Comments on: distance. http://toothsoup.com/blog/2008/03/02/distance/ white and creamy commentary from the stovetop of the internet Sun, 08 Jan 2012 02:09:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Shane http://toothsoup.com/blog/2008/03/02/distance/comment-page-1/#comment-783 Shane Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:10:02 +0000 http://toothsoup.com/blog/2008/03/02/distance/#comment-783 I'm totally a distraction ;) I’m totally a distraction ;)

]]> By: Stephen R. Smith http://toothsoup.com/blog/2008/03/02/distance/comment-page-1/#comment-782 Stephen R. Smith Mon, 03 Mar 2008 04:23:06 +0000 http://toothsoup.com/blog/2008/03/02/distance/#comment-782 I find being online in general both a necessity and a huge distraction to writing. dA has been fantastic for getting feedback on things, and as you say - a single comment is enough to make me want to write more. The problem is those comments should be two way, and if I'm reading and trying to make constructive comments on other people's work, I'm not doing my own writing, which is and should be my first priority. As you've found, there comes a point where you've got to pull back. I find being online in general both a necessity and a huge distraction to writing. dA has been fantastic for getting feedback on things, and as you say – a single comment is enough to make me want to write more. The problem is those comments should be two way, and if I’m reading and trying to make constructive comments on other people’s work, I’m not doing my own writing, which is and should be my first priority. As you’ve found, there comes a point where you’ve got to pull back.

]]> By: AR http://toothsoup.com/blog/2008/03/02/distance/comment-page-1/#comment-775 AR Sun, 02 Mar 2008 16:42:05 +0000 http://toothsoup.com/blog/2008/03/02/distance/#comment-775 The worst thing is being distracted by ideas that bear no relation to the pieces you should be working on. The distracting power of dA is one of a myriad of reasons I limit my participation on the site. Oh, I still haunt the forums, and I sometimes read/look at the work in my watch. But I never comment, and I haven't posted any work since 06. Oh, look, I am commenting in your blog. The worst thing is being distracted by ideas that bear no relation to the pieces you should be working on.

The distracting power of dA is one of a myriad of reasons I limit my participation on the site. Oh, I still haunt the forums, and I sometimes read/look at the work in my watch. But I never comment, and I haven’t posted any work since 06.

Oh, look, I am commenting in your blog.

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