tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post6580664602852580200..comments2024-02-12T17:59:33.534-06:00Comments on RAZORED ZEN: From the Reading about Writing FrontCharles Gramlichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-38745294130276098272007-05-07T13:56:00.000-05:002007-05-07T13:56:00.000-05:00Sometimes I'll be sitting across from my spouse an...Sometimes I'll be sitting across from my spouse and think, "I don't know you at all." It's not a lack of communication or trust, just that I can never know exactly what's going on in that head at any given time. I can guess -- and sometimes I'll even be right -- but I'll never <I>know</I>. It just proves that we are all, in reality, alone. Maybe that's why we write; we're sensitive to this knowledge and want to either 'fix' it, or run from it.AvDBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16574481780173046619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-62191055902670547352007-05-06T06:30:00.000-05:002007-05-06T06:30:00.000-05:00Sort of a God and the Garden irony...Sort of a God and the Garden irony...Bernitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05264585685253812090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-90542624762943623772007-05-05T20:02:00.000-05:002007-05-05T20:02:00.000-05:00We never really know anyone with certainty, do we ...We never really know anyone with certainty, do we Charles? But we know the characters we create when we write-that is, until they get the upper hand and take over. Life-like? We only hope that WE are.<BR/>DonnettaDonnettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14831771508607746472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-54822869510721516012007-05-05T19:00:00.000-05:002007-05-05T19:00:00.000-05:00I have wondered about this and always figured that...I have wondered about this and always figured that good fiction writers were drawing from some part of themselves when developing characters. This, of course, is because I come from the school of thought that none of us are any one thing.<BR/><BR/>Is this the case? I don't really know, but then when I attempt to write fiction much of the time it comes out as fantasy. Nothing feels real. The characters seem like such a stretch.<BR/><BR/>Then I think maybe it's just about being a beginner...how an artist will render a self portrait over and over again until he's ready to look outside him/herself.Susan Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05566328070072489203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-83231164017018858582007-05-05T15:38:00.000-05:002007-05-05T15:38:00.000-05:00You mean you cannot read thoughts?Ah well, the Dar...You mean you cannot read thoughts?<BR/><BR/>Ah well, the Dark Gift is fickle...Steve Malleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17561234111786788616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-56814416616188595842007-05-05T13:07:00.000-05:002007-05-05T13:07:00.000-05:00Exactly! One of the strangest examples of not fath...Exactly! One of the strangest examples of <I>not</I> fathoming people you know for a long time is <I>Grey Gardens</I>, a documentary observing the interplay of people and their many misunderstandings. Byu contrast, it's good to be a writer.Erik Donald Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332500850365598564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-69787418685379149852007-05-05T13:03:00.000-05:002007-05-05T13:03:00.000-05:00I agree. In fiction emtions and everything else is...I agree. In fiction emtions and everything else is revealed to us. It's like a panting almost, or fine tuned music. You can feel the emotion as well as hear and see it. Great post!Lucas Pedersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13072101177732602824noreply@blogger.com