tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972209951097597924.post1573838190269294746..comments2023-12-09T18:37:25.723-06:00Comments on Mercy Loomis: Tuesday Tip: No More Bad WritingMercy Loomishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07552972871775363257noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972209951097597924.post-68687827580832775982010-01-12T16:06:51.783-06:002010-01-12T16:06:51.783-06:00Which brings up another point...
Friends and fami...Which brings up another point...<br /><br />Friends and family may tell you your work is good to encourage you and to make you feel better about yourself - hoping that the confidence they instill actually promotes better work.<br /><br />Good friends will try to sound encouraging without actually telling you your work is any good.<br /><br />Best friends will call a turd a turd.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04063410652097795514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972209951097597924.post-23484861975314164592010-01-12T15:27:21.023-06:002010-01-12T15:27:21.023-06:00Wow, Drew, that would be hard!
And that sort of b...Wow, Drew, that would be hard!<br /><br />And that sort of brings up a good point. Don't just think about how much work it is for you to rewrite. Think about the heartache you're saving some poor agent or editor. ;)Mercy Loomishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07552972871775363257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972209951097597924.post-59203412809003386762010-01-12T14:41:57.249-06:002010-01-12T14:41:57.249-06:00My god I needed to forward this post to dozens of ...My god I needed to forward this post to dozens of people back in the day. There's few things as heartbreaking as telling an author on his 99th birthday that his finished autobiography is far too terrible to publish.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04063410652097795514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972209951097597924.post-16083989716694342652010-01-12T09:33:47.774-06:002010-01-12T09:33:47.774-06:00You nailed it and it can be so, so hard to do. Wri...You nailed it and it can be so, so hard to do. Write on!Victoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09849650119285773009noreply@blogger.com