tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7188858439852729115.post1211406750243407462..comments2023-05-22T03:04:42.242-05:00Comments on Dame Eleanor Hull: Writing is . . .Dame Eleanor Hullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06512884104691200975noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7188858439852729115.post-44869535125640572222009-03-26T23:48:00.000-05:002009-03-26T23:48:00.000-05:00It's so funny the way each person internalizes mes...It's so funny the way each person internalizes messages. Another way I'm quirky is that I don't say "this is so stupid" when I look at my work. Lots of people do. <BR/><BR/>I like to give myself license to say, "Hm, this isn't quite how I want it to be yet" because that's license to finish it the way I want to. But I've learned not to say it aloud because people then rush to say, "Don't be so self critical" or "Perfectionism is bad" when what I'm actually doing is giving myself license to write what I really want to write.<BR/><BR/>(Clearly I am endlessly neurotic.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com