Comments on: 5 ways to beat the fear of hitting “send” http://confidentwriting.com/2008/01/5-ways-to-bea-1/ Kindness, clarity, confidence, compassion. Watchwords for writing on the web. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:25:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joanna Young http://confidentwriting.com/2008/01/5-ways-to-bea-1/#comment-1256 Joanna Young Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:24:21 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=303#comment-1256 Hmm David, I'm not sure I'm going to share your editing-after-you-post practice as a writing tip with others! No problem about the e-mail, I was keen to pick up your feed anyway :-) Joanna Hmm David, I’m not sure I’m going to share your editing-after-you-post practice as a writing tip with others!

No problem about the e-mail, I was keen to pick up your feed anyway :-)

Joanna

]]> By: David McGarva http://confidentwriting.com/2008/01/5-ways-to-bea-1/#comment-1255 David McGarva Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:21:53 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=303#comment-1255 No, you were right the first time. I do my best rewriting when it's too late. But on my own website, it's never too late. Isn't that great? Except that you're right about feed readers, etc. There are pages of mine from 8 years ago on waybackmachine.org (and I will never tell you how to find them!). Joanna, thanks for emailing me - that was important information. No, you were right the first time. I do my best rewriting when it’s too late. But on my own website, it’s never too late. Isn’t that great?

Except that you’re right about feed readers, etc. There are pages of mine from 8 years ago on waybackmachine.org (and I will never tell you how to find them!).

Joanna, thanks for emailing me – that was important information.

]]> By: Joanna Young http://confidentwriting.com/2008/01/5-ways-to-bea-1/#comment-1254 Joanna Young Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:27:54 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=303#comment-1254 Hi David, nice to meet you too :-) I agree that blogging is a good way to warm up our writing muscles and improve our writing confidence, but I'm not sure I'd agree with editing after you post - surely better to do it before hand? Especially as things can get picked up very quickly through feed readers and eagle eyed readers... What do you think? Although I'm wondering if your meaning is more that you can pick up the idea and develop it within another post? Which I definitely do, all the time, as a work-in-progress Joanna Hi David, nice to meet you too :-)

I agree that blogging is a good way to warm up our writing muscles and improve our writing confidence, but I’m not sure I’d agree with editing after you post – surely better to do it before hand? Especially as things can get picked up very quickly through feed readers and eagle eyed readers…

What do you think?

Although I’m wondering if your meaning is more that you can pick up the idea and develop it within another post?

Which I definitely do, all the time, as a work-in-progress

Joanna

]]> By: David McGarva http://confidentwriting.com/2008/01/5-ways-to-bea-1/#comment-1253 David McGarva Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:05:46 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=303#comment-1253 I love hitting "Post." It's so much easier than facing the fear of putting a manuscript in the mailbox. It's so much safer than sending a letter of complaint that you haven't taken a day to think over. I love it because I can go back and edit and rewrite just as much as I want. Just about every time, as soon as I hit Post that's the moment I know how my work could be better. There's something about seeing it in "print" that helps me to rewrite. And I get to do that! Blogging is publication without crystallization. Nice to meet another British coach, by the way (I'm in California, and everyone here seems to think I have some sort of accent). I love hitting “Post.” It’s so much easier than facing the fear of putting a manuscript in the mailbox. It’s so much safer than sending a letter of complaint that you haven’t taken a day to think over.

I love it because I can go back and edit and rewrite just as much as I want. Just about every time, as soon as I hit Post that’s the moment I know how my work could be better. There’s something about seeing it in “print” that helps me to rewrite. And I get to do that! Blogging is publication without crystallization.

Nice to meet another British coach, by the way (I’m in California, and everyone here seems to think I have some sort of accent).

]]> By: Joanna Young http://confidentwriting.com/2008/01/5-ways-to-bea-1/#comment-1252 Joanna Young Fri, 18 Jan 2008 07:30:55 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=303#comment-1252 Hi Michele, you're right, we get to a point when all we can do is proofread, test against our positive intention, and then 'go for it'. But when that's at a time when I'm making a big stretch, it's true I do run away for a while! Just because I'm aiming for confident writing doesn't mean I feel it all the time myself :-) Joanna Hi Michele, you’re right, we get to a point when all we can do is proofread, test against our positive intention, and then ‘go for it’.

But when that’s at a time when I’m making a big stretch, it’s true I do run away for a while! Just because I’m aiming for confident writing doesn’t mean I feel it all the time myself :-)

Joanna

]]> By: Michele L. Tune - Writing the Cyber Highway http://confidentwriting.com/2008/01/5-ways-to-bea-1/#comment-1251 Michele L. Tune - Writing the Cyber Highway Fri, 18 Jan 2008 05:33:26 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=303#comment-1251 I agree with the others. These are great tips! Melissa's right: proofread a few times and just "go for it." I can't picture you running away from the computer. :-) Thanks for a great post! Smiles, Michele I agree with the others. These are great tips! Melissa’s right: proofread a few times and just “go for it.”

I can’t picture you running away from the computer. :-)

Thanks for a great post!

Smiles,
Michele

]]> By: Joanna Young http://confidentwriting.com/2008/01/5-ways-to-bea-1/#comment-1250 Joanna Young Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:17:50 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=303#comment-1250 Robert,that sounds like a fun idea for a blog post some day! Joanna Robert,that sounds like a fun idea for a blog post some day!

Joanna

]]> By: Robert Hruzek http://confidentwriting.com/2008/01/5-ways-to-bea-1/#comment-1249 Robert Hruzek Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:46:04 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=303#comment-1249 This is appropos of nothing, really... but wouldn't it be great if we could get our WP platforms to be truly individually customized? I could add buttons for "ironic", "je ne se quois" and "a tip o' the hat to ya"! You could add one for "insert haggis here". :-\ This is appropos of nothing, really… but wouldn’t it be great if we could get our WP platforms to be truly individually customized? I could add buttons for “ironic”, “je ne se quois” and “a tip o’ the hat to ya”! You could add one for “insert haggis here”. :-\

]]> By: Joanna Young http://confidentwriting.com/2008/01/5-ways-to-bea-1/#comment-1248 Joanna Young Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:53:33 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=303#comment-1248 Melissa, that's a great tip, thank you. Part of me wishes I could get past these feelings, but they are a signal of something I know, that we're stretching out of our comfort zones - which is normally a good thing. Oh and it's a reminder that we're human too :-) Joanna Melissa, that’s a great tip, thank you.

Part of me wishes I could get past these feelings, but they are a signal of something I know, that we’re stretching out of our comfort zones – which is normally a good thing. Oh and it’s a reminder that we’re human too :-)

Joanna

]]> By: Melissa Donovan http://confidentwriting.com/2008/01/5-ways-to-bea-1/#comment-1247 Melissa Donovan Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:43:45 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=303#comment-1247 Another way to gain some comfort, when hitting send makes panic arise, is to proofread -- three times minimum. I find that to be extremely helpful in calming my nerves. Another way to gain some comfort, when hitting send makes panic arise, is to proofread — three times minimum. I find that to be extremely helpful in calming my nerves.

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