Comments on: The business of writing: copy edits http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-business-of-writing-copy-edits For writers, readers, and independent thinkers--book talk for readers and writers, life chats when we need them, writers' motivational articles, secret behind-the-scenes stories from the publishing trenches, and more. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:08:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: robin http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-business-of-writing-copy-edits#comment-602 robin Fri, 21 Jul 2006 23:02:10 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-business-of-writing-copy-edits#comment-602 Rosa, thanks for writing in! It's been said so often it's become cliche, but it's been said so often because it's the truth: the secret to success as a writer really is persistence. That means practicing your writing even when you're writing just for yourself. It means throwing off distractions (including the distraction of wondering when it's ever going to happen for you) and just doing your work day after day. It also means being brave enough to do what you're doing--showing your work to others and letting them help you improve it. Remember, a hundred percent of the people who succeed as writers are the ones who kept going. So stay in that group and keep working at your craft and your bravery. Good luck!! Rosa, thanks for writing in! It’s been said so often it’s become cliche, but it’s been said so often because it’s the truth: the secret to success as a writer really is persistence. That means practicing your writing even when you’re writing just for yourself. It means throwing off distractions (including the distraction of wondering when it’s ever going to happen for you) and just doing your work day after day. It also means being brave enough to do what you’re doing–showing your work to others and letting them help you improve it.

Remember, a hundred percent of the people who succeed as writers are the ones who kept going. So stay in that group and keep working at your craft and your bravery.

Good luck!!

]]> By: Rosa Griffin http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-business-of-writing-copy-edits#comment-601 Rosa Griffin Fri, 21 Jul 2006 22:24:31 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-business-of-writing-copy-edits#comment-601 I appreciate this bitter sweet truth because like you I pride myself in being able to use grammar effectively yet when I get back my assignments from my instructor there is so much red and sometimes green that I wonder if the day will ever come that I will publish my first novel. I appreciate your honesty and your encouragement in the form of teaching. Part of healing is pain and part of becoming perfect means seeing ourselves in our imperfection. I can embrace the writer in progress in me with a bit more ease. Thank you I appreciate this bitter sweet truth because like you I pride myself in being able to use grammar effectively yet when I get back my assignments from my instructor there is so much red and sometimes green that I wonder if the day will ever come that I will publish my first novel. I appreciate your honesty and your encouragement in the form of teaching. Part of healing is pain and part of becoming perfect means seeing ourselves in our imperfection. I can embrace the writer in progress in me with a bit more ease.

Thank you

]]> By: Heather Dawn Harper http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-business-of-writing-copy-edits#comment-514 Heather Dawn Harper Thu, 13 Jul 2006 17:10:42 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-business-of-writing-copy-edits#comment-514 "It had obviously been vandalized–it was covered in red marks." Lol. That's priceless. “It had obviously been vandalized–it was covered in red marks.”

Lol. That’s priceless.

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