tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2274987097756433491.post6349585649589329602..comments2024-03-05T11:26:21.204-06:00Comments on All the World's Our Page: Merci beaucoup, mon amour ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2274987097756433491.post-70275397182663913072010-02-19T09:36:53.097-06:002010-02-19T09:36:53.097-06:00I love the gift of French coins! That's so tho...I love the gift of French coins! That's so thoughtful!<br />I couldn't ever show anyone what I write until it's at least in draft 3 or 4. Much too nerve wracking. And silly, if they start nitpicking on stuff I'd fix myself anyway.<br />Joining the Forum was terribly exciting for me - to be finally surround by intelligent, level headed adult writers (instead of, well, things like:<br />people who start writing out of boredom but don't know what they're doing and ask you strange questions like "I don't really need to research, right, because I can just write about what I know about ancient Rome/the Napoleonic Wars/the Protestant Reformation and my story will hold its own?"<br />people who don't write and keep asking why you don't just publish the book yourself<br />people who don't write who, when you send them a sample of your writing, don't read it and never get back to you with feedback<br />people who want to write but who never read<br />people who want to write but never read and also have never lived - so they have nothing interesting to say<br />end of rant)<br />I've also got DH and my mom, both writers, who understand the process quite well, especially enough to understand how long it takes!Deniz Bevanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2274987097756433491.post-58091119998335081712010-02-16T03:37:40.805-06:002010-02-16T03:37:40.805-06:00Linda - sounds like you have a great sounding boar...Linda - sounds like you have a great sounding board in your DH, and a wonderful source of support. Makes all the difference, doesn't it?<br /><br />And I totally understand not letting anyone read as you write. I do exactly that, so I'm not constantly second guessing myself and worrying that what I'm writing is a pile of crap that no one would ever think is any good ... "writing with the door closed" is the term coined by Stephen King, I think. Ah, the mind games we must play with ourselves in order to write! (g)Rachel Walshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15406943046329566026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2274987097756433491.post-19250461346559468672010-02-12T07:59:47.384-06:002010-02-12T07:59:47.384-06:00I'm pretty damn lucky with my writing support ...I'm pretty damn lucky with my writing support too. My DH not only encourages me, but he's a great sounding board when I write myself into a corner. He doesn't read everything I write (my choice. I don't let anyone read as I write anymore--I find it too inhibiting), but if I throw a hypothetical situation at him, he's great at bouncing back creative ideas.Linda G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576828490765434497noreply@blogger.com