tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post8283952560719830772..comments2024-03-28T06:59:34.982-06:00Comments on Blood-Red Pencil: Break Writer's Block with Flash FictionDanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471919576687777886noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-41273020327687024572012-05-29T17:44:36.572-06:002012-05-29T17:44:36.572-06:00LOL Kathryn. I can just picture that.
Linda, I...LOL Kathryn. I can just picture that.<br /><br />Linda, I'm sure it does work when done subconsciously, but you may find the therapeutic value is enhanced when it's used deliberately.<br /><br />Maryann, that's good advice, too. I love to write characters who are different to me, so that I can work through issues from a completely different perspective or figure out how to approach a situation as a stronger person.Elle Carter Nealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02266309723919011181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-28149990904721567092012-05-29T07:13:25.004-06:002012-05-29T07:13:25.004-06:00Good advice, Elle. My novels have been spurred in ...Good advice, Elle. My novels have been spurred in part by my need to work through some social issue. Early on in my writing I realized that my characters were too much "me", however, so I had to remind myself to create someone different. The best lesson for that came from acting and directing. I remember actors telling me they could not do something because it just wasn't something they would do. I had to remind them that it wasn't them being asked to do that, it was their character.Maryannwriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479027709233807149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-50723090182523364352012-05-29T07:11:35.039-06:002012-05-29T07:11:35.039-06:00Elle, I had never viewed writing fiction (flash fi...Elle, I had never viewed writing fiction (flash fiction or novels) as therapeutic, but it makes sense. Then I considered an underlying theme of my books -- abuse. My children and I have lived through abuse, been shaped by it, still struggle with its aftereffects. Can fiction writing rival journaling as a coping mechanism to assuage the pain? Perhaps so.<br /><br />Very insightful post. Thank you!Linda Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06686488133905538811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-10919588637197945202012-05-29T04:43:13.922-06:002012-05-29T04:43:13.922-06:00Elle, I do this without realizing it—at least in m...Elle, I do this without realizing it—at least in my head—every time I drive with my husband. If he wasn't so cultured he would definitely be a candidate for road rage! His blood pressure rises as people zip past him, cut him off, fail to stop at stop signs.<br /><br />Since I don't see how getting angry helps the situation at all, I make up little stories as to why those drivers acted that way (can't read English, don't have driver's license, on the lam, having a heart attack, rushing to hospital, etc.). That's my therapy!Kathryn Crafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08371458857187160425noreply@blogger.com