tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post5229352331986398049..comments2023-08-19T08:21:42.894-04:00Comments on Cedar's Mountain: How Your Exacting Standards Can Do More Harm Than GoodG. B. Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09783331838434598963noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-76683733868286808422009-08-13T06:13:21.642-04:002009-08-13T06:13:21.642-04:00Snaggle: Usually by the time I'm writing the a...Snaggle: Usually by the time I'm writing the actual post on the blog, it's at the publishing stage. As of late, I've taken to writing my posts out on paper before transcribing to the 'puter.<br /><br />Interestingly enough, those two post are the only non-story ones that I nuked on this blog. I've nuked thirty-five others that were related to a story that I'm in the G. B. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09783331838434598963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-44432592872517026092009-08-13T03:22:34.809-04:002009-08-13T03:22:34.809-04:00I don't think I've ever nuked a blog post!...I don't think I've ever nuked a blog post! I've written stuff in notepad that says, "don't post this" tho! I never just delete- or give up on half-done pieces, cause ya never know when the Ureeka! moment may strike-<br /><br />There is a "Draft" post option on Blogger, where you don't ever have to publish if you aren't ready- but it's there in caseSnaggle Toothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07197042129309670471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-10450156218917887422009-08-12T17:26:29.050-04:002009-08-12T17:26:29.050-04:00Bearman: well, you're part right about the hec...Bearman: well, you're part right about the heck with standards.<br /><br />With this blog there will always be that microscope that I put myself under.<br /><br />With the other, there are no standards except beyond that fine line of tastful/tasteless.G. B. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09783331838434598963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-40652118493852998322009-08-12T13:44:09.616-04:002009-08-12T13:44:09.616-04:00Hey..I know I commented on this the other day. hm...Hey..I know I commented on this the other day. hmm<br /><br />Anyway. The heck with standards...at least that is how I have gotten along for the last year with my posts. Besides...unless someone is paying you for it..hahaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-34826987714480777992009-08-11T21:09:02.086-04:002009-08-11T21:09:02.086-04:00I agree with the point about a certain amount of r...I agree with the point about a certain amount of rambling is acceptable on a blog. I think my problem has been that when I ramble, I really can't find my way out of it or back from it. Thus, I apply what I got just as much to the blog as to my writing.<br /><br />Using a blog to generate ideas for writing (or other things) is great. I'm somewhat of the reverse, in that I use the real G. B. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09783331838434598963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-30925687420803174402009-08-11T19:56:56.211-04:002009-08-11T19:56:56.211-04:00I have much more exacting standards for stuff that...I have much more exacting standards for stuff that I'm trying to get published than for my blog. I think a certain amount of rambling on a blog is acceptable. Plus, I use the blog as a way to generate ideas that I later develop in more exacting detail. this is an intersting topic, though, and one I might want to pursue more.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-48055563495580859012009-08-11T17:53:53.145-04:002009-08-11T17:53:53.145-04:00Lynn: Yeah, I've been doing it more often now,...Lynn: Yeah, I've been doing it more often now, as I find it really forces me to organize my thoughts better.<br /><br />I just recently started doing my blog posts out on paper, then transcribing them to the computer. I figure this way it would be less time consuming than simply sitting in from of my computer trying to figure out what to write.<br /><br />That one girl: Hi stranger, hope you&G. B. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09783331838434598963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-65536984237328951582009-08-11T12:07:10.484-04:002009-08-11T12:07:10.484-04:00It's good to have standards, but it helps to k...It's good to have standards, but it helps to keep them realistic. You don't want to wrestle with your creativity so much that you're left frustrated and upset. I always write what pleases me, first and foremost. When it's written that's when I determine if it's something I want to share with anyone else. Blogging, for me, is my play space. You've got to have an area TALONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03205633556998220372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-31408824007181762232009-08-11T11:35:44.891-04:002009-08-11T11:35:44.891-04:00Yeah, I love writing by hand as well and I just do...Yeah, I love writing by hand as well and I just don't do it anymore. It's so sad. I feel like hand writing gets my thoughts on paper a little more organized and detailed. However you seem like way more of a perfectionist than I am. That is such a good thing. I'll post almost anything and proof reading is my most unfavorite thing to do!!!<br /><br />So, yay for standards!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15615430255988669257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-25142970248888736602009-08-11T07:31:25.157-04:002009-08-11T07:31:25.157-04:00I'm just impressed that you write it out with ...I'm just impressed that you write it out with pen and paper. I always find it interesting to hear what methods writers use.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13984802196897920610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-71723074800980881102009-08-11T06:18:02.324-04:002009-08-11T06:18:02.324-04:00Septembermom: Thanks. I appreciate the fact that y...Septembermom: Thanks. I appreciate the fact that you can reach and take over feeling tired for me. :-o<br /><br />In all seriousness though, it's an ongoing battle with the stuff that I write, especially for the blog. I'm forever tweaking a post until it publishes. A good example would be of the ten posts I got scheduled to publish, I've tweaked each one at least a dozen times, addingG. B. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09783331838434598963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-63451624326602014212009-08-10T22:56:30.019-04:002009-08-10T22:56:30.019-04:00Ooh. Everything I write starts out as pen to paper...Ooh. Everything I write starts out as pen to paper. Everything. Most of it doesn't see the light of day. It's only the truly inspired pieces that seem to make their way into daylight.<br /><br />I like the smell of ink on paper. It feels real, too.listen for azurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04300428777385011211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-30115736020366297732009-08-10T21:45:14.549-04:002009-08-10T21:45:14.549-04:00Battling with your "exacting standards" ...Battling with your "exacting standards" must be exhausting! I vicariously feel tired for you:) Considering the well crafted and entertaining style of your writing, I think your final written product shines because of your critical eye. Take a moment and revel in each written piece as a worthy accomplishment, especially before you put yourself through the "standards workout"septembermomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01570525910483384484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-66307330016157975062009-08-10T17:19:27.674-04:002009-08-10T17:19:27.674-04:00Lane: I look at it this way: for the most part, I&...Lane: I look at it this way: for the most part, I've been such a perfectionist no matter what I chose to attach myself to, that it's very hard for me to lower my standards/expectations for myself.G. B. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09783331838434598963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-83519897495805424532009-08-10T13:46:19.901-04:002009-08-10T13:46:19.901-04:00It was said of Buddy Hackett that he just talked u...It was said of Buddy Hackett that he just talked until he came to a punch line. I've taken that philosophy for my site.<br />I'm not writing stories (well one, but that was written before the blog site) nor do I ever plan to take writing seriously, so standards are random.<br />I do take my music seriously, but music is vague at best and I must at all cost avoid sounding like the "Lane Savanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08678485361119088480noreply@blogger.com