tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post5932625127420257063..comments2023-11-29T01:47:52.439-07:00Comments on clarity2010: Writing GenresRelax Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-4063557166872778382011-05-05T07:17:56.139-06:002011-05-05T07:17:56.139-06:00"You never used to let me say what I thought...."You never used to let me say what I thought. :)"<br /><br />That doesn't make any damn sense. :) How could I stop you? (Not to mention, why would I want to?) <br /><br />Not that I object to being mellow.Stephanie Barrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772217449161603561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-76624080030783300382011-05-04T21:44:54.382-06:002011-05-04T21:44:54.382-06:00@Stephanie Barr - You are mellowing out, I think. ...@Stephanie Barr - You are mellowing out, I think. You never used to let me say what I thought. :)Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-17842618318178274552011-04-27T20:42:53.882-06:002011-04-27T20:42:53.882-06:00RM, I didn't take it that way at all. I though...RM, I didn't take it that way at all. I thought you were just saying what you liked and more power to you.<br /><br />What a bore it would be if we all had exactly the same tastes, same interests, same thoughts, same beliefs...Stephanie Barrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772217449161603561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-89462485699468283482011-04-27T19:31:02.188-06:002011-04-27T19:31:02.188-06:00@Stephanie Barr- Did you think this song was about...@Stephanie Barr- Did you think this song was about you? Actually it wasn't a rant about fiction, it was a piece that told what I personally like to write and read. I didn't get much into the hazards of narrative nonfiction ("memoirs" are the worst of the lot) and you rightly recognize that much of narrative nonfiction is fiction. Some are the honest lies of a faulty memory, but fiction, nonetheless.<br /><br />@Nilofer - Thank you for visiting. Thank you very much. :)<br /><br />@Sue - You can't stay away for weeks on end and then just stick your head in the door and say hmmmmm as if you read the post. You don't have to change your blogroll. I've decided not to change the actual URL anymore. I may change the title of the blog monthly, though. That will depend on whether or not I come across any interesting pictures I would prefer in my header. I am getting more and more shallow as I go along. I am glad you took that writing course. I hope you taught them a thing or two.Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-87747376652224189322011-04-26T13:58:27.768-06:002011-04-26T13:58:27.768-06:00Hmmmmm..... I'm in between writing classes and...Hmmmmm..... I'm in between writing classes and thought I'd stop by, how appropriate that the day I stop I get another lesson. And what the hell? You changed the name of your blog again? Now I have to change it on my blog roll.....again. You know I don't have time for this.Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10035409330352625930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-16003570035929223222011-04-26T01:05:14.676-06:002011-04-26T01:05:14.676-06:00I am a reading buff too. Can be anything but I jus...I am a reading buff too. Can be anything but I just have to have something to read. Love your blog. Please do visit my blog and leave your footprints behind by posting comments:-<br /><br />http://parentingworkshop.blogspot.com/<br /><br />http://fun-with-mails.blogspot.com/Niloferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05045590705853352139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-13915317761596545542011-04-25T08:45:57.548-06:002011-04-25T08:45:57.548-06:00Agreed. (Calm down, I'm not on meds.)
In fact...Agreed. (Calm down, I'm not on meds.)<br /><br />In fact, a good storyteller is AT LEAST as important - if not more so - for narrative nonfiction than for fiction because they are more restricted. Far too often, a nonfiction writer gets carried away (from the truth) or ends up being dry as dust. That happy medium - entertaining but factual - is a rare but wonderful thing.<br /><br />Although I favor fiction, (including historical fiction if it involves accurate history) I have a few items of narrative fiction with great pleasure, but it's different for me on how I choose. For fiction, I tend to read an author I like to death. For non-fiction, I have to be interested in the person/event beforehand.Stephanie Barrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772217449161603561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-85484979747305743992011-04-24T13:53:33.187-06:002011-04-24T13:53:33.187-06:00Hi, Jeff. I guess I don't like to read the the...Hi, Jeff. I guess I don't like to read the theories that much either. But I do enjoy a good story, fiction or nonfiction, doesn't matter. Thanks.<br /><br />Thank you Adullamite. I really enjoyed your post about the airfields. I hope people go and look at your <a href="http://adullamite.blogspot.com/2011/04/andrewsfield.html" rel="nofollow">blog</a>.Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-59004150555004688892011-04-23T14:22:39.090-06:002011-04-23T14:22:39.090-06:00Indeed! Novels are just stories. Non fiction, well...Indeed! Novels are just stories. Non fiction, well written, is not only readable and enlightening but changes things.Adullamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-54837191611800022462011-04-23T09:52:24.473-06:002011-04-23T09:52:24.473-06:00I’m nearly the opposite; I can only write/read non...I’m nearly the opposite; I can only write/read nonfiction… I am not a big history nut, nor do I need to ponder the un-answerable—now, I do enjoy thinking about it, and maybe even talking about it, I just haven’t found the joy in reading about it… except for you blog that is.<br /><br />I like your opinions and that of you commenter’s, it always worth stopping by here. <br /><br />Thx for the post.Jeff Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00667419764890599092noreply@blogger.com