Comments on: What I Hear You Saying Is That My Writing Sucks

By: Your Writing Sucks? No, Not Really. | Lit Drift: Storytelling in the 21st Century

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:05:16 +0000

[...] are talking about what it means for someone else to tell you that your writing sucks (see here, here, and here). Well, this never happens in any of my graduate writing workshops. Even the ones [...]

By: Workshop Student #3496

Workshop Student #3496 — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:19:23 +0000

it’s an imperfect system, it always will be, but if we don’t gag the writer being critiqued, we’re all fucked

By: Workshop Student #3496

Workshop Student #3496 — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:19:00 +0000

it’s an imperfect system, it always will be, but if we don’t gag the writer being critiqued, we’re all fucked

By: Lincoln

Lincoln — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:11:30 +0000

Hmm, I did a lot of exercises, but as I said in the non-workshop classes mostly.

By: Lincoln

Lincoln — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:11:00 +0000

Hmm, I did a lot of exercises, but as I said in the non-workshop classes mostly.

By: Mike Meginnis

Mike Meginnis — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:54:18 +0000

David — I’ll just e-mail it to you when I finish revising. If I can remember. I’m not protective.

By: Mike Meginnis

Mike Meginnis — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:54:00 +0000

David — I’ll just e-mail it to you when I finish revising. If I can remember. I’m not protective.

By: Mike Meginnis

Mike Meginnis — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:53:47 +0000

She’s the one! That story is amazing. You’ve got one of my stories, too. (Sorry I never managed an audio recording. Tech problems — I read it out loud three damn times to no avail)

Wondering what “because they believe writers” was going to turn into there.

By: Mike Meginnis

Mike Meginnis — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:53:00 +0000

She’s the one! That story is amazing. You’ve got one of my stories, too. (Sorry I never managed an audio recording. Tech problems — I read it out loud three damn times to no avail)

Wondering what “because they believe writers” was going to turn into there.

By: mike young

mike young — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:50:49 +0000

what if instead of that “this reminds me of Marcus Twain, have you read Marcus Twain?” thing that happens in workshops, you were like “This reminds me of a grapefruit spoon. Do you have a grapefruit spoon? I think you should try eating a grapefruit with a grapefruit spoon and see what happens to this story.”