Comments on: Be a Better Writer Every Day http://blog.solomonwriting.com/be-a-better-writer-every-day/ Julia Solomon's Blog Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:02:01 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Julia http://blog.solomonwriting.com/be-a-better-writer-every-day/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Julia Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:09:35 +0000 http://blog.solomonwriting.com/?p=41#comment-11 Good point, but I think that's actually just another reason to practice. Perfectionism and indecision are the bane of lots of writers (me included), but usually stem from lack of confidence. Getting in the habit of writing well and consciously lets you pound out solid prose more easily--without wasting time agonizing about it. So even those hurried emails won't be sloppy! Good point, but I think that’s actually just another reason to practice. Perfectionism and indecision are the bane of lots of writers (me included), but usually stem from lack of confidence. Getting in the habit of writing well and consciously lets you pound out solid prose more easily–without wasting time agonizing about it. So even those hurried emails won’t be sloppy!

]]> By: Chris http://blog.solomonwriting.com/be-a-better-writer-every-day/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Chris Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:38:41 +0000 http://blog.solomonwriting.com/?p=41#comment-10 I really resonate with #2 -- it's a struggle for me to dash off a sloppy email, and I've rewritten this sentence four times. Yet sometimes a dashed-off, sloppy email is what the situation demands, and I wouldn't ever get anything done if I wrote carefully all the time. I wonder how we can avoid the fate of flabby verbal couch potatoes yet free ourselves from the chains of careful writing from time to time? I really resonate with #2 — it’s a struggle for me to dash off a sloppy email, and I’ve rewritten this sentence four times. Yet sometimes a dashed-off, sloppy email is what the situation demands, and I wouldn’t ever get anything done if I wrote carefully all the time. I wonder how we can avoid the fate of flabby verbal couch potatoes yet free ourselves from the chains of careful writing from time to time?

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