Mission Statement: Jens Rushing
Goal: I’m working on a novel. I want to get this thing completed and out the gate (looking for an agent) within the year. My ambitions are serious. So I need help learning how to revise and developing my work ethic, which are serious weaknesses.
Experience: I’ve been writing (on an amateur basis) forever. And I’ve had a few fiction pieces published in small-time lit mags and so forth. And I’ve done a good amount of freelance game-writing (A hundred thousand words in 2005! In retrospect, what an astounding waste of time!), but I don’t really do that any more. I’ve gotten about 15k words into a few different novels before, but all attempts were ultimately abortive. So I need help with what the great thinkers call “stick-to-it-iveness.”
Crits: Be honest. If something didn’t work for you, I want to know why. My biggest problems are pacing and plotting. In critting others’ works, I am thick-skinned. There’s very little subject matter that will bother me. I’ve watched television, you see, and been raised in the cultural vacuum of modern America, so very little is sacred.
In critting others, I try to give thorough, helpful crits. I might tend to be overly negative, but (in theory) that’s because I love you guys and want to see us all develop as writers, yes?
Praise: God, I love praise. I admit it. I love it. At the same time, I can become self-conscious and uncomfortable because I feel bad that I love praise so much. But don’t let that stop you from telling me good things about me. See, even now, I feel like a jerk for admitting I love praise. But who doesn’t?
Negative comments: I can take them. They help me grow. Bring it on! Again, I’m pretty thick-skinned.
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