When I first started writing, I was a member of a writing/critique group that was excellent. I still have problems with showing vs telling and a few other things, but I gained a lot of confidence in myself through writing with them. The group disbanded shortly after I left it, and I haven't found anything else similar.
So, instead of a group, I read and re-read and re-re-re-re-re-read. I tweak and pull, comb up and spray, move over and trim, and generally try to pound my fiction into shape. I love to write to challenges or to prompts. Having that little extra push makes it more fun.
I think I had DH (Dear Hubby, Darned Hubby, Damned Hubby - depends on the day) proof one tale for me. What I got wasn't what I needed. Instead of helpful, he spent his time arguing about the entire scenario and how I should have done X and Y instead of A and B. Nope! Not going there. If he wanted to read his scenario so much, he could write it. It wasn't the scene I was seeing in my head, and I always write to what I see in my mental images when writing fiction.
So, no. All errors, intentional or non, are my own and I totally admit to them.
So, instead of a group, I read and re-read and re-re-re-re-re-read. I tweak and pull, comb up and spray, move over and trim, and generally try to pound my fiction into shape. I love to write to challenges or to prompts. Having that little extra push makes it more fun.
I think I had DH (Dear Hubby, Darned Hubby, Damned Hubby - depends on the day) proof one tale for me. What I got wasn't what I needed. Instead of helpful, he spent his time arguing about the entire scenario and how I should have done X and Y instead of A and B. Nope! Not going there. If he wanted to read his scenario so much, he could write it. It wasn't the scene I was seeing in my head, and I always write to what I see in my mental images when writing fiction.
So, no. All errors, intentional or non, are my own and I totally admit to them.
- Erulisse (one L)
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