tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post4920489187642616972..comments2024-02-12T02:28:12.317-05:00Comments on The Writers' Group: ValidationLynne Griffin and Amy MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11107479565926998943noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-70658497404013926162007-08-17T09:33:00.000-04:002007-08-17T09:33:00.000-04:00Lisa and Kristen,Isn't it true that a little goes ...Lisa and Kristen,<BR/><BR/>Isn't it true that a little goes a long way! I once wrote several chapters on one comment from a teacher I admire. Thanks for sharing. <BR/><BR/>LynneLynne Reeves Griffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04286181414385711551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-64919579059025611792007-08-17T08:09:00.000-04:002007-08-17T08:09:00.000-04:00I agree with Lisa. Very often it doesn't take much...I agree with Lisa. Very often it doesn't take much to inspire me, to keep the fingers tapping, so to speak. I welcome opportunities for true critical feedback—the kind of comments that will push me farther along in my craft—but I get a lot of mileage out of a casual remark, a simple, "I loved what you wrote..."kristen spinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12099514779097752438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-4428002106016581752007-08-16T13:28:00.000-04:002007-08-16T13:28:00.000-04:00All writers seek validation. If we didn't, we'd st...All writers seek validation. If we didn't, we'd stick to private journaling. Probably the only difference from one writer to the next is what form the validation takes. Is it enough to be published? Is it enough to get letters and emails from appreciative readers or does the book need to be received with vast critical acclaim? An appearance on Oprah? Pre-publication, it's amazing to me how little it takes keep me going. A published novelist at the recent retreat I went to spontaneously mentioned to me on the last day that he liked my writing. It was based on hearing very little of it, but it made my day. I'm lying. It has sustained me since then. Now I look with hope to the upcoming critiques I'll get in a workshop I'm in. I'm sure there will be plenty of suggestions as to how I can improve and I'm ready to hear them, but it doesn't prevent me from fantasizing that they'll all think my writing is simply the best, most innovative thing they've ever heard :)Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00665632105920753931noreply@blogger.com