tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post2616315255191879566..comments2023-06-25T11:24:57.244+01:00Comments on fairyhedgehog: Writing about lifefairyhedgehoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14141089706966852951noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-57276968804532494432008-04-16T14:06:00.000+01:002008-04-16T14:06:00.000+01:00Tim, you are so funny. I'm glad that sudden death ...Tim, you are so funny. I'm glad that sudden death didn't rescue you from the awfulness and that today your book is opening up for you.<BR/><BR/>I did read your blog with the comments from The Eleventh Hour. Some of them were a bit advanced for me but I take the point about working from details. <BR/><BR/>At the moment, I'm just trying to get anything down on the basis that at least I'll have something to edit later. (Thanks to the wonderful advice to writers on your website.)fairyhedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141089706966852951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-38206174086251265862008-04-16T12:14:00.000+01:002008-04-16T12:14:00.000+01:00Yes, it made me feel better, although I'm not posi...Yes, it made me feel better, although I'm not positive whether sudden death might also have made me feel better.<BR/><BR/>I think your point about emotional impact is very important. In the collection of excerpts from THE ELEVENTH HOUR I posted, there's one from Ethan Canin (I think) in which he talks about working from details rather than from an overpowering emotion as a way to experience the emotion as a result of the story rather than as its cause. <BR/><BR/>That's not to say you don't feel strongly about the story you have to tell, but that you work from the concrete rather than from the nebulous. (And, by the way, the book I am/may still be blocked on, opened up quite a bit today. So hooray for me.)<BR/><BR/>Tim HallinanTimothy Hallinanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551263887774445511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-18110078286241169742008-04-12T16:19:00.000+01:002008-04-12T16:19:00.000+01:00His blog is well worth following.As is Backspace! ...His blog is well worth following.<BR/><BR/>As is Backspace! I'm following along, even if I don't comment every time. I love the way you write: it's like a window into your life.fairyhedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141089706966852951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-61386376484704340662008-04-12T16:13:00.000+01:002008-04-12T16:13:00.000+01:00I used to write small "essays" I guess about thing...I used to write small "essays" I guess about things that had happened or were happening which were fun and I think interesting. I'm thinking that may be the route I want to go with Backspace, I'm not sure I'm very good at writing about writing and I don't want to degenerate into complaining about writing all the time. <BR/><BR/>I've added Timothy's blog to my RSS :)Sylviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05925593802209715440noreply@blogger.com