Blog Entries from HeinleinFan

  1. Something of an Experiment

    I enjoy writing. But like many people, I have my hangups -- terror that what I write isn't "good enough," the strong urge to re-write when I catch errors rather than continuing the project, a tendency to world-build rather than tell the fracking story. Also, I procrastinate. It's easy to put off writing when there are so many other shiny things in the world. You know: books. The internet. News. Friends. The garden. School. One of the catch-22s I've encountered is that I benefit from...
  2. Reviewing 101

    Many people come to the WritingForums with a great deal of general knowledge, but without the specific skill required to write a useful critique. This is entirely reasonable; school reports tend to ask about plot, or characterization, or about the greater goals of the author, but rarely require students to find ways to improve a piece of writing except at the most basic level. This is not school. Here, the most basic reviews are not enough. They are useful for practice, and no one will...
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