Comments on: Making do with what you have

By: Miss B

Miss B — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:13:04 +0000

Ah, Glenn…I finally must comment! I love your writing, and I adored this story. You don’t know how many times I’ve stood on a playground and lamented the same thing about kids. (Not your class, of course…we had dodgeball.) Your voice that I loved reading in fourth grade is still present in your writing today. I hope you don’t mind that I’m snooping, but it’s awfully gratifying to see a writer this talented come out of my wee little classroom so long ago!

By: globalized

globalized — Thu, 29 May 2008 12:23:08 +0000

Yes… verbosity is a challenge for me, but I’ve really started trying to work on it.

I had an English professor who critiqued a story I wrote, and he really drove home that point when he told me he couldn’t tell if it was a novel to-be or just an overly descriptive short story.

Thanks for the feedback, both you and Meg.

By: Jeff Widman

Jeff Widman — Thu, 29 May 2008 07:40:55 +0000

Glenn–most posts of this length I skim in utter frustration at the incompetent wordiness of someone who doesn’t respect a reader’r precious time.

I’ve done that with some of your other posts.

This was not one of those times.
Well done–worthwhile, descriptive, emotional, and economical.

By: Meg

Meg — Thu, 29 May 2008 04:39:48 +0000

Ha ha ha. That made me smile.