Comments on: Writing and the Law of Loss Aversion https://writersinthestormblog.com/2021/10/writing-and-the-law-of-loss-aversion/ A Blog On Writing Sun, 22 Dec 2024 03:33:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Jenny Hansen https://writersinthestormblog.com/2021/10/writing-and-the-law-of-loss-aversion/#comment-150553 Sun, 10 Oct 2021 16:41:53 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=43595#comment-150553 In reply to Ellen Buikema.

I didn't realize that was the reason for your genre change, Ellen. Maybe you didn't either. But I think that's lovely, and that Jean would love that you are pushing yourself as a writer.

]]> By: Ellen Buikema https://writersinthestormblog.com/2021/10/writing-and-the-law-of-loss-aversion/#comment-150551 Sat, 09 Oct 2021 18:59:13 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=43595#comment-150551 Jenny, this is a brilliant post. It helped me understand a change I made in genre.

Jean Jenkins, who edited a historical fiction dark hero's journey for me, died last year. I took this very hard.

In order to pull myself out of depression over this I decided to write a light-hearted story. That helped.

I do my best to find something to be grateful for every day.

]]> By: Jenny Hansen https://writersinthestormblog.com/2021/10/writing-and-the-law-of-loss-aversion/#comment-150550 Sat, 09 Oct 2021 04:08:05 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=43595#comment-150550 In reply to dholcomb1.

I always think of what Julia Roberts' character said in Pretty Woman: "People put you down enough, you start to believe it.. The bad stuff is easier to believe." Writers are usually made, not born, and that negative tape runs through a lot of our heads. However, the strongest iron is forged closest to the fire, and we are freaking warriors!

]]> By: Jenny Hansen https://writersinthestormblog.com/2021/10/writing-and-the-law-of-loss-aversion/#comment-150549 Sat, 09 Oct 2021 03:57:26 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=43595#comment-150549 In reply to deleyna.

You are so very welcome, Lisa!

]]> By: Jenny Hansen https://writersinthestormblog.com/2021/10/writing-and-the-law-of-loss-aversion/#comment-150548 Sat, 09 Oct 2021 03:49:58 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=43595#comment-150548 In reply to Barb DeLong.

Thanks, Barb! And you've inspired me, with your resolution "to start an accomplishment journal to record all the "wins," large and small. I bought a gratitude journal a while back and I haven't used it. You've inspired me to dig it out and get started!

]]> By: dholcomb1 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2021/10/writing-and-the-law-of-loss-aversion/#comment-150547 Sat, 09 Oct 2021 03:27:52 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=43595#comment-150547 It's not a surprise. It's so easy to fall into wallowing in the misery of things. But, success comes out of the fire of failure, so I must rise and go forward.

denise

]]> By: Jenny Hansen https://writersinthestormblog.com/2021/10/writing-and-the-law-of-loss-aversion/#comment-150546 Sat, 09 Oct 2021 03:18:45 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=43595#comment-150546 In reply to Tiffany Yates Martin.

I love the sound of "writers taking ownership of their careers." The current publishing model seems to put the most important player last a lot of the time. I'm seeing that change with small pubs and self-publishing, but I wish it would change in traditional publishing too.

And frankly, the model won't change until writers make it change...and I think self-publishing has started to do that.

]]> By: Karen DeBonis https://writersinthestormblog.com/2021/10/writing-and-the-law-of-loss-aversion/#comment-150545 Fri, 08 Oct 2021 22:14:29 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=43595#comment-150545 In reply to Jenny Hansen.

Especially THESE writers at WITS 🙂

]]> By: deleyna https://writersinthestormblog.com/2021/10/writing-and-the-law-of-loss-aversion/#comment-150544 Fri, 08 Oct 2021 21:37:26 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=43595#comment-150544 This is a powerful concept, Jenny! Love it! Thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Barb DeLong https://writersinthestormblog.com/2021/10/writing-and-the-law-of-loss-aversion/#comment-150543 Fri, 08 Oct 2021 21:02:04 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=43595#comment-150543 What an insightful post! The whole thing resonated with me on so many levels. I'm a fan of The Secret books and I guess I've always been looking for the happy--gratitude plays a huge part. A zillion years ago I read How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie. He espoused your #3: assess the reality, what's the worst that could happen and set up a plan to deal with it; what really might happen and set a plan. Then let that issue go as taken care of. I do that little exercise when faced with a big scary problem and the worry that comes with it. Your post gave me the push to start an accomplishment journal to record all the "wins," large and small, in my writing and elsewhere. Thanks, Jenny!

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