Strengths and Weaknesses

[aeriedraconia.livejournal.com]

What do feel are your greatest strengths as a writer?

What do you feel are your greatest weaknesses?

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[micamommy.livejournal.com]

My greatest strength? That's easy, characterization and dialog.

The greatest weakness? That's easy too. I tend to forget scenery. I swear, I believe I could write a whole book without including one bit of scenery. Luckily, my husband and I write as a team, and he's great at scenery.

We began when he was on an unaccompanied tour of the Philippines, and he wrote a short scene. I read it (unpacking for him when he returned) and when he came in that evening I told him, "Your characters wouldn't act like that. You're writing John Wayne in skirts!" He told me to fix it and that began one of the most pleasant partnerships I have ever been involved with. It also served quite nicely to allow us a vehicle on which to rebuild our life together. Let me tell you, that's hard.