My Platform

Lavinia · Apr 26, 2007

Hi everyone! I am still working on my platform. I am pleased to announce that it is now an inch high. It's not much but it's a start. I just opened a myspace account. It's pretty fun! Mine is based on the book I've written about my father and anything and everything related to that. I am editing the book now but it is going very sloooooooooooooooow! I find myself questioning pretty much everything I've written. I actually think I'm over-editing if that's possible. I don't know how to balance it really. Maybe that'll come with time, or maybe I'll just end up rewriting the entire book. Ah...this is a perennial problem for me...perfectionism. It's not a good thing, in my case.

Anyway- just sharing...yet again!

Lavinia

K1P1 · Apr 27, 2007

Has anyone else looked at your ms yet? It may be that, to get some perspective, you need someone else to tell you what parts are good and what parts need work. If you suspect you're over editing, then maybe someone could take a look at a section before and after your edit and give you comments.

Lavinia · Apr 27, 2007

Great point- Actually I do have a critique group. They rarely have any problem with it other than a few grammar things. They are the ones that have made me realize that I am *crazy-critical* of my own work. I guess I should listen to them. We meet every two weeks and I'll be out of town next time so I have to wait a month. I've set a goal based on that and will take a chapter to the next group. Soooooo...live and learn...to trust myself!

Thanks for the response! Lavinia

johnrobison · May 1, 2007

You have to believe in yourself, and the importance of the story.

And your story, in this case, IS the platform. Your qualification is simply that you exist, and you carry your father's letters to show the world.

Lavinia · May 2, 2007

Thanks John! I needed that!

Lavinia

My Platform

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Procrastination is its own reward

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