tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post4113088802095696979..comments2024-01-07T19:22:21.305-06:00Comments on All write with coffee...: Saturday's Writng Quotation ExaminationAnn Elle Altmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02192162600274764681noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-90288924579884802362010-02-16T20:11:51.792-06:002010-02-16T20:11:51.792-06:00Joy, yes, writers have lots of power and need to h...Joy, yes, writers have lots of power and need to handle words carefully.<br /><br />Corra, I think you're right, show the outcome of an action or viewpoint rather than tell.<br /><br />annAnn Elle Altmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02192162600274764681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-39757203466624304022010-02-16T16:06:17.424-06:002010-02-16T16:06:17.424-06:00Oh, love this idea for Saturdays!
I think the qu...Oh, love this idea for Saturdays! <br /><br />I think the quote (and your critique) shows how we can highlight through story what some writers attempt to 'tell' through character preaching. We can 'show' the things upon which we'd like to to shine a light by allowing it to play out for the reader in real-time.<br /><br />I think that's what the author is saying, in part.<br /><br />Intriguing!<br /><br />Corra<br /><br /><a href="http://corramcfeydon.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">from the desk of a writer</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-76856052689906872642010-02-16T13:40:52.165-06:002010-02-16T13:40:52.165-06:00Hi, Ann,
I tried posting a comment at home, but th...Hi, Ann,<br />I tried posting a comment at home, but the word verification wouldn't work. <br /><br />The quote is oh, so true. Writers strive to make the same old, same old fresh and different. And yes, it is a struggle sometimes getting across something new to the reader in such a way that it won't seem weird and way out there. <br /><br />Amazing what we do with words.J.L. Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05666634455836834179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-60788890035305213702010-02-14T20:41:46.468-06:002010-02-14T20:41:46.468-06:00Jim, you make wonderful points. We don't know ...Jim, you make wonderful points. We don't know what the first book children will read and hold on to as fact when they grow up. How important it is for writers to remember that.<br /><br />annAnn Elle Altmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02192162600274764681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-42601986132519462862010-02-14T06:56:51.918-06:002010-02-14T06:56:51.918-06:00There is nothing that hasn’t been written about. A...There is nothing that hasn’t been written about. Accepting that is an important first step as a writer admitting that you have nothing new to say. But someone will read what you have to say first before any of these others. It’s them you write for. You want your particular presentation of the truth to be memorable and to stick. Imagine if <a href="http://www.warpoetry.co.uk/owen1.html" rel="nofollow">‘Dulce et Decorum Est’</a> was the first poem you read about war. Try following that. But if Owen had not written that, ask yourself: What would I have to say on the subject? That’s how I keep going. <br /><br>Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-89847991345444726892010-02-13T19:50:28.284-06:002010-02-13T19:50:28.284-06:00Jemi, I've not heard the quote before today bu...Jemi, I've not heard the quote before today but glad I considered it.<br /><br />Harvee, Yeah, it's a new perspective even for me.<br /><br />Mason, thank you, glad you liked it.<br /><br />Joanne, I think back then, with so many changes in the industrial revolution, and such, many thing needs to be changed.<br /><br />annAnn Elle Altmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02192162600274764681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-20002838829364235132010-02-13T17:33:05.331-06:002010-02-13T17:33:05.331-06:00I often hear that putting a new fresh spin on an o...I often hear that putting a new fresh spin on an old idea is so necessary in writing. I guess that applied in Johnson's time, too!<br /><br />Happy Valentine's Day to you!Joannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03972054718663959694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-63694067898019687992010-02-13T16:21:36.808-06:002010-02-13T16:21:36.808-06:00I like your Saturday quotes. Writers do have a lot...I like your Saturday quotes. Writers do have a lot of power in the way and what they write. Very interesting and informative post.Mason Canyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935307400882363560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-81082776458067549912010-02-13T16:02:16.007-06:002010-02-13T16:02:16.007-06:00There are so many valid points of view on any give...There are so many valid points of view on any given subject or topic. I like to read new perspectives on topics.Harveehttp://bookbirddog.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-5664953917292742392010-02-13T16:00:46.954-06:002010-02-13T16:00:46.954-06:00I like this quote too. There are always new ways t...I like this quote too. There are always new ways to look at things, we just have to let our creativity flow :)Jemi Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02214408467456320167noreply@blogger.com