tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post1381194884129418263..comments2024-02-05T10:41:31.777-05:00Comments on I Saw Lightning Fall: Give Me a ReasonLoren Eatonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-73929716402108313462009-08-20T15:25:53.291-04:002009-08-20T15:25:53.291-04:00You are very, very kind, Tony. Alas, I compare my ...You are very, very kind, Tony. Alas, I compare my writing process to digging your way out of Alcatraz with a spoon.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-19280218625396057192009-08-20T14:27:54.930-04:002009-08-20T14:27:54.930-04:00Ha, well I just assumed that you were writing in a...Ha, well I just assumed that you were writing in a passionate frenzy... typos be damned! Anyway, you've have a pretty consistent record for having a nice blog, in both senses of the word. One typo just shows you're still human.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07879197963843630757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-44031675086273765592009-08-19T22:07:39.579-04:002009-08-19T22:07:39.579-04:00Wait, are you talking about little old me?Wait, are you talking about little old <i>me</i>?Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-49049566724954740622009-08-19T22:05:19.711-04:002009-08-19T22:05:19.711-04:00I saw the typo. I hid it away in my heart to bette...I saw the typo. I hid it away in my heart to better cherish the mortality of the fount of golden knowledge. All the gods have feet of clay, etcetera.B. Nagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620736939701035617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-81703219139853712862009-08-19T21:30:36.221-04:002009-08-19T21:30:36.221-04:00If you accept that the goal of the written symbol ...<i>If you accept that the goal of the written symbol is communication, that pile of pulsing, bouncing hyperactive emotion does not work.</i><br /><br />B.,<br /><br />Yup. It always frustrates me when people say they write out of "self expression." Such stuff often ends up being boring and indulgent. If literature is about universal human experience, we should be trying to get into the heads of others, so to speak, not try to get them into ours.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-55214792777057085272009-08-19T21:27:37.918-04:002009-08-19T21:27:37.918-04:00Tony,
What if you write not only for accolades fr...Tony,<br /><br />What if you write not only for accolades from others, but also to prove to yourself that you <i>can</i>, only you notice hours after you pushed the "Publish" button that there's a typo in the title and IT MAKES THE VOICES IN YOUR HEAD START SCREAMING AT YOU AGAIN?!?!!1!<br /><br />This is, of course, entirely hypothetical ...Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-89354495341105550842009-08-19T20:06:12.327-04:002009-08-19T20:06:12.327-04:00I remember writing like that. I still do sometimes...I remember writing like that. I still do sometimes. It's just that, well, that sort of writing is raw and unpolished and chaotic. <br /><br />If you accept that the goal of the written symbol is communication, that pile of pulsing, bouncing hyperactive emotion does not work.<br /><br />We have to learn to craft our output, to polish our tenses, to focus our intensity.<br /><br />I write because I am in love with words and language and the way things sound. I also write because I don't think on my feet quickly enough to be a public speaker.B. Nagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620736939701035617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-56245085135743475482009-08-19T18:38:27.859-04:002009-08-19T18:38:27.859-04:00What if you write because you're compulsive an...What if you write because you're compulsive and neurotic, and only the process of writing in a tempest of furious absolution can exorcise those demons welling up inside?<br /><br />Not that this is my case, personally. I write EXCLUSIVELY for profit, thank you very much.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07879197963843630757noreply@blogger.com