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Re: mama_joy
I'm glad that you have a good teacher.
posted by
Matie
on November 24, 2007 at 2:03 PM
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Re: teddypoet
Thanks teddy.
posted by
Matie
on November 24, 2007 at 2:01 PM
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I was really discouraged in my writing attempts until I attended a writting class wherin a moderately successful author showed us a page of her writing. Almost every other line was crossed out and rewritten! She really worked on polishing her writting. Keep at it!!!
posted by
mama_joy
on November 19, 2007 at 3:00 AM
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posted by
teddypoet_TheGoodByeFade
on November 18, 2007 at 9:00 PM
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Re: gavelkorbald
Hahahahahahahahah that's what I thought.
posted by
Matie
on November 18, 2007 at 6:13 AM
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Lol...hits close to home!
I hear ya....I like to write and I've taken a number of different forms of martial arts....the analogies ( can spell...but I can write!
) fit very well...
posted by
gavelkorbald
on November 17, 2007 at 6:02 PM
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Re: saul_relative
Hmm I don't know. I had a lot of teachers like that in which nothing you do seems right. Their point is that they push you and push you to become better, otherwise why bother? That's what she told us in the first class.
Thank you for your advice! 
posted by
Matie
on November 17, 2007 at 8:06 AM
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It could also mean your teacher is a sadist, Matie. My advice: read a lot,
learn styles. Write a lot, develop your own style. There's a vast difference between Camus, Hemingway, and Stephen King. They're all different. They're all published. They all have different styles. Yours may end up being a Dean Koontz with a touch of Somerset Maugham, but no matter the particular likenesses, it will be yours.
posted by
saul_relative
on November 16, 2007 at 11:17 AM
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Re: frankenkitty
What a great quote! It definitely answers most of my doubts.
Thanks for coming by!
posted by
Matie
on November 16, 2007 at 8:22 AM
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Well, you know what they say.
"Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't loose." - Bill Gates. So if you're getting beat up a little, it means you're headed in the right direction. Take care Matie
posted by
Flumpystalls3000
on November 16, 2007 at 6:21 AM
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Re: oosthuizen
Very interesting facts. Thank you very much.
posted by
Matie
on November 15, 2007 at 6:04 PM
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Re: richie
Thanks richie.
posted by
Matie
on November 15, 2007 at 6:03 PM
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Re: Justi
Thank you very much, be blessed.
posted by
Matie
on November 15, 2007 at 6:03 PM
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It can also be a healing process. At first it hurts to bring up all that hurtful memories, but then after a while it feels like a huge stone is being lifted from your shoulders. I don't know. Thats just the way I've been experiencing things. The psychologist that I work with told me the very same thing yesterday. Good luck!
posted by
Oosthuizen
on November 15, 2007 at 1:51 AM
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Matie,
posted by
richinstore
on November 14, 2007 at 6:40 PM
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Matie
You must be such a sought after student. You take everything with such grace. Be blessed you are a wise young woman.
posted by
Justi
on November 14, 2007 at 6:13 PM
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