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By: Mark McGuinness

Mark McGuinness — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:25:29 +0000

Hi Verhine, yes very good point – people often want one thing because they associate it with another. I once spoke to an architect who said she had a client ask for a ‘Victorian’ extension on a modern-looking 20th-century house, which would have looked very incongruous – when she probed a little deeper, it turned out they wanted high ceilings, which they associated with Victorian buildings.

By: j.verhine

j.verhine — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:31:27 +0000

Try to identify the root of the problem behind the request for change. For example: “Yes, you want it pink, but knowing that its not girly enough for you, we can determine that purple might work, too.”

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By: Mark McGuinness

Mark McGuinness — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 07:03:12 +0000

Ah yes, kindness, so easily forgotten. As Philip Larkin put it:

we should be careful

Of each other, we should be kind
While there is still time.

By: Patricia

Patricia — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 03:25:06 +0000

“Be kind.” You know, practice the golden rule.

I’m a playwright. The way I develop my work is to convene audience and actors and have readings of the work in progress. I have had to develop a thick skin! And, frankly, “I like” or “I don’t like” comments are useless to me. I need concrete, meaningful feedback about what the audience UNDERSTOOD.

At any rate, I always give positive feedback first – I can always find something – and then the “what can be changed to good effect.”

Patricia

By: Mark McGuinness

Mark McGuinness — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:28:48 +0000

Good point Lloyd. I can’t remember who it was said something like there’s no force on earth as strong as the urge to correct another man’s draft.

By: Lloyd Davis

Lloyd Davis — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:20:41 +0000

I’d add “Don’t. Unless you’re asked” One of my top prayers is “God, save me from helpful people”