Re: Dumb it down, please.
“Calibration” is the perfect word. I’d also say it’s a bit like tuning. A few readers say this part goes too far, so you change it. Then it doesn’t go far enough. You fiddle with it until it’s just right.
My personal experience has been that some writers get it in their heads that writing is an entirely internal process. They want to hone a project to perfection and then release to the world, as if any outside interference before that point will taint the material. Even the best writers in history often had colleagues they used to evaluate their material.
Of course, DDP has great examples of exceptions to this, namely everyone that posts on the feedback threads.
Originally posted by Ronaldinho
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My personal experience has been that some writers get it in their heads that writing is an entirely internal process. They want to hone a project to perfection and then release to the world, as if any outside interference before that point will taint the material. Even the best writers in history often had colleagues they used to evaluate their material.
Of course, DDP has great examples of exceptions to this, namely everyone that posts on the feedback threads.
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