Young Writers Society

I'm constantly hitting my head wondering whether I'm pretentious, pulling out as bland a word as possible to avoid purple prose. And then I wonder whether the plot's any good. And then whether I'm any good. And then why I'm even writing this. And also...

*rambles into the distance*

While stuff might make sense in my head, I can never make it so that the reader understands it. And my story's are never long enough. And do I begin too many sentences with "and"?

XD I'm worried my book won't be as good as another spectacular one in the same genre.
And also I'm always a bit frustrated if I have to remove big chunks.
Which is a bit silly of me, but yeah.

I always think my novels don't make proper sense. And that the pace is too quick or too slow and I've planned it wrong.

Readers often comment about "white room syndrome" and ask for more setting description.

I have problems with blocking - readers can't picture where each character is in relation to another.

I also worry about excessive emotional stuff, since I find myself hammering the same point over and over. Poor concussed reader.

I have a few minor worries - that I under-describe things, that people don't know where things are - but I don't worry about this, because setting and description isn't anything crucial to my stories.

The characters are the crucial thing, and that's where I start to worry. I don't care if people like them or not. A minor worry is that people'll think that the characters don't have any depth. The big one, though, is that people will see too much of me in them. When I look back over some of the things I've written, I see a lot of me, especially if I was writing in a particular high or low. So, I worry that I've exposed too much of myself. It makes it pretty hard to hand over any writing of mine.

...*is pretentious*

My biggest problem is that I have a lot of trouble developing my plots. Its just that I want my plots to be so spectacular and original. That's why I usually stick to short pieces with simple plots.

Another insecurity is that I don't always feel like my characters are as strong as they should be.

Well, after reading some of limyaael's rants (it was a staff pick), I'm worried that I will be the target of her ranting.

In other words, I write something horribly cliche or stupid.

Perhaps my biggest problem is physical description. I'm always afraid to describe what a character looks like for fear that it will seem info-dumpy. As a result, my writing appears rather sparse when it comes to certain scenes. Specifically anything that might seem like it's giving information that does not directly pertain to where I want to take the story at a given point.

Mine's detail in the overall storyline, I am always terrified of putting in too much, or too little. I'm alright with description, but especially when it somes to certain scenarios and semi important charecters.

I have a pretty sheltered home life, so I'm worried my stories won't be realistic/grounded enough.

Plotting in general is hard for me; I'm much better at developing character. =P

(Actually, I just torture them to no end and see what happens. They hate me).

I'm a perfectionist, so every little tiny detail has to be perfect before I can go on. It is very annoying because I almost never get any work done, but it makes me feel more secure.

I'm worried about cliche's... oh no! I hope no-one has said that before? Jokes. My plot has no real structure - I just write so that I can read over my words and be proud of my descriptions, basically. And my characters are always so underdeveloped that they would be thinner than a pievce of paper!

Always worried that I'm not being descriptive enough. Reading "On Writing" and the various criticisms leveled at Twilight and the Inheritance Cycle really lead one to accidentally underwrite sometimes in an attempt to desperately avoid purple prose. Still trying to find the right balance.