Comments on: The Cinderella Complex – Waiting For Mr. Write https://booksbywomen.org/the-cinderella-complex-waiting-for-mr-write/ Fri, 07 Apr 2017 12:29:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 By: The Failed Novelist – Evie Gaughan https://booksbywomen.org/the-cinderella-complex-waiting-for-mr-write/#comment-48555 Fri, 07 Apr 2017 12:29:01 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15009#comment-48555 […] and wearing a toga?  He’s right, this is absolutely the exception, so indulging in the Cinderella complex that you will somehow be spotted and picked-up by one of the big five (or is it six) is […]

]]> By: Evie Gaughan https://booksbywomen.org/the-cinderella-complex-waiting-for-mr-write/#comment-48459 Sun, 12 Mar 2017 11:22:00 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15009#comment-48459 In reply to Roisin Cure.

Hi Roisin, great to see you here 🙂 Must research Hergé immediatement! You’re so right, the key really is to love the process and as artists/writers, we need to keep reminding ourselves of that. You can lose perspective and forget what it was that made you start writing/painting in the first place, so it’s good to be surrounded by people that can reinforce those values. I read something recently, your vibe attracts your tribe! So hopefully I’m sending out good vibes and encouraging people to just start creating and stop waiting for someone to tell you you’re good enough.

]]> By: Roisin Cure https://booksbywomen.org/the-cinderella-complex-waiting-for-mr-write/#comment-48444 Fri, 10 Mar 2017 09:19:57 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15009#comment-48444 Very well put, Evie. Practice applies to drawing, too. I was a huge fan of Hergé and searched high and low for his “secret”. I read all the biographies, studied the work, emulated the style, the lot, to no avail. Then I discovered that Hergé (a) wasn’t great at drawing when he started and (b) had to produce a comic strip for a children’s page in a weekly newspaper. Lo and behold, he became a master.
As regards success, in my view I think the key is to love the process, and accept that you’re very lucky to be doing it (and, even better, to have an audience via the internet). I love writing and I love drawing and I feel very lucky indeed to have had the chance to develop in these areas. The rest is “just” to pay the bills.

]]> By: Evie Gaughan https://booksbywomen.org/the-cinderella-complex-waiting-for-mr-write/#comment-48015 Tue, 18 Oct 2016 16:30:53 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15009#comment-48015 In reply to Cathy Layne.

Thank you Cathy! So glad you enjoyed it and that it came along at the right time 🙂

]]> By: Cathy Layne https://booksbywomen.org/the-cinderella-complex-waiting-for-mr-write/#comment-48014 Tue, 18 Oct 2016 05:21:11 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15009#comment-48014 Thank you, I needed to read this today!

]]> By: Evie Gaughan https://booksbywomen.org/the-cinderella-complex-waiting-for-mr-write/#comment-47365 Fri, 25 Mar 2016 22:25:10 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15009#comment-47365 In reply to Sheila Myers.

Thanks for the positive feedback Sheila!

]]> By: Sheila Myers https://booksbywomen.org/the-cinderella-complex-waiting-for-mr-write/#comment-47361 Fri, 25 Mar 2016 15:01:41 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15009#comment-47361 Great article and inspiration! Thanks.

]]> By: The Cinderella Complex – Waiting For Mr. Write | Toni Kennedy : A Writing Life https://booksbywomen.org/the-cinderella-complex-waiting-for-mr-write/#comment-47322 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 11:54:47 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15009#comment-47322 […] Sourced through Scoop.it from: booksbywomen.org […]

]]> By: Evie Gaughan https://booksbywomen.org/the-cinderella-complex-waiting-for-mr-write/#comment-47290 Sun, 13 Mar 2016 17:09:04 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15009#comment-47290 In reply to Toni Jenkins.

Thanks Toni! Great point – there IS enough room for all of us and there is more than one route to achieving your writing goals. So glad you found the article encouraging too 🙂

]]> By: Toni Jenkins https://booksbywomen.org/the-cinderella-complex-waiting-for-mr-write/#comment-47289 Sun, 13 Mar 2016 16:49:31 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15009#comment-47289 Fantastic article, Evie. You’re so right on every point and this affirming piece is really encouraging. We have to try to make our own dreams come true and create our own space in the writing world. I like to think there’s enough room for all of us!

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