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Giving Feedback – The Reviewer Strikes Back
Okay. So, now that we’ve discussed asking for and receiving feedback, is there anything we should consider before giving feedback. We’ve all been on the other side, awaiting a kind word or a withering...
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What more did you need?
There is an allegory that was better told by Karl Malden on The West Wing, but it goes something along the lines of: There was a man who lived by a river, and one day, he heard a weather report that...
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I can explain
Michael (Jeff Goldblum): Don’t knock rationalization. Where would we be without it? I don’t know anyone who could get through the day without two or three juicy rationalizations. They’re more...
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Learning curve
Before I start, let me state unequivocally that if you are writing or thinking of writing, I congratulate you and hope it goes well. Now, despite that enthusiasm, I have to express my dismay at the...
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Finding the Critical Sweet Spot – Part One
One of the biggest challenges I have faced in developing my writing was in finding the right people to critique my work. Classes have helped, as I’ve come across some wonderful instructors, but...
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Finding the Critical Sweet Spot – Part Two
In the last post, we talked about the challenge of finding someone to critique your work in a way that was actionable; someone who was neither too hard nor too soft on you. Below, we continue the...
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Music to my ego
When you first start exploring any art form, you are typically rapt in the joy of expression, but you are also at your most ego-vulnerable. Thus, it is nice every now and again to receive some...
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…but I know what I like
Congratulations! You’ve landed a paid writing gig. Finally, all of that hard work and practice is going to pay off. Mind you, unless the person paying you to develop a screenplay, marketing campaign,...
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Feedback, not criticism (or worse)
A friend of mine recently wrote a screenplay for a sitcom. Not a spec of an existing show, mind you, but rather an entirely new idea she developed. In accomplishing this feat, she joined rarified...
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On the page
One challenge of being creative is that our minds often work much faster than the rest of our bodies can. Ideas can come at such a rate, our enthusiasm for a topic or story can be so intense, that we...
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