03/18/2001 - 03/24/2001 04/22/2001 - 04/28/2001 04/29/2001 - 05/05/2001 05/13/2001 - 05/19/2001 05/20/2001 - 05/26/2001 05/27/2001 - 06/02/2001 06/03/2001 - 06/09/2001 06/10/2001 - 06/16/2001 06/17/2001 - 06/23/2001 06/24/2001 - 06/30/2001 07/08/2001 - 07/14/2001 07/15/2001 - 07/21/2001 07/22/2001 - 07/28/2001 07/29/2001 - 08/04/2001 08/19/2001 - 08/25/2001 08/26/2001 - 09/01/2001 09/02/2001 - 09/08/2001 09/09/2001 - 09/15/2001 09/16/2001 - 09/22/2001 09/23/2001 - 09/29/2001 09/30/2001 - 10/06/2001 10/28/2001 - 11/03/2001 11/04/2001 - 11/10/2001 11/18/2001 - 11/24/2001 11/25/2001 - 12/01/2001 12/02/2001 - 12/08/2001 12/16/2001 - 12/22/2001 12/23/2001 - 12/29/2001 12/30/2001 - 01/05/2002 02/03/2002 - 02/09/2002 02/10/2002 - 02/16/2002 03/10/2002 - 03/16/2002 03/31/2002 - 04/06/2002 04/07/2002 - 04/13/2002 04/28/2002 - 05/04/2002 05/05/2002 - 05/11/2002 06/02/2002 - 06/08/2002 06/16/2002 - 06/22/2002 06/30/2002 - 07/06/2002 07/14/2002 - 07/20/2002 07/28/2002 - 08/03/2002 08/18/2002 - 08/24/2002 09/01/2002 - 09/07/2002 09/15/2002 - 09/21/2002 09/29/2002 - 10/05/2002 10/13/2002 - 10/19/2002 11/03/2002 - 11/09/2002 11/10/2002 - 11/16/2002 11/17/2002 - 11/23/2002 12/01/2002 - 12/07/2002 12/15/2002 - 12/21/2002 12/22/2002 - 12/28/2002 12/29/2002 - 01/04/2003 01/05/2003 - 01/11/2003 02/23/2003 - 03/01/2003 03/30/2003 - 04/05/2003 05/04/2003 - 05/10/2003 05/11/2003 - 05/17/2003 06/01/2003 - 06/07/2003 06/15/2003 - 06/21/2003 06/22/2003 - 06/28/2003 06/29/2003 - 07/05/2003 07/13/2003 - 07/19/2003 07/27/2003 - 08/02/2003 08/10/2003 - 08/16/2003 08/17/2003 - 08/23/2003 09/07/2003 - 09/13/2003 09/14/2003 - 09/20/2003 10/05/2003 - 10/11/2003 10/19/2003 - 10/25/2003 10/26/2003 - 11/01/2003 11/30/2003 - 12/06/2003 02/01/2004 - 02/07/2004 03/28/2004 - 04/03/2004 04/11/2004 - 04/17/2004 05/02/2004 - 05/08/2004 05/16/2004 - 05/22/2004 06/13/2004 - 06/19/2004 06/20/2004 - 06/26/2004 07/11/2004 - 07/17/2004 07/25/2004 - 07/31/2004 08/01/2004 - 08/07/2004 08/22/2004 - 08/28/2004 09/26/2004 - 10/02/2004 10/17/2004 - 10/23/2004 10/31/2004 - 11/06/2004 11/07/2004 - 11/13/2004 11/14/2004 - 11/20/2004 11/21/2004 - 11/27/2004 11/28/2004 - 12/04/2004 01/02/2005 - 01/08/2005 02/06/2005 - 02/12/2005 02/27/2005 - 03/05/2005 03/06/2005 - 03/12/2005 05/01/2005 - 05/07/2005 05/08/2005 - 05/14/2005 05/29/2005 - 06/04/2005 07/10/2005 - 07/16/2005 08/21/2005 - 08/27/2005 09/11/2005 - 09/17/2005 10/16/2005 - 10/22/2005 10/23/2005 - 10/29/2005 10/30/2005 - 11/05/2005 11/06/2005 - 11/12/2005 11/13/2005 - 11/19/2005 11/20/2005 - 11/26/2005 01/01/2006 - 01/07/2006 02/05/2006 - 02/11/2006 03/26/2006 - 04/01/2006 05/21/2006 - 05/27/2006 06/11/2006 - 06/17/2006 07/09/2006 - 07/15/2006 07/30/2006 - 08/05/2006

A Writer's Journey With Jeff

Friday, November 30, 2001

Some people just don't learn from critique.


I work on a newsletter at my readaptation centre. Groundswell is meant to be a way to give some hope to readers. I also do the translations from French to English.


I was handed an article by a member on a seminar on Cerebral Palsy she attended. A paragraph in, I realized it was just an angry rant at the seminar, at life in general... with very little to say about the seminar itself.


I brought this up at our last meeting. Her answer: "We aren't here to sugarcoat things. I won't change a word. If you don't print it, I'll take it elsewhere."


I pointed out I just wanted her to change the wording a bit; there's a major difference between saying "It was bad; here are ways to improve it:" and "It was just bad, as expected." She refused to see that point.

posted by Jeff at 12:41 PM

I just mailed out the ltest issue of my newsletter a while ago. At last check, I've gained 8 more subscribers since last month.


I'm breaking my average of 10 new subs between issues. I'll make that magical 1st 100 before issue 10 if this keeps up!

posted by Jeff at 12:33 PM


This page is powered by Blogger. Isn't yours?