tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9722683.post113174354592355387..comments2024-02-13T07:03:48.521-05:00Comments on The Scribblings of Sarah E. Glenn: Milestone ReachedSarah Glennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12455113960686270662noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9722683.post-1131774324003262052005-11-12T00:45:00.000-05:002005-11-12T00:45:00.000-05:00I'm grateful for my time as a journalism major. Ma...I'm grateful for my time as a journalism major. Many of the classes began with "Here are the facts, write an article a page long during the next 15 minutes." It was years before I realized that the point was not to grade our writing, but to get us over our fear of messing up. I still write expository material fairly easily. Creating a whole cloth from the fibers of my imagination... takes more effort.<BR/><BR/>Sarah GSarah Glennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12455113960686270662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9722683.post-1131773152863844392005-11-12T00:25:00.000-05:002005-11-12T00:25:00.000-05:00Congratulations on reaching your goal. I agree tha...Congratulations on reaching your goal. I agree that a novel is a major undertaking.<BR/><BR/>For NaNoWriMo, the whole idea is about quantity, of course, and the idea of quality is chucked out the window until December at the earliest. I think this is a good approach for those would-be writers who hesitate to put words down in the fear that they may not be perfect. I know I was this way, and this month has (so far) been a revelation to me. I had some time ago overcome my fear of failure in general, but in writing I had not. I am thankful now just to put words down.R Flowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11901467518465346680noreply@blogger.com