{"id":184,"date":"2008-05-07T14:14:14","date_gmt":"2008-05-07T14:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/wp\/?p=184"},"modified":"2009-11-16T11:34:43","modified_gmt":"2009-11-16T17:34:43","slug":"its-all-about-falling-down-even-after-all-this-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/2008\/05\/its-all-about-falling-down-even-after-all-this-time\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s all about falling down, even after all this time."},"content":{"rendered":"

Your $x (whatever your reason for it) is not some fragile vase that is going to shatter the second you $y. It is as strong as you decide it is, and the boundaries are where you set them<\/a>.
\nI\u2019m sure that this is obvious to other people, but it is not obvious to me: it\u2019s okay if I\u2019m not perfect. Really, it is. My writing is not some fragile vase that is going to shatter the second I split an infinitive.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s an interesting post — the way I read it, it’s about paralyzing yourself with the fear that you’re going to fail.<\/p>\n

Here’s a post I wrote back in 2001.<\/p>\n

Part of reason that I’m not more involved in ‘traditional’ creative writing is that I’m comfortable with what I’m doing already: I’m good at it. I’m starting to realize, though, that sometimes you need to do things you suck at.<\/p>\n

Failing is the thing we fear, but failing the only way we change; it’s absolutely natural. School teaches us to fear failure — by extension, we learn to fear change.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I don’t know that I have a whole lot to add to those two quoted passaged, even after this much time has passed.<\/p>\n

I’m working my way down the road one dangerously comfortable rest area at a time, trying to reach places I’ve never been before, doing things that, if you’d asked me five years ago, I would have been entirely unsure about.<\/p>\n

Things that I will, without doubt, fail at the first time.<\/p>\n

I hate that, but at the same time, it’s my favorite part.<\/p>\n

The more new things we try \u2014 the more we step outside our comfort zone \u2014 the more inherently creative we become<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Your $x (whatever your reason for it) is not some fragile vase that is going to shatter the second you $y. It is as strong as you decide it is, and the boundaries are where you set them. I\u2019m sure that this is obvious to other people, but it is not obvious to me: it\u2019s … <\/p>\n

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