Comments on: Why your writing talent doesn’t matter

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 00:50:00 +0000

In reply to Apollo. Oh, I didn't take it as an insult! I was just being a smart aleck.

By: Apollo

Apollo — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 23:51:00 +0000

In reply to Daphne Gray-Grant. I hope you know I am only kidding! I love your blog thanks for all your posts.

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 23:07:00 +0000

In reply to apollo. I would hope so!

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 23:07:00 +0000

In reply to apollo. Thanks for sharing this quote. It's really interesting. I'll definitely check out the book.

By: apollo

apollo — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 20:42:00 +0000

I came across this quote. “More than being absurdly blond and absurdly messy, the Young Electrician had one of those extraordinarily sweet, extraordinarily vital, strangely mysterious, utterly unexplainable masculine faces, that fill your senses with an odd, impersonal disquietude, an itching unrest, like the hazy, teasing reminder of some previous existence in a prehistoric cave, or, more tormenting still with the tingling, psychic prophecy of some amazing emotional experience yet to come.”
The Indiscreet Letter By Eleanor Hallowell Abbott 1915.
I think about the clever construct of this description of a single man. I read this several times a week and tried to diagram it. It’s a fun read by the way.

By: apollo

apollo — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 20:31:00 +0000

You’ve changed your hair since then!

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 20:39:00 +0000

In reply to Elaine Cougler. You make a good point Elaine. It's really important to retain your own voice. (I wish more editors understood this.)

By: Elaine Cougler

Elaine Cougler — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:47:00 +0000

Daphne, I have learned that I need not, indeed, should not follow the advice of every critiquer. So eager was I to reach out and snatch the holy writing grail, I eagerly made all the changes suggested by some amazing writers. But I lost my voice, my tone, my particular way of writing. And I was not happy with the results. I had to learn to listen, digest, and then decide whether the suggestions made sense or not. It took me some time but I realize I had to go through that protracted stage in order to get to where I am now.

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 06:26:00 +0000

In reply to waiz. Hmmm, I'm honestly not sure! Wish I could afford to check with my copy editor every week. I will ask her the next time I'm speaking with her and post back here. Thanks for raising the issue!!

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 06:24:00 +0000

In reply to Claire. Writing IS work but fun work as a reader said in response to last week's column!