Creative Attention Grabbing

[Zintendo]

What I want to express in the world of flash is quite different than what is wanted. Demographically speaking, there is a large audience to appeal to, and each is different and unique. I'm not multibillion dollar McDonalds commercial maker, seeking the subliminal intricisies and whatnot, but I have a firm grasp on the understanding on it. It disrupts my creative flow, I critique my work all too often before it even leaves my mind.

It's a lot like chiseling a stone to perfection, but then taking a step back and seeing that there are still, 100,000 stones left to chisel, and honestly it's disheartening. thoughts?

[KnightOnTheSun]

At 2/7/13 07:11 PM, Zintendo wrote: What I want to express in the world of flash is quite different than what is wanted. Demographically speaking, there is a large audience to appeal to, and each is different and unique. I'm not multibillion dollar McDonalds commercial maker, seeking the subliminal intricisies and whatnot, but I have a firm grasp on the understanding on it. It disrupts my creative flow, I critique my work all too often before it even leaves my mind.

It's a lot like chiseling a stone to perfection, but then taking a step back and seeing that there are still, 100,000 stones left to chisel, and honestly it's disheartening. thoughts?

I do the same. The key is to stop thinking about it and just do it. If you aren't being productive you're going nowhere.

And you have to stop caring what people are going to think of your work. If you keep trying to fix everything in your head according to whoever is going to be watching it, you'll never finish it. Make peace with yourself and do your work.

[Jasonpick]

He's right.

[Silverspecks]

If you alter your personal work according to the desires of others, then it really isn't your work anymore now is it. My parents often told me when I was a child that the opinion about my interests matters most is my own.

[Snowfang]

I've always just found it easiest to write what I would like to read. I just figured that if I like to read books of a certain genre, as long as they are good I will read just about everything in my genres that I enjoy. If I write what I would like to read, I figure others would like it too, specifically the masses that read the same genres as I do... Not too confusing? Good luck with it all.
As to being a perfectionist, just try to get a rough draft finished and then go back to edit. The NaNoWriMo is a great way to keep to that course of just getting the words on paper.

[WiiFittoToreinaa]

You can write pseudo philological bullshit.

[tinytim12]

Don't ever, ever try to make your work something that its not. Time and time again at some point your insecurity will flare up and go, 'This isn't EPIC enough. I need a GIGANTIC DOUBLE AGENT BETRAYAL to make at least ONE appearance in this story!' You usually end up messing everything, making everything convoluted, disrupting the flow, etc - you will find it hard to reconcile what you have written, which will inevitably lead to writer's block.

Always follow your instincts, the basic, core idea you had at the start when you wanted to create your work. Always base your decision on instinct rather than insecurity. Your work was only as epic as it was meant to be, not what was forced upon it.