tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058940361709715333.post5339369339712930038..comments2011-10-21T09:23:56.554-07:00Comments on Passionate Muse: Feed-the-Writer's-Soul-Friday- Lessons From My Teenage DaughterMichelle Musehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17987285653092704914noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058940361709715333.post-36624775961396434372011-03-26T04:18:44.112-07:002011-03-26T04:18:44.112-07:00Thanks Pat! This was an opportunity to be crited b...Thanks Pat! This was an opportunity to be crited but a duo who were starting up a crit blog. I thought it'd be interesting to send them my work and see what they had to say. One of them was wonderful and offered help. The other one just wrote over and over about how bored she was. SO-learned a lot, but it did hurt. And I'm part of Celtic Critters, just want to get my first draft done and together before sharing it. :0) Thanks so much for coming by and commenting!!Michelle Musehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17987285653092704914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058940361709715333.post-16948584863941214472011-03-25T08:38:38.313-07:002011-03-25T08:38:38.313-07:00Michelle, it sounds like you need a new critique g...Michelle, it sounds like you need a new critique group. Perhaps because it's online, the critiquers feel a cyber-buffer and aren't quite as tactful as they should be. Try joining the Celtic Hearts Critters, or check nearby schools and town organizations for writing groups and workshops. And good luck with raising that daughter!Pat McDermotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17969402820726235963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058940361709715333.post-34527266506944183512011-03-25T07:12:51.628-07:002011-03-25T07:12:51.628-07:00Thanks ladies! I appreciate your comments. And yea...Thanks ladies! I appreciate your comments. And yeah, we're moving on. :) Give me a little bit more time and I'll get my first chapters to both of ya. <br />~MichelleMichelle Musehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17987285653092704914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058940361709715333.post-41426161094950679882011-03-25T06:38:18.829-07:002011-03-25T06:38:18.829-07:00Hi Michelle!
I have put my work out there only ...Hi Michelle! <br /><br />I have put my work out there only to have it roasted and toasted! It's tough, it hurts but all we can do is learn from it. No one is perfect and some of what the Critiquer says may be right, some maybe, not so much. We have to learn what works for us, and what doesn't. <br /><br />There are so many RULES in writing, and sometimes it seems like they are under lock and key. AND no one wants to share!!! <br /><br />I am guilty of being highly critical of myself, thinking everything I write is terrible to the point where many times I've wanted to quit. But I can't. Writing is in my blood- whether I have a published book in my hand or not. So we push forward.<br /><br />I have FAITH in you Michelle, you can do it!!! You have the heart and that's half the battle!!<br /><br />As for your daughter, sounds to me like someone is jealous of her... she needs to be the better person and walk away. Let it run off her... Like the old addage says, "If they're talking about me they're leaving someone else alone." <br /><br />Easy for me to say I know. But anyone that would treat her like that is soooooooo NOT worth her time. Best friend or not! <br /><br />And you're right, our kids do NOT react to situations the same way we do. I've learned that so many times with my now 19yr old. I can't tell you how many times I stare at him and wonder where in the world he came from. AND even more, if he ever listened to a single word I have ever said, even once, in his entire life! lol, funny but true!!<br /><br />You and your daughter need to HANG IN THERE .... I see the light at the end of the tunnel!!!!<br /><br />Michelle, I would be willing to critique a chapter for you as well! I only offer suggestions NEVER criticism!!!<br /><br /><br />Thanks for sharing!<br /><br />Andrea~Chicks of Characterizationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12507046887458343222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058940361709715333.post-12315920738717063832011-03-25T06:07:44.366-07:002011-03-25T06:07:44.366-07:00Okay, lady...so I want a chapter to critique!!! Sm...Okay, lady...so I want a chapter to critique!!! Smiles and support are coming your way. I've been there, done that...on more than one occasion. So have we all (so okay, I can think of a couple of exceptions) but the rest of us poor writing souls have!<br />~DonnaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10887343545195798501noreply@blogger.com