tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post4478957862613429378..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Me-Cramp by Ruth SymesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-57650518236801076432014-07-21T16:00:02.212+01:002014-07-21T16:00:02.212+01:00I think writer's block / me-cramp is a good si...I think writer's block / me-cramp is a good sign. It seems to affect the more self-critical, i.e the ones who set themselves higher standards. If we went through life constantly thinking, 'This is brilliant! I'm brilliant!' then it would very quickly, in most cases, stop being true. (Though there are those who can write two brilliant novels a year, or even more).<br /><br />The cat (she is in one of her more prickly moods) suggests that there are plenty of writers out there who could do with suffering a bit more me-cramp than they currently do. Nick Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08191176209084540085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-15685881886661989982014-07-21T11:27:17.082+01:002014-07-21T11:27:17.082+01:00There's a lot of different quotes of this with...There's a lot of different quotes of this with all the fiddly bits cut out, but I think the original is powerful by itself.<br /><br />Ira Glass on "The Gap": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI23U7U2aUYRichardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09799125598133377058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-18062025032480670892014-07-21T07:09:26.698+01:002014-07-21T07:09:26.698+01:00I wish it was just a crisis of self-confidence - f...I wish it was just a crisis of self-confidence - from where I sit it seems like an insurmountable gap between writing and writing so well that someone else wants to publish it. But it is good to be reminded that other areas of endeavour also suffer from "Me-cramp"!catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-50976204515414274332014-07-21T07:03:56.314+01:002014-07-21T07:03:56.314+01:00'Me- cramp' is as great term! But it's...'Me- cramp' is as great term! But it's not restricted to artistic endeavour. I know a biologist who has it every now and then: is my research good enough? will I be able to write this paper? am I capable of doing this? Isn't it just a crisis of self-confidence, which is a universal human condition? Stroppy Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.com