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Sep. 1st, 2004 12:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
turpsIt's just after 11 and we've just got back from the in-laws. Keira is two today ( and for the enablers who're trying to get me to go see Darren in London at the weekend, her party is then *g* ) so we took her gift and paid a fleeting visit as James had to go to work. Man, they're loud, especially when you had to get up early and have no coffee before you go. Don't get me wrong, they're good people but within minutes they make my head ring. Especially as last night James came home with some treats. Sour wormies and ice cold watermelon Bacardi breezers. They were gorgeous, as were the wormies. The people that sort of got a few duplicate comments last night, sorry, my fingers weren't working right for some reason ;) The pretty postman also offered to carry some boxes home from the car for me, so that was a positive against getting up so early.
I commented on a few of the what to do you really think of me memes yesterday. I'm glad I did even though I had to think a long time before doing so. The people that replied were honest but not in a mean way and made me think. I suspect most people know what their faults are but tend not to address them, I know I don't. I got an especially valid honest comment about my writing and again, that was good. It's something I knew already, that I'm an impatient writer. I write and want to post now. When really what should happen is you finish a story then let it rest a while, giving you a chance to re read at a later date and improve where needed. Doing that would add more to the finished story, maybe making it richer in a way. Yet I know that but still I'm impatient. I guess it's the next lesson I need to learn.
It's a shame more people are scared to offer crit. But I understand why they don't as you never know how people will take what you say.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
interlock ( my main beta ) is awesome. We clicked from the start but I knew she was great when I sent a story that I thought didn't work and she agreed. It's then I knew how good she was, because it would have been easy to sugar coat it and give suggestions but the story was bad and she told me so. Which is a long winded way of saying crit is good, as long as it's not done cruelly.
So yeah, I found that meme fascinating, but one thing I do know. I doubt I would have commented to anyone that knows me really well.
We have to go buy Corey's school uniform tonight which is cutting it really fine as he goes back on Monday. But James didn't get paid until yesterday so we had to wait. All I can say is thank goodness for 24 hour shops as it'll be 9 before we can go. He needs everything new PE kit, trousers, shoes, trainers, bag the lot. The bank balance is groaning just thinking about it, especially the shoes. Having size 3 feet when you're 8 just isn't on. Kids, they just won't stop growing :)
I commented on a few of the what to do you really think of me memes yesterday. I'm glad I did even though I had to think a long time before doing so. The people that replied were honest but not in a mean way and made me think. I suspect most people know what their faults are but tend not to address them, I know I don't. I got an especially valid honest comment about my writing and again, that was good. It's something I knew already, that I'm an impatient writer. I write and want to post now. When really what should happen is you finish a story then let it rest a while, giving you a chance to re read at a later date and improve where needed. Doing that would add more to the finished story, maybe making it richer in a way. Yet I know that but still I'm impatient. I guess it's the next lesson I need to learn.
It's a shame more people are scared to offer crit. But I understand why they don't as you never know how people will take what you say.
interlock ( my main beta ) is awesome. We clicked from the start but I knew she was great when I sent a story that I thought didn't work and she agreed. It's then I knew how good she was, because it would have been easy to sugar coat it and give suggestions but the story was bad and she told me so. Which is a long winded way of saying crit is good, as long as it's not done cruelly.So yeah, I found that meme fascinating, but one thing I do know. I doubt I would have commented to anyone that knows me really well.
We have to go buy Corey's school uniform tonight which is cutting it really fine as he goes back on Monday. But James didn't get paid until yesterday so we had to wait. All I can say is thank goodness for 24 hour shops as it'll be 9 before we can go. He needs everything new PE kit, trousers, shoes, trainers, bag the lot. The bank balance is groaning just thinking about it, especially the shoes. Having size 3 feet when you're 8 just isn't on. Kids, they just won't stop growing :)
