Comments on: Revision Wars–Battling Miranda

By: Kourtney Heintz

Kourtney Heintz — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 01:14:13 +0000

Miranda is the voice of negativity and self doubt in my head. She’s really obnoxious. I’m trying my best.

By: berry

berry — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:29:01 +0000

Who’s Miranda. Ur double? Prove her wrong.

By: Kourtney Heintz

Kourtney Heintz — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:41:33 +0000

LOL. Thanks. So true. One of the best lessons I learned is that what is in my head doesn’t always get onto that page. The agent really helped me with that. She’s really awesome and her assistant let me know I should hear back in 4-6 weeks. Now to keep busy and not think about it.

Hugs back!

By: Emmie Mears

Emmie Mears — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 23:45:36 +0000

Ack! *Shoves a pillow over Miranda’s face*

I wish you all the best success with your polished draft — not gonna say luck, because when you put so much work into something, all you can hope for is that it does what you intended it to. HUGS!

By: Kourtney Heintz

Kourtney Heintz — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 03:29:33 +0000

I think of her as my evil fraternal twin.

By: August McLaughlin

August McLaughlin — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 01:24:32 +0000

Ooh… I like it.

By: Kourtney Heintz

Kourtney Heintz — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:02:03 +0000

Thanks Louise! It was a tough battle. Every day I doubted myself, but in the end it pushed me to write the best draft I could.

By: Louise Behiel

Louise Behiel — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 03:15:17 +0000

yay for Kourtney. well done. it’s the hardest thing to face that inner demon. every time you win, you’re stronger for the next fight.

By: Kourtney Heintz

Kourtney Heintz — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 19:04:24 +0000

I don’t try to banish Miranda. I’m pretty sure that would have negative consequences. I might become a procrastinator. ;P She motivates me to be better and try harder. She just does it in a very painful and crippling way.

I think she’s more like a frienemy. We have to co-exist but we are almost always rubbing each other the wrong way.

Good luck dealing with your inner critic! And remember, she’s there for a reason, but a lot of times she oversteps the bounds. So push her back into her place.

By: Audrey Kalman

Audrey Kalman — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 17:51:41 +0000

Goodbye and good riddance to Miranda. I love the idea of naming that inner critic. For me, she tends to be a version of myself, which of course is extremely challenging to battle and banish! I am going to think about separating from her, naming her, and confronting her!