The Care and Feeding of Writers

[rahirah]

1. All writers are incredible egotists. Deep down, we are all certain that we are brilliant and unique special snowflakes, and anyone who doesn't like our stuff is insane or deeply jealous

Comments

[anonymous]

Sure!

[rahirah]

Uh, that was me. LJ's being freaky again...

[lynnenne]

Heee! Number 5 is *so* perfect.

I kind-of sort-of disagree with number 3. I wouldn't say I like criticism, because of course I think my work of art is pefect, dammit, but I'm so used to getting it that it pretty much rolls off my back. The crying and sobbing was for when I got screamed at in front of the whole office, and I had to save the tears for the privacy of the ladies' room. ;)

[rahirah]

Alas, I was going for the funny over the accurate, and FAILED! (sob!)

[lynnenne]

Or maybe I was just too full of self-importance to get the joke. We writers are like that. *g*

[typographer]

Writers who tell you they like concrit are LYING.

I wanna quibble with this. I would be willing to accept it if 4) were phrased differently.

Yes, there is a part of me inside sobbing (well, more like wailing, and sometimes gnashing teeth, but it comes to the same thing) when I get criticism, but there is another part of me eagerly writing it down and figuring out how, next time, NEXT TIME, I can write this so not even this picky, unkind person will find any flaws.

Which is not the same thing as liking it, I know. But there comes a moment, later, after a rewrite, when the story is improved that the writer feels gratitude.

[rahirah]

I know, but I was trying to be funny. Not succeeding, but trying...

[typographer]

It was very funny....

....and I seemed to prove your point. :P

[timeofchange]

Bwahahahahaha!

...

*sob*

[rahirah]

There, there!

[rahirah]

Snerk!

(One's rushing by me as I type...)