tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17746046.post596546902902577651..comments2021-11-17T13:20:03.206-07:00Comments on Suzenyms: THE DUNNING-KRUGER BUMP (or HOW to SUCK LESS in the LONG RUN) - GUEST POST by BARBARA GEIGERSuzenymhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16780822574353097907noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17746046.post-51483860011979795212015-01-10T14:51:41.119-07:002015-01-10T14:51:41.119-07:00I had two major breakthroughs too. One in 2006 tol...I had two major breakthroughs too. One in 2006 told me to just tell the interesting parts of the story.If a section is boring, it either needs to be edited or cut. That helped get me to a point where, in 2012 I realized that if you're just telling the interesting bits of a story without actually saying something about the human condition, you're writing a novel in the style of Battleship, the dumbest movie ever based on a board game, or anything else for that matter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17746046.post-5519000360288690422015-01-08T19:53:37.274-07:002015-01-08T19:53:37.274-07:00Yeeahhhhhh! Great post. I'm going to be going ... Yeeahhhhhh! Great post. I'm going to be going over this with a fine-toothed comb. I doubt I'm over that bump but I had a moment of huge transition in 2012-2013 when I forced myself to really learn how to structure stories. God it was tough but made some things very clear. And my success rate in publishing stories shot up. I can sort of see some of the next problem areas I need to work on, but this post is very, very heartening. I too would love to suck less in the long run.David Jón Fullerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214464940911202724noreply@blogger.com