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4/1/2011

 
New Learning 
Taking risks pushes you to be better.
Your harshest critic is yourself.
Reading other slices is invaluable for both ideas and craft.
Writing comments can be intimidating.
Receiving comments is validating.
Having a purpose to write propels you forward.
Feeling part of a community carries you.
It was wonderful to meet such a great community.
Realizing you do not have to produce a masterpiece every time.  
Even when you know you have nothing, write down something.
You become better at judging your own writing.
Writing can be very challenging.
Writing can become an obsession.
You actually do learn things about yourself when you write.
It will be strange not posting on a daily basis.
Age hasn’t made me write any faster. Still turtle slow.

Thank you to TwoWriting Teachers.  Thank you to all the Slicers for sharing their writing and comments.
ruth
4/1/2011 09:21:39 am

Wow...I wish I had written what you just did. Amazing and so well done!
Thank you for putting your writing "out there".

Ruth Ayres link
4/2/2011 08:32:35 am

Thanks for the list. I appreciate what you said about comments, so very true. And I need to hear I don't have to produce a masterpiece. :)
Thanks for slicing,
Ruth

MaryHelen link
4/3/2011 08:57:48 am

I love your reflection. You write beautifully and I have marked some of your ideas in my notebook. I agree with the line "Feeling part of a community carries you." This SOLC has surrounded me with people who have carried me through this past month. Thanks for your comments. MaryHelen

Diana link
4/10/2011 04:22:59 am

Your lines about not having to write a masterpiece and writing even if you feel you have nothing to say really stick with me. Your line about your writing being turtle slow made me smile. I do more writing in my head than I ever realized.


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