I was here (BWS) and finished an hour ago and I wasn't gonna write about this, but I'm still pretty depressed so I thought I'd come back and mope.

I went to my writing critique group tonight and brought in a 2800-word essay that I'd spent a bazillion hours editing and rewriting.

I'm OK with most of the criticism. What upsets me is that everyone wanted me to turn the essay towards a direction where I just don't want to go. Basically, take something from the sub-story and make it into the main focus.

Which is not the story I wanted to write.

How do others of you deal with that?

Maybe it will make a better piece of writing if I follow their suggestions, but I feel like I'd be abandoning my vision for the piece.

[ September 16, 2005, 05:36 AM: Message edited by: meredithbead ]