tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561827139818452407.post757159648854500817..comments2023-08-10T03:35:55.682-07:00Comments on The Prosers: Writer, What Are You Scared Of?Sheena Boekweghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08227547053651725634noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561827139818452407.post-82272675890352129812014-06-04T10:23:40.258-07:002014-06-04T10:23:40.258-07:00My rule of thumb with crit advice is if it was rep...My rule of thumb with crit advice is if it was repeated by multiple critters, I take seriously the idea that something isn't working. If it's a single comment, I recognize that it's more subjective and will only change things if I agree with it. <br />The other thing I'm learning is to not worry about audience too much. I need to write for me. This is something I'm still working on though and I have no idea if it will translate into sales. But I believe I'm coming out with better stories. Trina Marie Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957236554339326351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561827139818452407.post-78056726969673437602014-06-04T09:30:23.487-07:002014-06-04T09:30:23.487-07:00I'm afraid I'll follow some critiquing adv...I'm afraid I'll follow some critiquing advice that I maybe shouldn't, even though no such advice is "wrong" per se or ill-intentioned. I worry that I'll be appealing to a minority if I do and losing a majority. Irrational fear, I know, since I don't have to take it and I can always save a branch of the draft and change it back later. <br /><br />On a lighter note, this post made me think..."fear does not exist in this dojo, does it?!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561827139818452407.post-77353202080050612842014-06-04T08:27:43.906-07:002014-06-04T08:27:43.906-07:00I love this, and I've felt this before. There&...I love this, and I've felt this before. There's a quote by Shannon Hale that she says she thinks of first drafts as shoveling sand in a box that she'll make sandcastles out of later. I love that. There's also a song from [title of Show] called die vampire die, which pardon the language, but it's one of my writing mottos. Here's the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DDdM66_nSISheena Boekweghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08227547053651725634noreply@blogger.com