tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2274987097756433491.post4784602375034065070..comments2024-03-05T11:26:21.204-06:00Comments on All the World's Our Page: Check Your Ego At The DoorUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2274987097756433491.post-37935473082275669672010-01-09T23:37:38.202-06:002010-01-09T23:37:38.202-06:00Terrific post, Jen.
I think I may be in a similar...Terrific post, Jen.<br /><br />I think I may be in a similar but slightly different category - the pessimistic-neurotic writer. (g) When I write, I give it my best shot, and on occasion I may think what I've written is pretty good, but all the while I am certain that I'll be able to make it even better the second (or third, or fourth) time round. Mainly because that's how I would write back in my lawyering days - get everything out of my head and on to the page, then go back and tweak and revise and refine so that the end result was ten times sharper, clearer than that first outpouring. So that's why I'm reluctant to hand over early drafts of my work for anyone to read - I *know* it's not as good as it can be.<br /><br />And even after I've revised the hell out of my MS and send it off to the poor souls who volunteer to beta read, I'll be right there with you, hiding under my bed! LOL. Who'd be a writer?? (g)Rachel Walshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15406943046329566026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2274987097756433491.post-4308209508268071812010-01-05T11:06:59.829-06:002010-01-05T11:06:59.829-06:00(stands) My name is Deniz and I'm a Neurotic W...(stands) My name is Deniz and I'm a Neurotic Writer.<br />(sounds of clapping, murmurs of agreement)<br />I can't show anything to anyone until it's in at least third draft and then I get so nervous - I can't stand to hear my own work read out loud (my mom does this - you hand her something to read and she starts reading it aloud! What are we, living in Ancient Greece?)<br />The worst is non-writers that I've emailed snips to. Sometimes they don't reply! Argh! Have they read it or not? Don't they realise I need feedback??Deniz Bevanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.com