From: A_Tina_Hall@kruemel.org   
      
   On 18.12.18, NoReplies@jymes.com   wrote:   
   > On 16 Dec 2018 "A. Tina Hall"  wrote:   
      
   >> Even suggestions that won't work can help a lot.   
      
   > For me, suggestions generally fall into three categories:   
      
   > 1) Straightforward answer to the problem. This is very, very, very   
   > rare, but it can happen.   
      
   Going by the meteor joke suggestion I got, they might happen   
   accidentally too. :)   
      
   > 2) Worse than useless. If I say "this is the situation, what can   
   > happen next?" and someone says "that situation stinks, it should be   
   > +this+ way." Yeah, I'm going to delete 30,000 words because someone   
   > thinks my 50-word synopsis of it doesn't parallel their writing   
   > enough to be readable.   
      
   Reminds me of people telling me what to put into my vampire story, when   
   I just wanted to know how to write better (as in arranging the words).   
      
   Also, 50 words not getting across 30k words (or in my case, 1000 words   
   not getting across 400k words - I do ramble, I know) sounds very   
   familiar. I remember arguing against stuff people made up based on what   
   I'd said, rather than taking what I'd said as fact. (How can you do the   
   former when you don't believe the latter?)   
      
   Oh well. That's people.    
      
   > 3) Wrong but great. Most suggestions fall into this category.   
   > Thinking about why it's wrong makes me dig deeper into aspects I was   
   > overlooking or hadn't delved into very deeply. It gives me a deeper   
   > perspective of the world or characters. Even if that perspective   
   > doesn't yield an immediate answer to the problem, it helps frame the   
   > region of space which holds the answer.   
      
   For me, it tends to touch stuff I already know, but once I get rambling   
   I might find an answer myself, as long as I have something to ramble   
   'against'. (Not rant, just something to reply to.) I'm easily   
   distracted, or (due to past discussions) feel the need to point out in   
   advance that this or that wouldn't work, and then get an idea of what to   
   do instead.   
      
   In the end, there _is_ something very helpful in the replies, no matter   
   what kind. :) Can try to treat even the 2nd option as if it were the   
   3rd, after all.   
      
   --   
   "Boy, you should learn not to believe everything some nasty Shan   
   tells you. We aren't known to be all that honest."   
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