My inner critic has no compassion whatsoever. She is vicious and she robs me of my joy.
Yesterday, I named her Bertha. In a story I'm working on, my main character is in a major pickle and needs to be rescued. I'm imagining Bertha in my story's setting (in the middle of a desert), but SHE will not be rescued. Instead, I am going to leave her in the desert, where she belongs!
I need correction and guidance, but partly due to the way I'm wired and partly due to a lot of my experiences, I end up filtering everything through Bertha, and she has a knack for twisting even gentle correction into vicious bullying.
Will you post your story when you're done? It sounds like a very creative way to get rid of your IC.
The particular story I'm referring to, I'm planning to publish as a novel. But I could write a story where Bertha is left behind. ;D
I gave Bertha a "good twin" named Betsy (just because I like the name) who's kind and compassionate but gives me gentle correction when necessary.
From one writer to another, I have a lot of imaginary friends too. :heythere:
How do you start turning your critic into character? How do you brain storm things and then get it down on paper?