tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post1632494135572683326..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Living narrative: N M BrowneUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-71752793989688453112010-11-29T22:30:26.854+00:002010-11-29T22:30:26.854+00:00This is so funny. I used to do this too. If I'...This is so funny. I used to do this too. If I'd been steeping in a particular author, say Jane Austen, I'd narrate my life in my head in their style and voice.Leilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02890097085059764567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-46865357410745980752010-11-23T11:29:14.067+00:002010-11-23T11:29:14.067+00:00Does anyone else have a version of this which invo...Does anyone else have a version of this which involves being in a kind of ongoing movie? I used to feel this a great deal when I was very young and before I became a writer. Now, indeed as everyone says, it's very hard not to see things 'fictionally.' One's supposed to carry a notebook and write down any insights this process reveals, isn't one? I have the notebooks but they are full of lists of things to do, mostly!adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-50191109260955440322010-11-22T22:23:51.263+00:002010-11-22T22:23:51.263+00:00I've done this all my life, including the case...I've done this all my life, including the cases Charlie describes. It's something we are stuck with.<br /><br />I thought everyone did it until I had 3 children and only the oldest did it - she's the writer.Mary Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-76097176384569384472010-11-22T19:31:59.889+00:002010-11-22T19:31:59.889+00:00Fascinating! I've always wondered if any narra...Fascinating! I've always wondered if any narrative voice is fake: a constant internal monologue can't be healthy. I enjoy life most when lost in a swirl of wordless activity, and certainly not when trying to dissect my every move in mental chatter.Andrew Stronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875188855955154864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-7288873338468629492010-11-22T15:12:34.515+00:002010-11-22T15:12:34.515+00:00Great post Nicky and yes Charlie I remember throwi...Great post Nicky and yes Charlie I remember throwing my sister ashes out over the sea and 'seeing' it inside my head. Afterwards I felt that twinge of guilt. Are we two people? Thin-skinned? ...feel too much... as well as thick-skinned? ...able to remove ourselves and see from outside ourselves? I do believe you still live in narrative Nicky otherwise you wouldn't be writing... or you'd be writing horribly commercial stuff that has no N M Browne stamp on it.Dianne Hofmeyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222157214605257030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-43041324050474020032010-11-22T14:51:06.570+00:002010-11-22T14:51:06.570+00:00I've had that too. I think I don't mind, e...I've had that too. I think I don't mind, except when it narrates moments that you'd rather be wholly "inside". To be telling someone you love them, or standing beside your father's open coffin, and have some little cerebral secretary writing down exactly what you're feeling and doing, makes one feel terribly shallow.Cathy Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03838615971611193743noreply@blogger.com