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May 05, 2005

Excellent Writing Advice

Read Gwendolyn Zepeda's excellent this post on the writing slog. It's good stuff, particularly this item:

2. Don't hate on yourself.

Try not to hate on yourself while you're writing. It's okay to be critical of your own work - if you unfailingly, unequivocally accepted it as-is, it would most likely suck. But don't get personal about it, calling yourself names like loser, hack, failure, fraud, or "worthless piece of crap just like my mom said I'd be." That kind of thought pattern isn't conducive to quality work. Save it for late at night, right before you fall asleep.

I'm not so sure about this construction of hating "on" oneself, but otherwise it's only too eerily familiar with what's been going through my writing mind these last several months.

Posted by adrian at May 5, 2005 03:08 PM

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^^ Very useful indeed! Thanks for posting the link. I've passed it on to some people who will also find it useful.

Posted by: Cheyenne [TypeKey Profile Page] at May 10, 2005 11:58 AM

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