Comments on: 7 Ways to Tell if You are a Better Writer http://writeyourmindjournals.com/blog/2009/10/19/7-ways-to-tell-if-you-are-a-better-writer/ From one writer to another...sharing the experience. Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:04:32 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: -- B J Keltz http://writeyourmindjournals.com/blog/2009/10/19/7-ways-to-tell-if-you-are-a-better-writer/comment-page-1/#comment-1875 -- B J Keltz Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:04:41 +0000 http://writeyourmindjournals.com/blog/?p=1840#comment-1875 That's why it's so interesting...because I don't think there are clear answers I can apply to my own work. Others might judge my work with more objectivity. I'm so glad you stopped by to comment. Great viewpoints! That’s why it’s so interesting…because I don’t think there are clear answers I can apply to my own work. Others might judge my work with more objectivity.

I’m so glad you stopped by to comment. Great viewpoints!

]]> By: BigWords88 http://writeyourmindjournals.com/blog/2009/10/19/7-ways-to-tell-if-you-are-a-better-writer/comment-page-1/#comment-1874 BigWords88 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:26:25 +0000 http://writeyourmindjournals.com/blog/?p=1840#comment-1874 I have too reply to this, because it is something which has been bothering me for the last three or four months, and it is a question most writers get around to asking. In my case, though I am probably ouside the majority, I gauge my progress as a writer by the quality threshold. Are there more good paragraphs than bad ones? Maybe. There are different ways to gauge quality, and verbosity isn't really the most efficient way of separating the good from the bad. I would lie to think I have more clarity and insight than when I began writing, though it is - very much these days - a highly subjective answer. Is 'new ideas' the same as less cliches? Maybe, but - again - this is a bit too simple for me. I like twisting the classic version of things, such as using unexpected leaps in logic or completely WTF moments to shock people out of complacency. It helps that I haven't got a very serious sense of 'writing' (I take writing seriously, but the characters can crap themselves when faced with danger - that kind of userious). Sorry about reviving an old thread, but this is interesting... And I still don't have clear answers that could be applied across a wide variety of writing. I have too reply to this, because it is something which has been bothering me for the last three or four months, and it is a question most writers get around to asking. In my case, though I am probably ouside the majority, I gauge my progress as a writer by the quality threshold. Are there more good paragraphs than bad ones? Maybe.

There are different ways to gauge quality, and verbosity isn’t really the most efficient way of separating the good from the bad. I would lie to think I have more clarity and insight than when I began writing, though it is – very much these days – a highly subjective answer.

Is ‘new ideas’ the same as less cliches? Maybe, but – again – this is a bit too simple for me. I like twisting the classic version of things, such as using unexpected leaps in logic or completely WTF moments to shock people out of complacency. It helps that I haven’t got a very serious sense of ‘writing’ (I take writing seriously, but the characters can crap themselves when faced with danger – that kind of userious).

Sorry about reviving an old thread, but this is interesting… And I still don’t have clear answers that could be applied across a wide variety of writing.

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