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No no, real saints would be intolerable.
The thing worse than being teased for your foibles is to elicit knowing and understanding smiles...every single bleeping time.
posted by
majroj
on January 6, 2006 at 8:32 PM
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JohnMcNab
me too although some things I write are garbage ;-)
posted by
Azur
on January 5, 2006 at 3:47 PM
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Kiwi, I think people can fail to anticipate the full range of reactions
posted by
Azur
on January 5, 2006 at 3:46 PM
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I am not sure i write to get a reaction but then again I am not somebody who takes exception to one. I guess writing is the way i communicate with the world.
posted by
Leafonariver
on January 5, 2006 at 1:07 PM
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MayB
I hadn't considered why I post or try to get published, MayB, but after reading your post, it dawned on me that it is only because I want a reaction. If I didn't want some kind of reaction I would write, and file under garbage.
posted by
johnmacnab
on January 5, 2006 at 12:30 PM
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Thirty-something, it will be interesting to see how it unfolds
It often changes the way people write
posted by
Azur
on January 5, 2006 at 12:09 PM
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Malcolm
or un-self-critical?
posted by
Azur
on January 5, 2006 at 12:07 PM
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Majroj. I reckon real saints might be OK. The self-appointed ones
are the worst
posted by
Azur
on January 5, 2006 at 12:06 PM
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Ms Bradrock, it's worth trying because it soon becomes clear
I interacted with a book author recently who wrote about human relationships and who appeared unable to relate like a normal person to the reader that he invited to contact him
posted by
Azur
on January 5, 2006 at 12:05 PM
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Meringue, you provided us with a "reality" version
posted by
Azur
on January 5, 2006 at 12:01 PM
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Ginnieb
I think that happens too. Or maybe peope assume people are collecting the money and don't care for interaction
posted by
Azur
on January 5, 2006 at 11:59 AM
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I'm confused about it, personally
You know, this is my first blogging experience. I'm not used to writing "for" people to respond. As such, my imagined audience is an internal one. But those few who have responded to my entries...I've loved the feedback, even limited. I'm curious how this will change my writing.
posted by
thirtysomething
on January 5, 2006 at 10:42 AM
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I think feedback
is essential for all writers, otherwise that stand to become aloof and grand or insecure and self-critical.
posted by
malcolm
on January 5, 2006 at 8:59 AM
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I think MayB...
...that sometimes readers might think that the author knows he's good so why comment when in fact the writer lacks confidence and needs it.
posted by
ginnieb
on January 5, 2006 at 6:38 AM
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Majroj
Not concurring is enough to destabilize some
posted by
Azur
on January 5, 2006 at 5:41 AM
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Again, why do people blog? Or write?
As has been observed, all motivations are selfish, but their expressions can be beneficial. When you criticize you threaten the motivational basis.
The only type of person harder to work for or live around than a genius, is a saint.
And that last line...agreed.
posted by
majroj
on January 5, 2006 at 5:24 AM
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Good post...
A reader may only know what a writer wants if he/she comments...
posted by
ms_bradrock
on January 5, 2006 at 3:17 AM
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Hmmm, feedback:) look at my "anatomy of a poem" post today
for my views on how an author should take feedbacks:)
posted by
Meringue
on January 5, 2006 at 3:09 AM
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