tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post6508799865181329488..comments2023-12-20T02:09:03.416-06:00Comments on Redemption Road: The Self-Censor; Enemy of the TaleMerry Monteleonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09435956005780500310noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-57164998835081155262007-05-15T10:28:00.000-05:002007-05-15T10:28:00.000-05:00Thanks for stopping, trick and jersey girl!You kno...Thanks for stopping, trick and jersey girl!<BR/><BR/>You know, I haven't read 'Writing Down to the Bones' though I've heard of it and it does sound like a good one... It's funny with the self censorship thing, because it doesn't matter how much your writing reflects your life, people who don't write or understand will assume it's all you... sometimes writers will do the same.<BR/><BR/>In my first fiction writing course we would sit in a circle and read our short stories aloud. Then everyone in the circle would say the thing that struck them most - it's a good way to tell which phrases and descriptions are most evocative... anyway, I wrote a piece from the pov of a male character who was absolutely nothing like me - more than half the comments referred to the character as female - and that from fiction writing students.Merry Monteleonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09435956005780500310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-19453391301609476902007-05-14T16:44:00.000-05:002007-05-14T16:44:00.000-05:00I'm sorry I missed this the first time and appreci...I'm sorry I missed this the first time and appreciate you reposting. It makes me think of Natalie Goldberg's Writing Down the Bones, one of my writing favorites. I definitely think I am much more, um, careful when I write things that my family will see.tripleZmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845220649153131045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-66212974297809883742007-05-12T21:24:00.000-05:002007-05-12T21:24:00.000-05:00Good thoughts, Merry. Thanks for re-posting this c...Good thoughts, Merry. Thanks for re-posting this classic. --MalcolmMalcolm R. Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07840134761199335243noreply@blogger.com