Comments on: The Solitary Act http://www.sfnovelists.com/2007/09/13/the-solitary-act/ A mutual support group for SF/F Novelists Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:20:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: SarahP http://www.sfnovelists.com/2007/09/13/the-solitary-act/#comment-417 SarahP Sun, 16 Sep 2007 15:28:51 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2007/09/13/the-solitary-act/#comment-417 "...the purity of your artistic vision..." Like you, I don't have a pure artistic vision. I sort-of scoff at the idea of a pure artistic vision. The <i>pure</i> part, and the <i>artistic</i> part, and the <i>vision</i> part. I do the writing, but I sure don't do it in a vacuum. I have crit partners (but not a partner who crits), an agent, an editor, and readerly expectations to satisfy (not to confound). The process is not pure, not artistic, and not visionary... “…the purity of your artistic vision…”

Like you, I don’t have a pure artistic vision. I sort-of scoff at the idea of a pure artistic vision. The pure part, and the artistic part, and the vision part.

I do the writing, but I sure don’t do it in a vacuum. I have crit partners (but not a partner who crits), an agent, an editor, and readerly expectations to satisfy (not to confound). The process is not pure, not artistic, and not visionary…

]]> By: Marie Brennan http://www.sfnovelists.com/2007/09/13/the-solitary-act/#comment-403 Marie Brennan Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:32:32 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2007/09/13/the-solitary-act/#comment-403 I'll have to think about this some more, but the clearest instance I can remember of a review affecting my writing was one of either <i>Doppelganger</i> or <i>Warrior and Witch</i>, where the reviewer said I overused italics in dialogue. S/he was right, and I've worked on reducing that since. I’ll have to think about this some more, but the clearest instance I can remember of a review affecting my writing was one of either Doppelganger or Warrior and Witch, where the reviewer said I overused italics in dialogue. S/he was right, and I’ve worked on reducing that since.

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