Comments on: Emotional Attachment to Your Articles http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2007/08/emotional-attachment-to-your-articles.html Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:28:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Dr.Sturley http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2007/08/emotional-attachment-to-your-articles.html#comment-11290 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:15:42 +0000 http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2007/08/emotional-attachment-to-your-articles.html#comment-11290 Many articles are just rehashing older articles and re-wording the context with the same meaning. I think the web should contain more individual attitudes and opinions and predictions. People should write what they predict to happen. I am writing an article saying that Hillary Clinton will be the next US president. If I am wrong it is time dated for my shame! More people should take risks and predict and opine on the web. Or maybe googlebot doesn't like controversy affecting it's profits....A meteor couldn't slow down it's profits. Dr Ann Sturley Many articles are just rehashing older articles and re-wording the context with the same meaning.
I think the web should contain more individual attitudes and opinions and predictions.
People should write what they predict to happen. I am writing an article saying that Hillary Clinton will be the next US president. If I am wrong it is time dated for my shame! More people should take risks and predict and opine on the web. Or maybe googlebot doesn’t like controversy affecting it’s profits….A meteor couldn’t slow down it’s profits.
Dr Ann Sturley

]]> by: James Chartrand - JCM Enterprises http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2007/08/emotional-attachment-to-your-articles.html#comment-11199 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:50:58 +0000 http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2007/08/emotional-attachment-to-your-articles.html#comment-11199 Gah. I meant to say "a person who doesn't believe in himself." Or "herself". Or both. Tired typist :) Gah. I meant to say “a person who doesn’t believe in himself.” Or “herself”. Or both. Tired typist :)

]]> by: Christina Sponias http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2007/08/emotional-attachment-to-your-articles.html#comment-11198 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:47:53 +0000 http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2007/08/emotional-attachment-to-your-articles.html#comment-11198 This is quite problematic when these people face contradictions… I believe one shall care about other people’s opinion until certain point; otherwise his/her work won’t follow his own plan. This is quite problematic when these people face contradictions…

I believe one shall care about other people’s opinion until certain point; otherwise his/her work won’t follow his own plan.

]]> by: James Chartrand - JCM Enterprises http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2007/08/emotional-attachment-to-your-articles.html#comment-11195 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:29:29 +0000 http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2007/08/emotional-attachment-to-your-articles.html#comment-11195 Or because he or she lacks self-esteem and is looking for acceptance. It isn't all about ego or being admired. Sometimes it's just about being a person who doesn't believe in themselves. Or because he or she lacks self-esteem and is looking for acceptance. It isn’t all about ego or being admired. Sometimes it’s just about being a person who doesn’t believe in themselves.

]]> by: Christina Sponias http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2007/08/emotional-attachment-to-your-articles.html#comment-11194 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:06:21 +0000 http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2007/08/emotional-attachment-to-your-articles.html#comment-11194 If someone cares too much about other people’s opinion when they read his/her article then his intention is not to make a perfect job but to be admired; in another words, to feed his ego. If someone cares too much about other people’s opinion when they read his/her article then his intention is not to make a perfect job but to be admired; in another words, to feed his ego.

]]> by: Nancy Chadwick http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2007/08/emotional-attachment-to-your-articles.html#comment-11192 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:43:57 +0000 http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2007/08/emotional-attachment-to-your-articles.html#comment-11192 James, I really agree with the advice you give in your last paragraph. There are times when it flows (and times when it doesn't). When it's flowing, let it flow and don't stop to edit. When it's not flowing, don't micro-edit what you've written. Start fresh another day. I find that I wind up discarding words that I've produced tortuously (i.e., through repeated editing). One of the best pieces of advice I ever got came from an attorney back in the days when I was drafting legal briefs (and agonizing over every word). Joe used to say: "just do the best you can with what you have at the time and then let it go." Nancy James,

I really agree with the advice you give in your last paragraph. There are times when it flows (and times when it doesn’t). When it’s flowing, let it flow and don’t stop to edit. When it’s not flowing, don’t micro-edit what you’ve written. Start fresh another day. I find that I wind up discarding words that I’ve produced tortuously (i.e., through repeated editing).

One of the best pieces of advice I ever got came from an attorney back in the days when I was drafting legal briefs (and agonizing over every word). Joe used to say: “just do the best you can with what you have at the time and then let it go.”

Nancy

]]> by: James Chartrand - JCM Enterprises http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2007/08/emotional-attachment-to-your-articles.html#comment-11191 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:24:34 +0000 http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2007/08/emotional-attachment-to-your-articles.html#comment-11191 This is a great blog post, and one I can relate to. Working with multiple writers (and being one myself), I see emotions as a huge barrier to effective writing. Many of my teammates start off fine, then as they write, become emotionally involved. They want a perfect product. They want to achieve the client's goals - and surpass them. Then they create bars of standards for themselves, which are always a little out of reach, and they struggle to reach their own personal goals. They send in the material and worry about not only my opinion, but the client's opinion, and everyone else's opinion who might read the content. Now, worrying about the client is good. We aim to please, after all. But creating these personal requirements for absolute perfection and instant wow aren't realistic and they hamper writers in their very success. And the writers who get emotionally attached? They're the ones that spend hours trying to get 500 words just right. Write freely and without self-consciousness. Do the best job you can. If you need to, when you're done writing, set it aside and come back to it the next day. Read and edit then and only then. You'll have fresh eyes and a fresh mind that will catch more errors or problem areas. And when you're done? Be done with it. Write once, edit twice, and let it go. It's an article, not a reflection of you. Don't worry about what others think, especially if you've done the best you can. This is a great blog post, and one I can relate to. Working with multiple writers (and being one myself), I see emotions as a huge barrier to effective writing.

Many of my teammates start off fine, then as they write, become emotionally involved. They want a perfect product. They want to achieve the client’s goals - and surpass them. Then they create bars of standards for themselves, which are always a little out of reach, and they struggle to reach their own personal goals. They send in the material and worry about not only my opinion, but the client’s opinion, and everyone else’s opinion who might read the content.

Now, worrying about the client is good. We aim to please, after all. But creating these personal requirements for absolute perfection and instant wow aren’t realistic and they hamper writers in their very success.

And the writers who get emotionally attached? They’re the ones that spend hours trying to get 500 words just right.

Write freely and without self-consciousness. Do the best job you can. If you need to, when you’re done writing, set it aside and come back to it the next day. Read and edit then and only then. You’ll have fresh eyes and a fresh mind that will catch more errors or problem areas.

And when you’re done? Be done with it. Write once, edit twice, and let it go. It’s an article, not a reflection of you. Don’t worry about what others think, especially if you’ve done the best you can.

]]> by: Lance Winslow http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2007/08/emotional-attachment-to-your-articles.html#comment-11189 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:00:45 +0000 http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2007/08/emotional-attachment-to-your-articles.html#comment-11189 Great point Nancy. Indeed, I actually enjoy discussing things with folks who have alternate opinions, than those who have the same opinion. Well, as long as they can think and come up with something new, rather than the same old talking points, I have heard before. Some can, those are the gems. Dialogue is good. Detachment in this case is too. Great point Nancy. Indeed, I actually enjoy discussing things with folks who have alternate opinions, than those who have the same opinion. Well, as long as they can think and come up with something new, rather than the same old talking points, I have heard before. Some can, those are the gems. Dialogue is good.

Detachment in this case is too.

]]> by: Jan Verhoeff http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2007/08/emotional-attachment-to-your-articles.html#comment-11187 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:50:17 +0000 http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2007/08/emotional-attachment-to-your-articles.html#comment-11187 Gotcha, Dina. You're definitely right, that this blog is full of goodies. I love reading here just before I write my articles for the day/week, depending on schedule. It's awesome getting inspiration from a blog where so many other writers are also reading and writing. Jan Gotcha, Dina.

You’re definitely right, that this blog is full of goodies. I love reading here just before I write my articles for the day/week, depending on schedule.

It’s awesome getting inspiration from a blog where so many other writers are also reading and writing.

Jan

]]> by: Nancy Chadwick http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2007/08/emotional-attachment-to-your-articles.html#comment-11186 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:44:10 +0000 http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2007/08/emotional-attachment-to-your-articles.html#comment-11186 Lance, Concerning your occasional need to challenge someone who may disagree with something you've written... It may be easier for me than others to detach from what I write. I teach/train in addition to writing, brokering, etc., and tend to look at my opinions, whether spoken or written, as catalysts to get people thinking about a particular subject. I welcome that even if they don't agree with me because it's exciting to see the synergy take hold and build. For me, exploration is the thing, or as Thoreau put it: "The frontiers are not east or west, north or south, but wherever a man fronts a fact." Nancy Chadwick Lance,

Concerning your occasional need to challenge someone who may disagree with something you’ve written…

It may be easier for me than others to detach from what I write. I teach/train in addition to writing, brokering, etc., and tend to look at my opinions, whether spoken or written, as catalysts to get people thinking about a particular subject. I welcome that even if they don’t agree with me because it’s exciting to see the synergy take hold and build. For me, exploration is the thing, or as Thoreau put it:

“The frontiers are not east or west, north or south, but wherever a man fronts a fact.”

Nancy Chadwick

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