tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post2593583555585259162..comments2024-03-28T03:10:19.013-07:00Comments on Fraggmented: The Failure Mode of CleverJohn Seaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07530526320973807452noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post-3173459175091354902016-02-07T14:47:59.406-08:002016-02-07T14:47:59.406-08:00Oh yes, no argument you were right overall.Oh yes, no argument you were right overall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post-17422412937254855052016-02-07T08:41:32.048-08:002016-02-07T08:41:32.048-08:00Fair enough. Even if you read it generously, thoug...Fair enough. Even if you read it generously, though, it's still a big misconception of what impostor syndrome actually is. Plenty of people with impostor syndrome get praised very highly--not just "accepted", but out and out lauded. The afflicted person responds to that praise with stronger self-criticism, looking for the flaws that everybody else "missed" in their work and discounting the positive opinions of others. On that level, I think that my criticism stands.John Seaveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07530526320973807452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post-39002061264011007522016-02-05T04:15:02.942-08:002016-02-05T04:15:02.942-08:00Generally I agree, but not on point two. He's ...Generally I agree, but not on point two. He's not saying everyone loved his writing, just that they accepted him as a writer, which is very different (I have known authors in writing groups whose work was dreadful but I didn't suggest they weren't writers).<br />But yeah, as inspiration for those afflicted, or even as an analysis of why Scalzi isn't one, it's questionable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com