Comments on: A place to belong (and a whole bevy of haikus)

By: cirellio

cirellio — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:30:23 +0000

…works for me! :)
I haven’t gotten around to it yet, but I do plan to link to places outside of the WordPress realm.

By: martha

martha — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:14:04 +0000

PS – I linked to your blog from my blog.

By: cirellio

cirellio — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:24:35 +0000

oo~ good advice. that’s definitely something to watch out for. I figure it will all be something like an art critique, which I’ve participated in a lot of those at the high school and college classroom level. Some students just hate your style. Others can’t seem to say anything unless it’s super-nice. And then there’s the art teachers who attempt to completely change your vision into theirs, until it’s like it’s not even your artwork anymore… and that’s not even considering classroom politics.
I’ve read about how a writer must be able to take critiques in stride … hopefully it geared me up for it, to the point where it will be just like listening to opinions, sort of like what I was saying in “Is it okay to offend?”.

By: garymurning

garymurning — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:32:41 +0000

Writing groups can be wonderful when you are starting out, but a word of warning; the new writer can occasionally fall into the trap of trying to please everyone. I know I did, and it almost set my development back. Listen to critiques and take them seriously, but remember that this is your work. You know what it needs to be better than anyone. Be guided on the technicalities etc, but when anyone says something like “I think such-and-such should happen”, consider it very carefully but don’t be afraid to disregard it.

By: cirellio

cirellio — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:16:58 +0000

and it’s always nice when you visit. :)
I hop over to your blog every time I visit Blog Catalog.