http://juliewuauthor.com/?p=18597 Author Sun, 10 Feb 2019 17:32:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://juliewuauthor.com/?p=18597#comment-138 Di Eats the Elephant Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:44:00 +0000 http://beyondthemargins.com/?p=18597#comment-138 Thanks for this honest assessment, Julie. I had a co-groupie tell me I was overly critical of his piece, and have been trying to learn to do critiques in groups that provide something useful to the one whose work is being critiqued. It’s hard to know ‘on a dime’ what stage everyone is in and where they are going. I usually see the flaws first and in some pieces (after 4 pages of writing the same thing over and over, for example, a longer write-up that essential addresses show v. tell), I figure they’re as tired of listening to my comments as I am of reading the piece. If it’s outside my genre, I may stop there because I obviously can’t help them with everything since I don’t read their genre enough. If they’re in my genre, I may look to see how they build suspense, etc. I know that I want my writers groups to help me better my writing, but I also want it to zoom off the page and smack some agent/editor/publisher awake and get them excited, and if the group isn’t hard on me – doesn’t hold me to the standards of Coben, Deaver, Evanovich, Grafton, Childs – then I won’t ever be able to get that high. Or as high as I possibly can. Then again, I’ve always been an overachiever in other things (not here, lol) and want to aim as high as possible, knowing I won’t hit the mark, but getting closer than if I had aimed lower. I’ve got a long way to go. Any suggestions on how to see the positive over the negative first would be greatly appreciated. In the meantime, I’ll keep stepping back and looking for it, so I can open with it, and I’ll read this post again to help me keep my perspective. Thanks for a tough post. I know I needed it.

]]> http://juliewuauthor.com/?p=18597#comment-137 Julie Wu Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:54:02 +0000 http://beyondthemargins.com/?p=18597#comment-137 Thanks, Leslie!

]]> http://juliewuauthor.com/?p=18597#comment-136 Leslie Greffenius Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:37:44 +0000 http://beyondthemargins.com/?p=18597#comment-136 Wonderful, sage, honest and funny piece, Julie. (You described what projection is very well, too.)

]]> http://juliewuauthor.com/?p=18597#comment-135 Julie Wu Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:07:38 +0000 http://beyondthemargins.com/?p=18597#comment-135 Thanks, Kathy! I didn’t really think you worried about Bristol Meyers Squibb. Does anyone?

]]> http://juliewuauthor.com/?p=18597#comment-134 Julie Wu Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:06:11 +0000 http://beyondthemargins.com/?p=18597#comment-134 Nichole, stop giving me nightmares. I’m shivering.

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