tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124799008909325766.post2269928061221160859..comments2023-07-12T07:59:47.173-04:00Comments on A Writer's Journey: Rescue Me…or My Reader.Lyn Fairchild Hawkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13308501118724743991noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124799008909325766.post-59468402092106363152008-09-01T09:11:00.000-04:002008-09-01T09:11:00.000-04:00Hi, Bob,Yes, "tricks" is the word! Someone told me...Hi, Bob,<BR/><BR/>Yes, "tricks" is the word! Someone told me that Annie Dillard once said readers might be surprised at just how "calculating" authors are in setting up story; that when you craft your piece, you have all kinds of nuts, bolts, flying buttresses to keep the thing stable and cohesive (able to withstand temblors and critics), and other intentional strategies to establish character or move the plot along. <BR/><BR/>While we wouldn't do this writing thing without some magic, we need to admit there's a ton of necessary calisthenics and tough love in the process. Maybe I was a nun in another life who "fretted not" in her "convent's narrow room," because to me there's great joy in the solitary, detailed labor.Lyn Fairchild Hawkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13308501118724743991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124799008909325766.post-51120396608009020402008-08-31T22:29:00.000-04:002008-08-31T22:29:00.000-04:00Your hubby might tell you the same thing, but writ...Your hubby might tell you the same thing, but writing, like music, is - or can be - a form of magic. The non-writer tends to think it just comes - from the muse, or by inspiration. <BR/>We artistic types eventually learn there are tricks to draw a reader in, to stir emotions, to prod readers to seek resolution to life's quandaries. But we only learn them with, as you say, butt to chair, fingers to keyboard. After a while they're mundane tools - but at the same time (if done right), they have effects far beyond technicality or discipline.Gridley Fireshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17936267059744060669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124799008909325766.post-80175176819724815292008-08-31T11:01:00.000-04:002008-08-31T11:01:00.000-04:00Thanks! I do want to "essay" on craft for some pub...Thanks! I do want to "essay" on craft for some publications. I also hope to return to the classroom someday and continue to teach creative writing. That's a direct way to make a difference and build a community where the struggle can be transformed to become a supportive and joyful process, whenever possible.Lyn Fairchild Hawkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13308501118724743991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124799008909325766.post-7358294922916272192008-08-31T10:28:00.000-04:002008-08-31T10:28:00.000-04:00Lyn:Your latest post is worthy of submitting to wr...Lyn:<BR/><BR/>Your latest post is worthy of submitting to writer's journals or publications. Is is very pertinent to the struggling writers and authors. Have you thought about that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com