Saturday, November 10, 2012

Perversely Proportional

During my long career drafting briefs which were destined to be hacked up in committee, I discovered this unflagging rule: the less time spent on the first draft, the more people like it.

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  1. It does seem like peeps don't like other peeps trying too hard... :/ Great piece!

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  2. LOL! They want some nice mistakes they can sink their teeth into so that they can feel useful!

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  3. so true. I find that when I overthink things I do worse.

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  4. Interesting take. I had to think about it - always a good thing. I like it.

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  5. I've found this to be true in fiction writing as well. I have no idea why this is :)

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  6. Thought-provoking - great job!

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  7. It's often true, isn't it? Maybe once we start cutting and rearranging, we lose the soul of it? Nice take on the prompt. Thanks for linking up!

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