tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post5001885472852133349..comments2023-11-07T21:12:19.852-06:00Comments on Wyrdsmiths: When not to listen to members of your writing grouptate hallawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06631759014508937940noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post-3273819452107336842007-12-10T21:04:00.000-06:002007-12-10T21:04:00.000-06:00Hmm. I'd agree that your comments might not be usa...Hmm. I'd agree that your comments might not be usable in the context of that book, but I don't doubt they're useful. Listening to someone geeking hard on their favorite topic is never a waste of time.<BR/><BR/>I had a mini triumph in my group when the wolf fanatic liked the wolf in one of my stories. If she hadn't given someone else "Wolf Lecture #3" some months before, I might not have been paying as much attention to how I built my critter. Since I was aiming for realism right up to the point where I hit fantasy (the original writer wasn't), she'd given me very useful things to think about. And since I didn't need the lecture, she could focus on other things in my story that did need attention.Stephanie Zvanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15182490110208080002noreply@blogger.com