tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post2034028547475055863..comments2023-12-09T00:33:24.572-08:00Comments on Novel Matters: Writing is All Fun and Games Until Somebody Gets HurtBonnie Grovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11377519561074174038noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-75055086549997059372013-06-09T19:32:53.247-07:002013-06-09T19:32:53.247-07:00Wow, Henrietta! What a treasure. And what a great ...Wow, Henrietta! What a treasure. And what a great friend.Debbie Fuller Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09174333267329587740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-49917314028104107342013-06-09T18:34:07.466-07:002013-06-09T18:34:07.466-07:00We talk about writing pain but who has an easy tim...We talk about writing pain but who has an easy time writing authentic ecstasy and euphoria? <br />I am experiencing these emotions because a friend gave me a precious edition of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poetry. It was published in New York, Hurst and Company, and 'corrected by the last London edition' AND best yet the introduction and dedication are written by the author herself! This book is an only edition and was published while she was alive! Be still my rhyme-loving heart. Henrietta Frankenseenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-63041487245060021382013-06-07T17:44:04.395-07:002013-06-07T17:44:04.395-07:00I'm sorry I've been AWOL until now. It'...I'm sorry I've been AWOL until now. It's crunch time at my work and I'll probably be working alllll weekend. <br />You all have such great insights and it's amazing how different we are as writers. I think I could write about a lot of painful experiences except those which might cause pain to my family or leave them with a sense of betrayal. No amount of writing is worth that to me. Some situations you couldn't disguise enough. Thanks for all your wonderful comments.Debbie Fuller Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09174333267329587740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-39716886845913430352013-06-07T12:56:02.416-07:002013-06-07T12:56:02.416-07:00I've connected with many characters over the y...I've connected with many characters over the years. I love this topic of digging down deep when writing. But I wonder, am I the only one who actually wants to use my fiction writing to explore those emotions? Most of the story ideas I've had so far have all centered around things I have experienced and want to explore through a fictional character.<br />I'm looking forward to being able to flesh out a story that deals with all the issues I've kept bottled up inside.<br />hmmm I guess I'm the odd ball out. Should have known something was off with me when I used to watch "touched by an Angel" just so I could get a good cry.<br /><br />heheJosey Bozzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01726048506211545721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-52402863016681728242013-06-07T12:50:49.924-07:002013-06-07T12:50:49.924-07:00Susie I'm like that too...no idea what I'm...Susie I'm like that too...no idea what I'm feeling sometimes until I write it down...<br /><br />Debbie I once read a book where the narrator laid out so perfectly the pain/emotional state of the main character that I was dumbfounded to the point of speechlessness. The writer had opened my own soul back to me. It was wildly confronting, and if I could have stopped reading right there and then I would have put the book in the garbage and never looked at it again. Unfortunately though (or perhaps fortunately) my curiosity overcame everything, and I read it - tried to skim read it so as not to get too involved - as quickly as I could to the end. I'll never forget that book. It changed my life. <br />Funny how novels can do that. Megan Sayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15410068162701570057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-59421074087156720682013-06-07T10:26:22.074-07:002013-06-07T10:26:22.074-07:00Reading "This Much I Know is True" by Wa...Reading "This Much I Know is True" by Wally Lamb helped me process at least part of the pain of my childhood. Through the character's anger, I was able to better understand my own. <br /><br />I'm one who had a difficult time experiencing emotions unless I write them. Maybe that makes me a little "off"...but it's how my emotions function. I realized that the other day, especially. A friend of mine died in a pretty horrible way. I couldn't seem to mourn him until I wrote about it. Then the mourning let loose and I felt like I was healing. <br /><br />I don't know how to detach my writing from my emotions/pain. I wish I could write a cute little story about a dog...one who DOESN'T die in the end. Susie Finkbeinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02134090068018561836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-29280278681936847292013-06-07T09:37:54.606-07:002013-06-07T09:37:54.606-07:00Latayne, some things take time. It may not be wis...Latayne, some things take time. It may not be wise to poke and prod and reopen a wound while it needs time to heal. Hugs or blessings or whatever you need most today.<br />Cherry Odelberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18129695440875981426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-25042992648963664062013-06-07T09:35:27.260-07:002013-06-07T09:35:27.260-07:00"The trouble is that I clean up the bad thing... "The trouble is that I clean up the bad things before they get onto the paper. I don't really want to remember them. I want to move past them to the place where I'm recovered and can look back with compassion, comfortably removed a safe distance away..."<br /><br />I want to have it all figured out so I appear wise and together. Above all, to avoid the embarrassment of getting it wrong and in print:)Cherry Odelberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18129695440875981426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-80622544652531154372013-06-07T09:32:41.033-07:002013-06-07T09:32:41.033-07:00Y'all are really pushing us to dig deep this w...Y'all are really pushing us to dig deep this week, aren't you!<br /><br />I need this. <br /><br />Thanks, Debbie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-51116931413939508622013-06-07T07:43:08.571-07:002013-06-07T07:43:08.571-07:00Guess I'm a fraidy-cat. I just can't write...Guess I'm a fraidy-cat. I just can't write about the most painful things I'm experiencing. (Quite a change since I've always been able to do that.)<br /><br />Thank you, Debbie, for this post. Made me uncomfortable-- in a good way. <br /><br />You are a terrific writer. <br /><br />Latayne C. Scottnoreply@blogger.com