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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Feedback: Is it good?
« on: August 07, 2008, 05:15:56 AM »
Just to throw my two cents in here, as I am in a similar situation as yourself, Dangerbutton. I have found that while writing my novel, its come to more of a core group of friends ( only 4) that read what I write, but each get a different approach. One gets an upcoming concept for my character(s), another gets only that page, the rest get the whole thing in update patches.
Hardest part, for me (hence the separation) is that in the beginning everyone was given a copy of the first half of the book and the suggestions I got from most were minimal and feedback positive. Others see it as, unconsciously, a way to express their take on things and that really causes issues.
A good friend, who has since become the one to only receive the conceptual aspects, in the beginning would rally against my ideas or direction. In essence, he wanted to write an entirely different book than I was. It did cause some strife internally for me, but in the end I went on with the story how I saw it developing.
As in many things, there are no right or wrong answers, but personal solutions. Mine was to create a select focus group, yours maybe different, but the goal should be to create the literary vision you have and allow THAT to be dynamic Allow that to change and grow, shift and move by itself not by the hand of someone else.
But then again, that's only my humble opinion.
Hardest part, for me (hence the separation) is that in the beginning everyone was given a copy of the first half of the book and the suggestions I got from most were minimal and feedback positive. Others see it as, unconsciously, a way to express their take on things and that really causes issues.
A good friend, who has since become the one to only receive the conceptual aspects, in the beginning would rally against my ideas or direction. In essence, he wanted to write an entirely different book than I was. It did cause some strife internally for me, but in the end I went on with the story how I saw it developing.
As in many things, there are no right or wrong answers, but personal solutions. Mine was to create a select focus group, yours maybe different, but the goal should be to create the literary vision you have and allow THAT to be dynamic Allow that to change and grow, shift and move by itself not by the hand of someone else.
But then again, that's only my humble opinion.