tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336775205213401378.post7152889984767069417..comments2023-06-05T05:10:41.865-05:00Comments on My Writing Loft: A Raging Poet's Guide to AmbiguityKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01709542174278486434noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336775205213401378.post-9267350118828212472011-08-07T22:57:11.006-05:002011-08-07T22:57:11.006-05:00I find your titles of your works in progress inter...I find your titles of your works in progress interesting! Sounds like some great reads brewing!Shauna Renee'https://www.blogger.com/profile/17708088343838291339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336775205213401378.post-13731829153622823592011-07-25T15:46:29.251-05:002011-07-25T15:46:29.251-05:00I wrote a lot of poetry in high school. I still ha...I wrote a lot of poetry in high school. I still have the sketchbook I wrote the poems in. I think they started in 1984 or 1985? They're SOOOOO bad! But it was a great outlet. I think they were imitations of the style I'd seen in Seventeen magazine, but I didn't really even know what real problems were! Most of them centered around heartbreak and "love," as if I knew what that was back then!Stephanie Farishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461865229341760836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336775205213401378.post-12193898719641886372011-07-22T11:46:29.019-05:002011-07-22T11:46:29.019-05:00Bare the soul while looking everyone directly in t...Bare the soul while looking everyone directly in the eye. No censor. No political correctness. No fear. Spit at their feet if you must and bury it in fiction.Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02950803966621256709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336775205213401378.post-51557546965820530922011-07-18T15:17:17.256-05:002011-07-18T15:17:17.256-05:00Thanks for your kind comments, Shauna. I'm gla...Thanks for your kind comments, Shauna. I'm glad you enjoy reading. I'm so sorry to hear that the busyness and circumstances of life are keeping you away from your writing. That sure can be frustrating. Now I look back and think about how much easier this would have been if I'd taken what I thought was just a petty hobby twenty-five years ago and chose that as my college focus. <br /><br />I hope I am on those bookshelves in the future. I'm sure working on it. My confidence level is a whole 'nother issue. I wonder if ANY writer ever feels like they are good enough for that next step in their writing journey.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01709542174278486434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336775205213401378.post-46852359666959510942011-07-18T12:34:40.338-05:002011-07-18T12:34:40.338-05:00Is neither a choice? I have a hard time writing fi...Is neither a choice? I have a hard time writing fiction because I like facts. Love reading fiction, love reading everyone else's stories, but it's just difficult for me to come up with something that isn't directly related to my experiences. I'm definitely not a poet, either. <br />I think another reason I struggle with fiction is because my mother always read too much into what I wrote as a kid. If she overheard my "plays" I'd do with my friends outside, or read something and took it personally, she'd go off on me. So I learned to channel my writing in other ways; term papers, research projects, scrapbooking. When I was in the Apprentice Course, I thought I would reconnect with my creativity; but my heart went out of it when I found out Mom was going through her old scrapbooks from years ago, letters, anything that might have something I'd find later and use for stories--AND THROWING IT AWAY because heaven forbid I tell any family secrets. (I doubt there's anything that truly that shocking to me after 30 years of nursing, but it was anathema to her for anyone to discuss it.)<br />So now I'm trying to regroup and figure out what I'm really supposed to be doing. Along with continuing with the rest of my duties as wife and mother, which is pretty time-consuming. I just don't have 200% to give anymore. <br />I continue to follow your blog when I get a few minutes and admire you for continuing your writing journey. I think you have a lot of talent and I will definitely be keeping an eye out on the bookshelves for you in the future!Shauna Renee'https://www.blogger.com/profile/17708088343838291339noreply@blogger.com