tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363444567124084776.post284280211164978279..comments2023-10-20T08:56:14.314+01:00Comments on Stroppy Author: A life in publishing: Teach writing? Nah....Stroppy Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363444567124084776.post-37500787487058610872011-10-24T10:09:22.765+01:002011-10-24T10:09:22.765+01:00I think writers can help each other enormously whe...I think writers can help each other enormously when it comes to blindness — the things you see (or don't see) in Adrian's writing that he can't quite see for himself. In that sense, we're all here to tweak one another's near misses. Where no-one can help is when there is nothing at all to tweak, nothing potentially 'showable'.Whirlochrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09846196906206886945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363444567124084776.post-15554039534056167862011-10-23T18:18:04.722+01:002011-10-23T18:18:04.722+01:00Very, very good points, Stroppy. Knowing what ques...Very, very good points, Stroppy. Knowing what questions to ask is enormously more than a start. It can be all a writer needs to improve. Well, as long as they can answer them!Nicola Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189894289540344094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363444567124084776.post-1729102825938057512011-10-22T15:05:57.720+01:002011-10-22T15:05:57.720+01:00Excellent stuff and all true. The best editors I&#...Excellent stuff and all true. The best editors I've ever had have been the ones who have asked lots of questions rather than telling me what I should be doing. It's only in finding the answers that you know what you should be doing. It's exactly the same with the development of a new play. You get to that first read-through of what you thought was a finished script and the director and actors fire questions at you (badger remorselessly is about right) and then you go away and rewrite...I'm going to tell a lot of people to read this post!Catherine Czerkawskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554969254207924049noreply@blogger.com