Comments on Livia Blackburne: Writing Career Advice From a Neuroscientist Part 4...

Thank you for this series of posts. Very insightf...

2010-09-03T19:12:08.257-04:00

Thank you for this series of posts. Very insightful!

Rachel -- I also feel like research really does ma...

2009-11-16T16:25:08.855-05:00

Rachel -- I also feel like research really does make you good at accepting failure in stride. I mean, in research, you're wrong like 90% of the time! It's just the way things work, and so you just shrug and start plugging away again.

Just reading some of your back catalogue. Honestl...

2009-11-16T16:21:33.075-05:00

Just reading some of your back catalogue. Honestly, nothing has taught me more about taking critiques on board than submitting papers for scientific peer review (I'm a computational linguist).

Sometimes you have to take a few minutes to cry about the rejection before you move on to taking their points on board... in my experience, anyhow!

That is good advice. When we respond negatively vi...

2009-09-24T17:29:52.321-04:00

That is good advice. When we respond negatively via e-mail or twitter, we can never take those things back. Taking a step back and breathing is the only professional way for me to deal with things. Now, if I could just apply this concept to marriage, life would be grand.

Taking criticism is hard! I tend to find myself th...

2009-09-23T19:44:36.165-04:00

Taking criticism is hard! I tend to find myself thinking: "Oh no! They hated this paragraph! That must mean they hate my whole story and/or they think I'm a bad writer!" Then I have to step back and take a breather and realize that their advice usually helps the story.