tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post8147478584700625316..comments2023-07-14T06:17:49.677-04:00Comments on The Daring Novelist: How Do You Know Your Book Is Good Enough?The Daring Novelisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01676188266569869059noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-86990833417668132542010-11-04T00:26:46.157-04:002010-11-04T00:26:46.157-04:00Mary: yeah, I've read a few of those studies. ...Mary: yeah, I've read a few of those studies. <br /><br />In one they found that there is a small subset who can't judge their own work even if they are taught to judge others reasonably well - but most people, once they get a good grasp on the larger picture, become very good at judging themselves.The Daring Novelisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01676188266569869059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-35982108359073000632010-11-03T16:05:48.576-04:002010-11-03T16:05:48.576-04:00Oh,yeah. It's been duplicated in the lab: th...Oh,yeah. <a href="http://gagne.homedns.org/~tgagne/contrib/unskilled.html" rel="nofollow">It's been duplicated in the lab</a>: the better you are, the more you are able to see your own flaws. (Plus, of course, you assume you are normal so good writers overestimate the compeition, and bad, underestimate.)Maryhttp://marycatelli.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-10398436704491408622010-11-03T11:04:55.681-04:002010-11-03T11:04:55.681-04:00True, but that raises the first quesetion back up ...True, but that raises the first quesetion back up again: how do you know (or even suspect) they are better?<br /><br />At first you won't know. But the more experience you have, the more you will be able to tell.The Daring Novelisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01676188266569869059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-82403488481496314042010-11-03T07:24:22.802-04:002010-11-03T07:24:22.802-04:00It helps at this point if you happen to have a fri...It helps at this point if you happen to have a friend whom you suspect is an infinitely better writer than you are.stuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16388674850920848503noreply@blogger.com