tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010942979784569627.post407780689988828161..comments2024-02-06T04:20:38.551-08:00Comments on Reading, Writing, Revising: Religion, Revision, and MortificationLisa Ecksteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11469107523441985396noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010942979784569627.post-90418980647203054442016-04-23T11:57:15.503-07:002016-04-23T11:57:15.503-07:00I think if I was able to read the story objectivel...I think if I was able to read the story objectively, say if somebody else had written it at 15, I'd also consider it a decent enough sample of teenage writing.<br /><br />I guess what makes it so embarrassing as my own work is that the story feels deeply personal, not because I had any experience whatsoever with the situation portrayed, but because it encapsulates so much of what was swimming around my brain and occupying all my stories at that time. Like, there's other stuff I know I won't be posting because it's purely autobiographical about things I'm not comfortable sharing, and this isn't autobiographical at all, except it feels just as revealing.<br /><br />There's also the thing I called pretentiousness, though that's perhaps not the most accurate word. It's knowing that I found every line of these stories so clever, funny, or insightful at the time (especially since I carefully revised them), which makes me cringe to read them now with a different opinion.Lisa Ecksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11469107523441985396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010942979784569627.post-22827385244858333352016-04-22T18:13:06.349-07:002016-04-22T18:13:06.349-07:00I actually love that retrovirus line, in the conte...I actually love that retrovirus line, in the context of Matthew's character. And I like the second story as a whole (at least with the "15yo author" disclaimer). I find it interesting that you're so uncomfortable with it--pretentiousness is more embarrassing to you than other metrics of quality?Jed Sabinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10963261392393914357noreply@blogger.com