A clarification about the Glare Reports
Nov. 11th, 2004 10:30 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pegkerrAs I said in my user profile, I'm not actually posting this novel-in-progress here, but this LiveJournal has become an important tool in my thinking about the book. Sometimes I will use this journal to bitch and whine and moan because I just need to vent, and sometimes I will burble happy about something cool I have just found out that I can use. Sometimes I will ask for research leads and sometimes I will ask for ideas when I'm stuck.
I intended yesterday's entry to be more of a vent than a request for help, but I realize that was my mistake because I didn't make what responses I was hoping for clear in my entry. This is something![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kijjohnson and I have learned through trial and error to do over the years. When one sends a manuscript to the other, the recipient always asks "What do you need from me?" The sender's responses can vary wildly, from "Tell me the pacing's okay," to "Help me figure out whether the point of view is consistent" to "Tell me that the language is evocative enough" to "Tell me it's a book" to "Tell me simply that it's wonderful and you can't wait to read the rest."
So anyway, some things for everyone to keep in mind: I trust you all won't be offended if I don't always seize on your proffered ideas and make them my own, even if they are perfectly useable and charming ones. They just may not ring my chimes (this is the dating equivilent, I suppose, of "He's just not into you.") Sometimes I just need to vent, and sometimes I really need help and am eager for your input, and I'll try to be clear which is which.
I do hope you will be patient with me; I lack self-confidence, I know, which may seem strange to those of you who think that someone who has had a novel published, much less two, should Know Everything. I have a deep-seated fear that my bellyaching can be extremely tiresome. And last but not least, I should also say that although I am sometimes frustrated by my backbrain's cranky irregularity at producing fiction on demand that is acceptable to my inner critic, I don't think I would still be whacking at this book at all if it weren't for LiveJournal and the encouragement and interest from all of you. Thank you!
I intended yesterday's entry to be more of a vent than a request for help, but I realize that was my mistake because I didn't make what responses I was hoping for clear in my entry. This is something
kijjohnson and I have learned through trial and error to do over the years. When one sends a manuscript to the other, the recipient always asks "What do you need from me?" The sender's responses can vary wildly, from "Tell me the pacing's okay," to "Help me figure out whether the point of view is consistent" to "Tell me that the language is evocative enough" to "Tell me it's a book" to "Tell me simply that it's wonderful and you can't wait to read the rest."So anyway, some things for everyone to keep in mind: I trust you all won't be offended if I don't always seize on your proffered ideas and make them my own, even if they are perfectly useable and charming ones. They just may not ring my chimes (this is the dating equivilent, I suppose, of "He's just not into you.") Sometimes I just need to vent, and sometimes I really need help and am eager for your input, and I'll try to be clear which is which.
I do hope you will be patient with me; I lack self-confidence, I know, which may seem strange to those of you who think that someone who has had a novel published, much less two, should Know Everything. I have a deep-seated fear that my bellyaching can be extremely tiresome. And last but not least, I should also say that although I am sometimes frustrated by my backbrain's cranky irregularity at producing fiction on demand that is acceptable to my inner critic, I don't think I would still be whacking at this book at all if it weren't for LiveJournal and the encouragement and interest from all of you. Thank you!
