tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238174599083558093.post3014296097321372077..comments2023-10-17T07:29:38.379-05:00Comments on Writing in a Vortex: Isolation and Power BarsL.A. Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11729129827211991040noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238174599083558093.post-2850763565802780592008-01-29T10:13:00.000-06:002008-01-29T10:13:00.000-06:00Great post, L.A. :-)I could've benefited (greatly)...Great post, L.A. :-)<BR/><BR/>I could've benefited (greatly) by the advice of other writers earlier in the process of my first several novels. I waited until I was done before asking for feedback, and the errors I made required such tremendous rewriting that one novel is still untouched in a dark corner of my hard drive.<BR/><BR/>Then I started getting feedback earlier... Too early, as it turned out, because it kept me from finishing a different novel for months and months.<BR/><BR/>Now, it's a mix. Certain readers I'll trust to scan a first chapter or two, just to see if I captured the tone, made the character intros clear, etc. Most often, though, I wait for critiques until I'm done with an entire first draft.Marilyn Branthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05303846770348840645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238174599083558093.post-22380631129843215032008-01-28T21:56:00.000-06:002008-01-28T21:56:00.000-06:00Interesting introspection.When is too much advice ...Interesting introspection.<BR/><BR/>When is too much advice simply too much advice?<BR/><BR/>The better the writer . . . the soon that advice becomes too much. <BR/><BR/>Wow, do you have writers pegged, though. That whole 'we need the next review, the next positive piece of feedback'. Yep, you're right. We're comment addicted. <BR/><BR/>How hard to go it alone and trust only our personal instincts, but how rewarding when the words flow true.K.M. Saint Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10497196465431986957noreply@blogger.com