tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149823629627269023.post3949182794409256653..comments2024-03-03T03:46:08.833-05:00Comments on Lissa Bryan: Insecure Writers' Support Group: The Eternal Struggle #IWSGLissa Bryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07397546855668410933noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149823629627269023.post-32044974487194422432014-01-08T05:42:07.214-05:002014-01-08T05:42:07.214-05:00The more we keep at it, the closer we get to putti...The more we keep at it, the closer we get to putting what's in our heads onto the page. And, as you say, the striving keeps us from growing complacent so we are always improving. (I just wish it was a faster process hehe).Lynda R Young as Elle Cardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09975442291393246148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149823629627269023.post-8948790183470162832014-01-01T23:56:17.969-05:002014-01-01T23:56:17.969-05:00I've made it my goal to write clearly and simp...I've made it my goal to write clearly and simply. (And perhaps someday wean myself from my terrible addiction to adverbs.) The way I see it, the best writing is the kind that "disappears" as you're reading a story. You don't notice the prose, or stop to think what a nicely-worded sentence that was, because you're so engrossed in the story itself.<br /><br />I can't Lissa Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07397546855668410933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149823629627269023.post-76109122743145356382014-01-01T07:14:57.216-05:002014-01-01T07:14:57.216-05:00Excellent point - I have the same problem, imagini...Excellent point - I have the same problem, imagining superhumanly brilliant prose in my mind, which comes out really flat when I try and write it.<br /><br />Maybe you could keep a store of the best stories you've written (or those readers have given you positive feedback on) to remind yourself what you're capable of?<br /><br />Even so, sometimes functional prose, with an occasional Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com