tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1361240553573022287.post4543114770057165087..comments2023-03-29T08:47:59.677-04:00Comments on Letter Go: First submission in writing class reviewed!Owlladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12989152304836466124noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1361240553573022287.post-65020052980374597212010-10-28T15:23:34.263-04:002010-10-28T15:23:34.263-04:00Sure thing, Mysti :) I think the lack of confiden...Sure thing, Mysti :) I think the lack of confidence thing is very valid. We're afraid we don't get it right, so we try to fix it. Only trouble is, we try to fix it by adding, rather than streamlining. But we can retrain ourselves! Yes we can!Owlladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12989152304836466124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1361240553573022287.post-69446200772747043522010-10-26T19:36:20.092-04:002010-10-26T19:36:20.092-04:00Oh, and thanks for the wonderful critique!Oh, and thanks for the wonderful critique!Mystihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02147640629724678243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1361240553573022287.post-34956071992792074102010-10-26T19:35:51.751-04:002010-10-26T19:35:51.751-04:00Accidently used my husband's profile. In "...Accidently used my husband's profile. In "On Writing", Stephen King swears that writers suffer from lack of confidence, hence the overwriting. I love the example he provides of how he edited "1409". I could use a whole book of just that.Mystihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02147640629724678243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1361240553573022287.post-77885434871017288632010-10-26T19:31:49.534-04:002010-10-26T19:31:49.534-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10427052194409413021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1361240553573022287.post-23911772290216887582010-10-25T15:47:25.033-04:002010-10-25T15:47:25.033-04:00I think writers get concerned that one sentence do...I think writers get concerned that one sentence doesn't get their thought across. Without realizing it, we try to take the easy way out, and just type another sentence. But we learn, and then we re-write that one sentence. <br /><br />And yeah, I absolutely love examples too.Owlladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12989152304836466124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1361240553573022287.post-281300009180952412010-10-23T10:25:44.036-04:002010-10-23T10:25:44.036-04:00That was a lovely post, and I really liked your be...That was a lovely post, and I really liked your before and after examples. That's what I'd love to see more than anything. People can tell me how to write all they want, but SHOW me what the heck you're talking about, and then I'll get it :)<br /><br />That one line: "What's he getting at?" Sometimes I call those "author thought"--it's like the author Mystihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02147640629724678243noreply@blogger.com