tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113459088262891680.post1817651787740834611..comments2023-10-30T09:45:16.159-06:00Comments on Writing on the Wall: The Anatomy of an AuthorPrecision Editing Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17054725687044240043noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113459088262891680.post-56512352481664311592010-01-17T10:42:01.014-07:002010-01-17T10:42:01.014-07:00who'd been in a similar situation as my heroin...who'd been in a similar situation as my heroine, asked my mother, "How did she know how it feels?"<br /><br /><a href="http://www.workfromhomeindia.biz" rel="nofollow"> Work from home India </a>kanishkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13651620533023202224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113459088262891680.post-30313707795611856222010-01-15T10:18:44.735-07:002010-01-15T10:18:44.735-07:00I see authors as contortionists. We fit our minds...I see authors as contortionists. We fit our minds into a vast array of heads and write through it all. It's an art I'm still learning but thrilled about every waking day.*https://www.blogger.com/profile/06484208765656281917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113459088262891680.post-49717090180872275042010-01-14T14:25:04.773-07:002010-01-14T14:25:04.773-07:00The only thing I've ever written from personal...The only thing I've ever written from personal experience is my silly dog book, because I am, in fact, a dog.Curtis Moserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15766891997509591191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113459088262891680.post-30553654547421031812010-01-13T15:40:09.542-07:002010-01-13T15:40:09.542-07:00Imagination rocks. And all human emotion is univer...Imagination rocks. And all human emotion is universal, so whether it's specific to a single experience, writers can draw from that emotion. <br /><br />This reminds me when someone said to me, "It must feel so good to be published." I stopped for a minute and thought about the missed hours of sleep, my messy house, the stress of a not-so-nice review, the pressure of coming up with book after book that readers will purchase, the worry of another rejection . . .<br /><br />So, yes, the perception non-writers have of us is much different. But it's nice to know that I'm not alone in either the obsession to write or the insaneness to keep at it.Heather Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11634399663804195312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113459088262891680.post-86630589943103650342010-01-13T11:19:49.159-07:002010-01-13T11:19:49.159-07:00Is this why nobody wants to talk to me at church? ...Is this why nobody wants to talk to me at church? Is this why my neighbor leaves nasty little comments on my blog?<br /><br />There's Nancy, the ward member.<br /><br />There's Nancy, the mother.<br /><br />There's Nancy, the muse (blog)<br /><br />There's Nancy, the writer (still mixed in with the blog).<br /><br />All a part of me but, unfortunately, crazy neighbors don't know the difference between, "I think, therefore I am" and "I write, therefore I imagine."<br /><br />Duh.<br /><br />The last word is evidence why I'm not published.A Musing Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12395701326660695260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113459088262891680.post-39169306094196124252010-01-12T21:22:06.606-07:002010-01-12T21:22:06.606-07:00Julie you say it so well. We are all patterned af...Julie you say it so well. We are all patterned after one being, we have the ability to feel a wide range of emotions. We have the ability to create. And that is what we do. We use our emotional and creative abilities to weave stories.Amber Lynaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16890268873178010212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113459088262891680.post-30150286804668426352010-01-12T20:23:49.278-07:002010-01-12T20:23:49.278-07:00Perfect post. I am so glad to know I'm not alo...Perfect post. I am so glad to know I'm not alone. This is why we have writing clubs and blogs we follow. When I first began referring (off-hand) to my characters as real people, my kids and husband, and , I admit, ME, thought I was losing it. It was SO great to find that was not unusual. At least among writers.Kristahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03734014895825429358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113459088262891680.post-15846087736316744932010-01-12T16:01:20.743-07:002010-01-12T16:01:20.743-07:00Brava!
I'm proud to be this form of normal, b...Brava!<br /><br />I'm proud to be this form of normal, because it means associating with fabulous people like you.<br /><br />I feel a sudden need to make a date with my imagination...Kimberly Vanderhorsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01653757517652257445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113459088262891680.post-20034738944461074782010-01-12T16:00:20.486-07:002010-01-12T16:00:20.486-07:00Great post, Julie. While I certainly wish I had ex...Great post, Julie. While I certainly wish I had experienced an epic struggle between humans and voracious wild spirits, or witty courtly intrigue, or hurling fireballs from the back of a dragon, claiming I had would be a lie. So would saying I’d been in a mile-high stone(ish) tower during an air raid somewhere not on Earth. (Now, surveying planets in an FTL spaceship? Totally done that.)<br /><br />Of course, I write about darker (and less fantastic) themes as well. When I was still actively into poetry, I wrote a poem of about a girl abused by her father, that people said was dark and full of sexual imagery, and was I still seeing the same therapist I had when I was ten? <br /><br />And I’ve seen similar things happen to many, many people(writers). Thanks for working to dispel the myth that “writing what we know” means we’ve experienced everything in our work first hand. If so, I'd be several hundred years older and a whimpering, drooling zombie. *shivers*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113459088262891680.post-5892633139681202282010-01-12T15:56:27.780-07:002010-01-12T15:56:27.780-07:00Are you saying that if my neighbors read my book, ...Are you saying that if my neighbors read my book, they'll think I'm trying to take over the world? Mwahaha! *cough* I mean... Yes, we're all normal. :DAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08616276555920544920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113459088262891680.post-42849140849985870622010-01-12T15:33:11.403-07:002010-01-12T15:33:11.403-07:00Exactly! You nailed it on the head, Julie. Annette...Exactly! You nailed it on the head, Julie. Annette once talked about being sensitive and how a doctor had told her he wasn't surprised about her firece headaches when he learned she was a writer. Not because of looking at the computer screen but because of the sensitive, in-tune nature of writers. (Sorry Annette but it had to be said. You're just that awesome!)<br /><br />I've never forgotten that and it makes so much more sense to me when I become emotionally invested in situations I've never really been through. I think it's just a thing about writers. We live it all deeply and it gives us the chance to share lives with others and empathize in one of the best ways--through reading.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113459088262891680.post-16497991591374589542010-01-12T15:25:24.068-07:002010-01-12T15:25:24.068-07:00So well said, Julie! We may seem like an odd lot t...So well said, Julie! We may seem like an odd lot to outsiders, but it's that curiosity and imagination that completes us and makes us normal to the rest of us. <br /><br />One of the biggest compliments I ever got on my writing was when my aunt, who'd been in a similar situation as my heroine, asked my mother, "How did she know how it feels?"<br /><br />Apparently, I'd nailed the feel of the experience, even though I'd never personally gone through it--I made it all up. Hooray for imagination!Annette Lyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12493583432919249814noreply@blogger.com