I love this quote. It's so true. Whether you're writing a mystery, romance, memoir, sci fi, young adult or whatever, it's so easy to become very connected and overly attached to your writing. It's one of the things that makes cutting and editing so difficult.
Additionally, when I'm writing, I feel like I'm laying my heart out there for God and everyone. Like I'm bleeding onto the pages, and the vampiric readers just suck it up, only to be spit back out by a select few. For those that like it, it seems worth the loss of blood. For those that don't, well, that sucks. Ultimately though, it's not up to them to staunch the bleeding. That's my job. Aye. There's the rub.
Additionally, when I'm writing, I feel like I'm laying my heart out there for God and everyone. Like I'm bleeding onto the pages, and the vampiric readers just suck it up, only to be spit back out by a select few. For those that like it, it seems worth the loss of blood. For those that don't, well, that sucks. Ultimately though, it's not up to them to staunch the bleeding. That's my job. Aye. There's the rub.