as well, but I rarely get really inspired, even with poetry I'm very tedious so I give up and move on very quickly.

I can sing, but I ultimately fail at music. This is why I gave up on guitar, I just lost motivation.

 

However, I can draw decently and write alright.

 

Also, Space Cadet LIES. Sometimes, your story really is atrocious before you've even written it. Therefore, change.

Want to know a secret?

 

80% of good writing is overcoming that little voice in the back of your head that tells you that each word, sentence, paragraph, idea, ...you get the picture... is stupid.

 

Many if not most writers have that voice screaming at them. Learning to overcome that voice is a discipline, not a talent. The more you write in spite of it the easier it is to ignore.

 

What you have to tell yourself is that this is only the first draft. Getting the raw material out of your head right now is important. You can fix it later.

 

Once you've finished it, then (and only then) you can sculpt it like a lump of clay; take your rough, messy, illogical first draft and tease out themes, make connections, even out the plot, tweak the language to make it special. But that is the second draft (and third, fourth, fifth...) First you need something to work with. First you need to create the clay before you can sculpt it.

 

And that means just writing it. No matter how bad you think it is. No matter what that little voice is telling you. Just keep writing. :smart:

 

You should try writing that story. I'd love to hear it.

 

I did have this idea in my mind as well...I started to write some phrases down and connected them...like a plot...but then I thought it sucked and stopped....but you are right...if I really want to get this out of my mind I should work on it..

A good book to read is Stephen King's On Writing. His thought on plots is it's the good writer's last resort and the dullard's first choice. It's a interesting book.