Overcoming Intimidation

[ChibbyBrony 3]

Hello everypony,

 

Does anypony have a difficult time overcoming intimidation when writing FiMfictions or drawing pony art?  I've been wanting to write a fanfiction for a while now and have done a lot of brainstorming, but I find myself faltering simply from the sheer number of amazing FiMfictions out there.  Even if I do decide to write the story just for myself, I still feel kinda like it's a bit of a hopeless endeavour.

 

Does anypony else have this problem and if so, how do you overcome it?

 

-ChibbyBrony

[(MARVEL) Blue Blood 991]

I do that when I'm writing anything. When I wrote PinkiePEye, I thought, and still think that I'm gonna get a lot of flack, and to be honest, I don't mind constructive criticism, but not relentless backlash. Heck, I'm thinking of writing a Spider-Man comic series, but considering how comic fans are, I'm a bit nervous.

[Snow Frostflame 3,568]

yes actually I have spent from spring to new years writing a fan fic and I'm still editing it and my friends and family I have showed it to have said its great and they love it but I get the feeling they are just sugar coating the truth so I have been very hesitant about trying to finish my fan fic because I can handle a few bits of criticism but I don't want hordes of people telling  me that the fan fic I have worked on for a year and a half is terrible but I will probably get over it finish it and release it

[ChibbyBrony 3]

I do that when I'm writing anything. When I wrote PinkiePEye, I thought, and still think that I'm gonna get a lot of flack, and to be honest, I don't mind constructive criticism, but not relentless backlash. Heck, I'm thinking of writing a Spider-Man comic series, but considering how comic fans are, I'm a bit nervous.

 

 

yes actually I have spent from spring to new years writing a fan fic and I'm still editing it and my friends and family I have showed it to have said its great and they love it but I get the feeling they are just sugar coating the truth so I have been very hesitant about trying to finish my fan fic because I can handle a few bits of criticism but I don't want hordes of people telling  me that the fan fic I have worked on for a year and a half is terrible but I will probably get over it finish it and release it

 

Yeah, I know what you mean.  I'm definitely nervous about getting backlash--I don't mind constructive criticism either and tend to take it rather well, but I don't like it when people say your story is terrible just for the sake of being mean and degrading.  I also have a hard time finishing stories because of this @_@

 

I'm glad I'm not the only one who has these feelings of self-doubt about pieces of writing/art.

[RandomSelect 36]

Personal experience, not really. In the old days, I wrote pokemon fanfics. Even though I see fanfic writing as a hobby, I do my best to do spell checks and make sure that they give readers something to enjoy and hopefully get positive feedback. If someone says something harsh without reason, I’d just ignore them. If someone does the same thing but with reason, I’d thank them for their constructive criticism, learn from experience and move on by reading other fics, taking examples, improving my writing skills and making future chapters better.