tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post8408930869850830449..comments2024-03-27T21:43:43.640-05:00Comments on Operation Awesome: Practice Makes PublishableDena Pawlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14444683810125395220noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-53720357554985823172014-07-10T23:14:19.708-05:002014-07-10T23:14:19.708-05:00LOL so am I. I can open any one of my books, to an...LOL so am I. I can open any one of my books, to any page, and find at least one thing I'd change :D Michelle McLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08730366330276974943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-83036773829916697252014-07-10T23:13:46.650-05:002014-07-10T23:13:46.650-05:00That's a great way to look at it! :)That's a great way to look at it! :)Michelle McLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08730366330276974943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-61094818811831447062014-07-10T22:01:31.442-05:002014-07-10T22:01:31.442-05:00Very nice post, Michelle. I guess we should think ...Very nice post, Michelle. I guess we should think of the word perfect to mean "hitting the mark we've aimed for." And if that mark is to tell a great story or create likable characters or to make the reader laugh or cry or feel and we accomplish that objective, then we should be able to say, without shame, that we've created a "perfect" story, even though that story will most certainly contain some flaws.Dionnanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-80186227238485735802014-07-10T13:02:08.424-05:002014-07-10T13:02:08.424-05:00Oh, I strive for it all right, but I'm a const...Oh, I strive for it all right, but I'm a constant fiddler. Even while I'm rattling off my elevator pitch, I'm fighting the urge to edit it as I speak it, lol! I reach a certain point where I have to just declare the work done and not look at it for awhile, or the fiddling will actually begin to make things worse.Angelica R. Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09448717076699744259noreply@blogger.com