tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post6737193232023789279..comments2024-03-28T10:41:26.999-06:00Comments on Blood-Red Pencil: What Is Your Story?Danihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471919576687777886noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-14544879888338873212014-04-20T11:29:25.802-06:002014-04-20T11:29:25.802-06:00When I'm writing, I try to get inside the char...When I'm writing, I try to get inside the character's head and write from her POV. But I think we, as writers, put a bit of ourselves in every character.Helen Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-58736888328595732852014-04-19T12:14:06.332-06:002014-04-19T12:14:06.332-06:00It turns out Jen is on her honeymoon, so wasn'...It turns out Jen is on her honeymoon, so wasn't able to stop by. Hope she's having a grand time!Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14471919576687777886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-3600561868133909462014-04-18T17:02:02.657-06:002014-04-18T17:02:02.657-06:00Great analogy about your knee--it's so true ho...Great analogy about your knee--it's so true how we can jump to conclusions based on not very much!Heidiwriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02593338979995203659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-11246989425138315402014-04-18T09:11:08.550-06:002014-04-18T09:11:08.550-06:00Some 400 billion bits of info per second? No wonde...Some 400 billion bits of info per second? No wonder I'm tired! <br /><br />Seriously, I have noted that my characters—good and bad—reflect qualities, attitudes, strengths, weaknesses, etc., that in some way are mine. This must be part of writing what I know, feel, am comfortable with.<br /><br />What an interesting post, Jennifer! Thanks for sharing it, Dani. :-)Linda Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16056682992943171805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-41415810026394591822014-04-18T09:04:17.128-06:002014-04-18T09:04:17.128-06:00Wow ... I feel like I just had my poor, little min...Wow ... I feel like I just had my poor, little mind blown.Christopher Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03667548312923348614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-31397067333216409302014-04-18T08:28:59.197-06:002014-04-18T08:28:59.197-06:00And for any woman who journals, this book is simpl...And for any woman who journals, this book is simply a joy to hold and jump into! I love day books anyway, and this interactive one is simply lush. It even has a ribbon marker. How classy is that?Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14471919576687777886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-84918594748753903572014-04-18T08:10:53.973-06:002014-04-18T08:10:53.973-06:00Our internal narrative is the most important conve...Our internal narrative is the most important conversation we'll ever have.Diana Hurwitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18216220574149672733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-63973278702028978252014-04-18T07:13:03.268-06:002014-04-18T07:13:03.268-06:00I agree with Stuart. Very thought provoking and en...I agree with Stuart. Very thought provoking and enlightening article. Your post is really all about looking at things in a negative way--I know people who do that as a rule--or looking at life in a positive way. One way or the other can be the difference between sickness or health. Attitude, it's all about attitude. I see parts of myself in all my characters. That's an inevitable part of writing. Polly Iyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05729656119287702191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-15514546760013990772014-04-18T01:02:13.234-06:002014-04-18T01:02:13.234-06:00As a writer of fiction, Jennifer, I make an attemp...As a writer of fiction, Jennifer, I make an attempt to inhabit the personal worlds of the characters I invent. This means I have to empathise with many different points of view, which makes 'certainty' and 'conviction' difficult, of course. So, I can be a Muslim woman, then an unsophisticated hunter, a bacterium, a man of letters; in fact, anything I want to be, when I'm writing. But what you're saying here suggests that every manifestation I create is in some way layered with my own lens, my own perceptions, experiences, prejudices and knowledge. That, of course, makes sense. Which leads me to wonder if it is that individual story that is 'me' that separates my writing from others, in the same way that their individual stories separate their writing from everyone else's? Is it our unique take on life that allows us to create our unique depiction of imaginary situations and people?<br />Thank you for a thought provoking post, Jennifer.stuartaken.nethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05695584662320617659noreply@blogger.com