The most liberating thing I've read since... I can't be bothered to remember. (oops that got through uncensored.)
ursulas
· 8 months ago
Wow! I admire your writing talent. Had no idea that The Editor was haunting you!
I know The Editor too. It's funny how she creeps in and takes over. Years ago, I wrote poetry and fictional stories. Then I became a grant writer and worked in city and county planning. My writing talent was spent on dry, explanatory technical pieces.
I let The Editor cut my creative tongue out.
Don't let it happen to you, Karoli! You remain such a breath of fresh air, force of nature and all that good stuff!
Karoli
· 8 months ago
ursulas and mickeleh,
Thank you for the encouragement! I am hoping that by putting this in writing and in public, I'll hold her at bay.
kmilyun
· 8 months ago
Oh this could prove to very entertaining and interesting emmm . ... LOL
Side note: I always thought of you as talented, creative, and enlightening.
I call my editor the little %$*& in my brain - it can be found running around on the squirrel there.
Karoli
· 8 months ago
Awww, thanks for the nice words. But there are days where I just bite back what I really want to write, thinking yeah, it'll either confuse everyone who reads this blog or else it's just too...not me. The thing is, when I read my posts that I like best, they're rants. I actually don't rant that much...it just seems like it here.
bbluesman
· 8 months ago
Get rid of the editor yes! Please what ever you do -DON"T SEND HER HERE! Kthbai...
Karoli
· 8 months ago
she's on her way to you. :)
bbluesman
· 8 months ago
nooooo so don't have the welcome sign on for her. Puts on Nixon mask to scare her off...
Kate McLaughlin
· 8 months ago
My inner editor can be a real intruder, and I don't even do that for a living. Don't know how you manage to stifle her at all!
EmmieJ
· 8 months ago
What a great post. I've found this to be the hardest part of blogging (which I've been doing for a much shorter period of time than you). I have ideas in my head but my Editor kicks in and tells me all the reasons why I shouldn't write that or how no one will care and I just never get around to getting down what I wanted to say.
I, for one, find your writing to be thought-provoking and easy to read. I look forward to reading your unedited self even more in the future.
Karoli
· 8 months ago
Thank you, Kate and EmmieJ, that's really nice of you to say. I'm working on that unedited self thing every day. Seems to be easier with the camera and the sketch pad than the written word, but I think that's because what I write really represents who I am...and it's not always what I want everyone to see..
finnigh
· 8 months ago
All of life is derivative. We are the sum of what we know, yet we are each blessed with out own unique take on things.
Karoli, I think your Editor is simply akin to the proverbial 'cranky old librarian', who shushes people as they make exciting discoveries in the course of their learning.
Go ahead, copy the masters. How do you think *they* learned? Because YOU are different, I guarantee your work product will be different, in some small way. Or perhaps a big way. Who knows?
Our end seldom comes at a convenient time. I think it would be a hell of a dismal thing to lie on one's deathbed enumerating the different ways of saying "Gee, I wish I would have tried that...".
Yea, we're all going to have a few regrets when we pass, but there's no need to add to the pile while we still have our choices.
Take care, John
Karoli
· 8 months ago
Thanks, John. I agree with you -- it would be really too bad to be facing one's last day on Earth and taking an account of all the risks one didn't take. Still, I've got to say, facing down that voice and keeping it quiet is one of the biggest challenges I've had.
Tre
· 5 months ago
You got it. Idea: not that anyone has any more time for anything else..but what about some kind of touch base group....ya know? see how we are doing silencing her and squelching her up. Not sure what that would look like. Possibilities endless....800 phone call once a quarter? once a month? once a week? a voice chat? ck in by dm's or tweets? a tweet discussion for all to see #innercritc but based on the filtering discovered of late perhaps no? think with me....but i'm here to offer a safe space to bare all...goodness knows I wouldn't be where I am mentally if i hadn't learned to squelch her hourly. Ever the goal she's ousted for good. :) (In case this sounds way more confident than it ought, I have to still squelch her hourly) :) kay...think about it. maybe you know others. Maybe you have something like this already in place? Neat idea....and I may go ahead and pursue it somehow.... Hugs for the admittance....means tons.
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I know The Editor too. It's funny how she creeps in and takes over. Years ago, I wrote poetry and fictional stories. Then I became a grant writer and worked in city and county planning. My writing talent was spent on dry, explanatory technical pieces.
I let The Editor cut my creative tongue out.
Don't let it happen to you, Karoli! You remain such a breath of fresh air, force of nature and all that good stuff!
Thank you for the encouragement! I am hoping that by putting this in writing and in public, I'll hold her at bay.
Side note: I always thought of you as talented, creative, and enlightening.
I call my editor the little %$*& in my brain - it can be found running around on the squirrel there.
scare her off...
I, for one, find your writing to be thought-provoking and easy to read. I look forward to reading your unedited self even more in the future.
Karoli, I think your Editor is simply akin to the proverbial 'cranky old librarian', who shushes people as they make exciting discoveries in the course of their learning.
Go ahead, copy the masters. How do you think *they* learned?
Because YOU are different, I guarantee your work product will be different, in some small way. Or perhaps a big way. Who knows?
Our end seldom comes at a convenient time. I think it would be a hell of a dismal thing to lie on one's deathbed enumerating the different ways of saying "Gee, I wish I would have tried that...".
Yea, we're all going to have a few regrets when we pass, but there's no need to add to the pile while we still have our choices.
Take care,
John
Idea: not that anyone has any more time for anything else..but what about some kind of touch base group....ya know? see how we are doing silencing her and squelching her up.
Not sure what that would look like.
Possibilities endless....800 phone call once a quarter? once a month? once a week?
a voice chat?
ck in by dm's or tweets?
a tweet discussion for all to see #innercritc but based on the filtering discovered of late perhaps no?
think with me....but i'm here to offer a safe space to bare all...goodness knows I wouldn't be where I am mentally if i hadn't learned to squelch her hourly.
Ever the goal she's ousted for good. :)
(In case this sounds way more confident than it ought, I have to still squelch her hourly)
:) kay...think about it. maybe you know others. Maybe you have something like this already in place?
Neat idea....and I may go ahead and pursue it somehow....
Hugs for the admittance....means tons.