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<blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 1642992" data-attributes="member: 812"><p>Sorry to the very-patiently-waiting contestants -- I feel very bad that my judgements are taking so long. </p><p></p><p>And, of course, hoping that mythago and alsih2o are just as late as me and I'm not the one holding things up.</p><p></p><p>I am working my way through these entries, but I know you folks worked hard and I really want to give each story the attention it warrants.</p><p></p><p>As a general observation, based on many writing courses, workshops and hard-bitten discussions with other writers, editors and so on: be careful with responding to criticisms of your stories. The only REQUIRED response to anyone's opinion of your work is "Thank you for taking the time to think about it." When you respond in other ways, when you explain WHY you did something one way or the other, you put a foot on the path of justifying yourself. Which is death.</p><p></p><p>You want to prove you learned your lesson? Write another story. When you justify yourself, you lift from your shoulders the burden of proving yourself.</p><p></p><p>WHY statements can lead to interesting discussions, and out of those discussions you can learn a great deal, but be cautious. Those who spend most of their time TALKING about some activity are usually not those who spend most of their time actually DOING it. And it's easy to fool yourself that the one is the same as the other.</p><p></p><p>I'm not trying to dog on anyone, or kill conversation, but I know myself how easy it can be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="barsoomcore, post: 1642992, member: 812"] Sorry to the very-patiently-waiting contestants -- I feel very bad that my judgements are taking so long. And, of course, hoping that mythago and alsih2o are just as late as me and I'm not the one holding things up. I am working my way through these entries, but I know you folks worked hard and I really want to give each story the attention it warrants. As a general observation, based on many writing courses, workshops and hard-bitten discussions with other writers, editors and so on: be careful with responding to criticisms of your stories. The only REQUIRED response to anyone's opinion of your work is "Thank you for taking the time to think about it." When you respond in other ways, when you explain WHY you did something one way or the other, you put a foot on the path of justifying yourself. Which is death. You want to prove you learned your lesson? Write another story. When you justify yourself, you lift from your shoulders the burden of proving yourself. WHY statements can lead to interesting discussions, and out of those discussions you can learn a great deal, but be cautious. Those who spend most of their time TALKING about some activity are usually not those who spend most of their time actually DOING it. And it's easy to fool yourself that the one is the same as the other. I'm not trying to dog on anyone, or kill conversation, but I know myself how easy it can be. [/QUOTE]
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