Having a good, tight writing team is worth of gold! I am so happy with mine, couldn't do without them! Mine is a small, tight unit with a few expansions that work with me every now and then. Everyone is important, everyone have their share of input to my writing process.

If you need any help any time, just ask. Though I won't be offended if you feel you don't want to trust a stranger with your work!

It's weird for me because writing to me is such a solitary activity. I offer it to be read not really expecting anyone to enjoy it, just basically because reactions are interesting to me and it's probably the best way of getting to know me.

I don't really write with a team then because, for me, I'm not trying to impress anyone anyway. Reader enjoyment is at the bottom of my list of reasons to write. I usually write in need of purging something, and then when it's finally out, I can show everyone: this is why I act this way. This is what I'm dealing with.

Most of the corrections people make to my writing are the very things I'm trying to display.

It's fascinating to me, then, how everyone here sees it as a straight-forward, community effort. I'd probably like it more if I were that way. (I also might have a better chance of it ever being successful.)

Having a good, tight writing team is worth of gold! I am so happy with mine, couldn't do without them! Mine is a small, tight unit with a few expansions that work with me every now and then. Everyone is important, everyone have their share of input to my writing process.

 

 

 

 

Maria you know I tap you often when I go for poetry. It is just that way with me. Wouldn't trade you for anything though.

Sorry, I can't help it! Though I could just shut up if it means getting chapters out faster... JK I know I'd be a lesser writer if I didn't have Renee to work with and I love being a part of the team for all of my writers. Getting to talk plot and characters, having input into the worlds they create, and best of all, sneak peeks... Ahhh, heaven for me! I'll always be more of a reader than a writer and this gives me the best of both worlds.

Cia you lend a hand now and then as well. But I wouldn't interrupt you. You have enough people you are aiding now. Lugh alone is enough not to let you touch mine. I love his stuff and I know you lend him a hand.

If you need any help any time, just ask. Though I won't be offended if you feel you don't want to trust a stranger with your work!

I appreciate the offer. I just am within sight of the end now so I have to be patient. Jian is home today so things will get back to normal.

It's weird for me because writing to me is such a solitary activity. I offer it to be read not really expecting anyone to enjoy it, just basically because reactions are interesting to me and it's probably the best way of getting to know me.

 

Well first and foremost I write the stories I would enjoy reading. If I wrote for someone else I wouldn't enjoy it. My beta helps show me where things go astray. Am I sticking to the time line I created? Did I alter someone's name? Does it all make sense? Can they follow the story? If they find errors like that then I go back to correct or alter the story. Usually it is simply a word or sentence change so it can make sense to anyone reading it.

 

The one I feel sorry for it is my Editor. The are left with the task of cleaning my work up. They make sure my periods, commas, and dashes are all in the right spots. They correct the sentence structure, word usage, and spelling mistakes. They do all the drudge work. They might be enjoying the story but that comes only after they have have gone through and ripped it apart and put it all back together again.

 

For me it isn't so much a community thing. It is a publishing thing. The work is always mine but my Beta and Editor take the raw material and help me cut and shine it till it is like a diamond. Who can't appreciate that type of dedication? And here is the one thing you have to remember. If they alter a sentence or make a suggestion nothing says you have to follow it. It is all up to you.

 

I don't really write with a team then because, for me, I'm not trying to impress anyone anyway. Reader enjoyment is at the bottom of my list of reasons to write. I usually write in need of purging something, and then when it's finally out, I can show everyone: this is why I act this way. This is what I'm dealing with.

 

Most of the corrections people make to my writing are the very things I'm trying to display.

 

It's fascinating to me, then, how everyone here sees it as a straight-forward, community effort. I'd probably like it more if I were that way. (I also might have a better chance of it ever being successful.)