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Aha, so I am not in the greats but drinking at The Bunch of Grapes!
posted by
Azur
on August 10, 2005 at 5:24 AM
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Sorry MayB, it was a typo - what I meant to say was that 'You're up there with the grapes' - meaning, you're pissed (again) {LARDYCAKE @ my own wit}
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on August 10, 2005 at 5:21 AM
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Thanks JohnMcNab, clearly I must stick with the facts ;-)
posted by
Azur
on August 10, 2005 at 5:15 AM
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MayB
It's good to see you back, and your love post had a ring of authenticity - which could mean you are an excellent writer, of course.
posted by
johnmacnab
on August 10, 2005 at 5:07 AM
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You say it was true. . ,
but, how can we be sure???!! *grin*
posted by
Joe_Love
on August 8, 2005 at 7:31 PM
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MayB, that book is not an easy one to read.
Unless you like the self-indulgent and rambling writings of a gay former science fiction prodigy who lately teaches.
posted by
majroj
on August 8, 2005 at 12:34 PM
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MayB,
I think all good writing has some grain of fact to it. AND, all good writing is surrounded by embellishment. As you said, passion in a narrative is so important...
posted by
NCwriter
on August 8, 2005 at 6:58 AM
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LOL - I'm glad it was a true story...
It felt like it was! And yes, it would make a good base for some chick-lit as well!
posted by
littlemspickles
on August 8, 2005 at 5:52 AM
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Dave Cryer, thanks -- flattery like that always goes a long way. I try to take heed of what the greats say
posted by
Azur
on August 8, 2005 at 3:14 AM
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MayB - you're up there with the greats, I reckon
Many writers do say this. Last one I heard was when I watched a prog on Roald Dahl recently where he was talking about 'Boy' and 'Going Solo'. He said the very same stuff. So you're up there with the greats, MayB.
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on August 8, 2005 at 2:15 AM
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Benzinha, thanks, it was/is possible alright. Thanks for your comment. There is nothing I want to do more than write
posted by
Azur
on August 7, 2005 at 10:31 PM
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MayB, true or untrue, the feelings expressed and the circumstances
were all 'possible' and maybe even previously experienced by the reader and so, become real.
You captured an tiny moment of soft sizzle and wrote so well about it.
posted by
benzinha
on August 7, 2005 at 10:09 PM
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MayB
Good point you make luv. 
I wrote a piece of fcition though in a blog here a few weeks ago and then had to say later that it was fiction.
But, I did need the facts of the location and situation I was fictionalizing. 
posted by
WileyJohn
on August 7, 2005 at 8:56 PM
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and thanks for your kind remark
posted by
Azur
on August 7, 2005 at 7:55 PM
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Ms N Dependence, I think that we can apply real emotions and events to any kind of writing, well not my boring newspaper articles, but any other kind of writing
posted by
Azur
on August 7, 2005 at 7:54 PM
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It is odd QuirkyAlone. The author had written about a blue dress being stolen. She made this part up but one of the women the book was based upon spoke of how she remembered the blue dress and it being stolen.
This author wrote about something catastrophic which had happened in her life. First she wrote it as a novel and later as a memoir. Both were published I was thinking about you when I learned that.
posted by
Azur
on August 7, 2005 at 7:52 PM
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Your posts
are always so very insightful. I try even when writing in anger or humor to be true to the facts. I regard my blogs as me recording a bit of my history.
posted by
Transcendental_Child
on August 7, 2005 at 7:45 PM
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It's funny how some people, no matter what is actually written in black and white, see it the way they want to see it. And I find it really strange that they remembered things that did not happen!
posted by
Julia.
on August 7, 2005 at 7:45 PM
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Majroj, that book sounds good - I checked out some Amazon reviews. It is funny how far away our perceptions travel from the truth.
posted by
Azur
on August 7, 2005 at 7:33 PM
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"The Motion of Light In Water" by Samuel R. Delaney...
includes the aspect of exactly how far away from others' recollections, or even the truth, ones own memories and interpretations of the past can become, including when one is writing.
And I'm glad it was true.
posted by
majroj
on August 7, 2005 at 6:14 PM
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Sometimes we need to take ourselves into that experience word.smith
posted by
Azur
on August 7, 2005 at 5:46 PM
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MayB,
I believe that I wirte a better story when I have experienced some of what I'm writing about. It makes the story more realistic.
posted by
word.smith
on August 7, 2005 at 5:35 PM
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JimsonWeed, that is where the great novelists show their gift isn't it?
They use their legs and walk the walk and use their eyes and ears
posted by
Azur
on August 7, 2005 at 4:24 PM
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MilitaryWife, we don't have to treat it like an examination do we? We can construct stories and that's the fun
posted by
Azur
on August 7, 2005 at 3:23 PM
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Thansk MerryAnne, your comment gives me heart to explore that kind of thing more
posted by
Azur
on August 7, 2005 at 3:22 PM
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Thanks Anthony although I have to say that sticking to facts if you're experimenting with writing fiction is not necessary
posted by
Azur
on August 7, 2005 at 3:21 PM
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Well MayB
glad your back, and I loved the previous post.
posted by
MerryAnne
on August 7, 2005 at 2:05 PM
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MayB
Good to read ya luv and sticking to the facts is good.
posted by
WileyJohn
on August 7, 2005 at 12:48 PM
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I don't think it always matters. Sometimes just making someone feel good about themselves it good enough.
In general I stick to facts but when writing something in the form of a story...I seldom call it fact and I write the story with some facts being true others only true in my imagination.
posted by
Bel_
on August 7, 2005 at 12:09 PM
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Very Good...
I think that without an experience even remotely close to what a writer is writing it would be impossible to make a work authentic. Good post. Like you said a work would become a mere statement of facts without.
posted by
SomeoneElse
on August 7, 2005 at 11:36 AM
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Ca88andra, actors must have to find the nearest thing in their experience and many do research don't they?
posted by
Azur
on August 7, 2005 at 10:24 AM
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Tapsel-T, I know. Writing is work isn't it? There is no getting away from it.
posted by
Azur
on August 7, 2005 at 10:23 AM
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Cynthia, I think that on some level we must feel it. Authentic? Yes. We must be in the world of our characters/ subjects. I think that people sometimes confuse authenticity with listing the facts
posted by
Azur
on August 7, 2005 at 9:30 AM
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MayB, every artist, no matter what the medium
has to base their work on life experience. How it gets transformed is another thing. Does it feel authentic? That's a question I always ask myself...
posted by
Cynthia
on August 7, 2005 at 8:58 AM
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MayB, passion in "every line" is a hard row to hoe.
posted by
TAPS.
on August 7, 2005 at 6:43 AM
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It is said that the best writers write from experience, just as the best actors draw from their experience in order to portray emotions.
posted by
Ca88andra
on August 7, 2005 at 6:09 AM
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