Comments on: On writing well

By: Rebekah

Rebekah — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:24:09 +0000

I keep those posts too. Some of my old stuff I think is still pretty great, and some of it makes me cringe. I’ve had to password-protect a few for various reasons now, but I can’t bring myself to just take them down. That’s what I’ve written and I want it to be there, even if I’m the only one who still sees it.

By: Paige Jennifer

Paige Jennifer — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:10:41 +0000

When I first started my blog, I promised myself I’d post twice a week. It didn’t matter if the mood struck, if I had something brilliant to publish. Nope. It was about just keeping at it.

There are a ton of posts I think are horrible. From sentence structure to actual storyline, I shudder at the fact that it exists because of me. But I keep them up, all of them. Because no one is ever perfect. And in a creative community, we sometimes need to be reminded of this.
Paige Jennifer´s last blog ..Spend Your Time Wisely

By: Rebekah

Rebekah — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:07:05 +0000

I do that too – post and then think ooh, should have said this or written it a different way. I’m paranoid that I’ll somehow be misunderstood or misinterpreted and offensive.

By: Rebekah

Rebekah — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:03:13 +0000

At one point I kept a list of memes that I liked but didn’t want to do right away because EVERYONE was doing them right then… I meant to plop them in later as fillers. And of course I lost the list. But maybe it wasn’t a bad idea.

By: Rebekah

Rebekah — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:01:42 +0000

That’s a really good point. I do need to remind myself of that once in awhile – it’s hard when I’m in “writer zone” working on fiction where it all has to be perfect. (And yes, I AM working on the novel!)

By: Rebekah

Rebekah — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:00:09 +0000

It IS great! And welcome!

By: Rebekah

Rebekah — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:59:45 +0000

I was silent on Twitter because football is over (

By: A Super Girl

A Super Girl — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:14:41 +0000

I’m with you on the “when there’s no drama, what is there to blog?” line of thinking. When you’re just living your life and are generally “happy”, a place to work things out and reflect just isn’t needed as much. But, I figure you still keep it around for when it is needed, and we’ll keep reading!
A Super Girl´s last blog ..The evolution of cooking

By: Stephany

Stephany — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:45:03 +0000

There are definitely times when there’s a post that just didn’t come out the way I wanted it to but I post it anyway. I have this NEED to post Monday-Friday so I try to get most of them done during the weekend, since I need silence and have to “get in the blog zone” to write a post I really love.

I was wondering where you went, too! You’ve been silent on Twitter lately.
Stephany´s last blog ..Joining the Bandwagon

By: amy

amy — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:30:47 +0000

Okay first of all hi, I just came across your blog!

Second of all, I struggle with the same thing. I don’t necessarily always write about anything dramatic, ever, but I do want to like what I’ve written. I think that sometimes you just have to keep writing and work through the not so great days, publishing at your discretion.

You’ll hit your stride again, I’m sure! How great is it that people care when you DON’T write?