I found Neil Gaiman's drafts and they're inspirationally rough. I love how almost all of Natalie's advice is targetted at quashing an artists inner critic. A lot of it extends so far beyond writing. Like, imposter syndrome's a monster.
Very interesting. I have some problems with ignoring spelling and grammar though. Spelling, use the spelling checker in your word processor. Grammar, turn OFF any grammar checkers, but think deeply about grammar. Some official rules are good, some are nonsense invented by latinate scholar/idiots centuries ago. Examples: Split infinitives. Go ahead, split 'em! "To boldly go where no man has gone before." or "To go boldly..." Really! The modern habit of misusing the nominative: "She gave drinks to he and I." To my ears, that's both ignorant and desperately trying to sound 'ejercated'. She gave a drink to him, she gave a drink to me, so she gave drinks to him and me. Frankly, I'd be happier with prose that said things like "Him and me called a taxi." (Or even: "Me call taxi.") Again the nominative. Contrary to (stupid) official rules, the verb to be does not take two nominatives. "It is I." Pompous rubbish. "It's me." The idea is that, unlike other verbs, this one is symmetric: a=b means b=a. Clueless. "Birds are dinosaurs" is true, but "Dinosaurs are birds" is false. Think, find good rules that make sense to you and read well, and stick to them. Thanks for a really good video.
Love this Tara, thank you! Do you do Stephen King's On Writing?
I found Neil Gaiman's drafts and they're inspirationally rough.
I love how almost all of Natalie's advice is targetted at quashing an artists inner critic.
A lot of it extends so far beyond writing. Like, imposter syndrome's a monster.
Very interesting. I have some problems with ignoring spelling and grammar though. Spelling, use the spelling checker in your word processor. Grammar, turn OFF any grammar checkers, but think deeply about grammar. Some official rules are good, some are nonsense invented by latinate scholar/idiots centuries ago. Examples:
Split infinitives. Go ahead, split 'em! "To boldly go where no man has gone before." or "To go boldly..." Really!
The modern habit of misusing the nominative: "She gave drinks to he and I." To my ears, that's both ignorant and desperately trying to sound 'ejercated'. She gave a drink to him, she gave a drink to me, so she gave drinks to him and me. Frankly, I'd be happier with prose that said things like "Him and me called a taxi." (Or even: "Me call taxi.")
Again the nominative. Contrary to (stupid) official rules, the verb to be does not take two nominatives. "It is I." Pompous rubbish. "It's me." The idea is that, unlike other verbs, this one is symmetric: a=b means b=a. Clueless. "Birds are dinosaurs" is true, but "Dinosaurs are birds" is false.
Think, find good rules that make sense to you and read well, and stick to them. Thanks for a really good video.