Confidence...QT Blog Chain

[leahclifford]

Blog Chain Post time!!!  I've gotta say, I kinda feel like I've gotten off easy the last few chains.  Don't get me wrong, they were great questions but one was on world building and my MC Eden did it for me and the other was on your writer quirks.  This one though...Kate chose the topic and well, here it is.

How as a writer do you find the balance

Comments

[elknutswife]

Ooo, you are so right! Over confidence can lead to cockiness, arrogance....a lack of openness to edits and critiques. But you need that uber confidence to know you've done something awesome and convince agents of that as you send those queries out again and again and again. Very very insightful post. Excellent!!

[leahclifford]

Thank you!

[jessicaverday]

Nope, not too confident. It *IS* your best work.

[leahclifford]

lol thanks Jess! How's the reading going?

[jessicaverday]

100 pages in (and edited). I iz slowwwww. Plus, I peeked at the ending, because OMG I couldn't stand it! You freakin' NAILED IT.

[leahclifford]

EEP! Ahhh, there's that permagrin!

[libbyreed]

And another look at confidence from a completely different angle. Excellent post! I think you have totally nailed as to the lack of confidence (to a certain extent) needed for editing, and the over confidence needed for querying.

Abi

http://bloggingexperiments.wordpress.com

[leahclifford]

Thanks Abi! Glad you liked it!

[hldyer]

Now I have "I Go to Extremes" stuck in my head, so thanks for that. *snort*

Awesome post!

[leahclifford]

better than Hit Me Baby One More Time... Yeah, you're welcome ;)

[fandoria]

Excellent post! I think the confidence roller coaster is the balance we need.

[leahclifford]

thanks! Glad you liked it!