tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post3090487894672110684..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Writing Going Feral: Penny DolanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-111204124150284902010-04-06T11:24:29.678+01:002010-04-06T11:24:29.678+01:00Or even shedding your spelling abilities, it seems...Or even shedding your spelling abilities, it seems. Apologies!<br /><br />Was writing in haste as IT Expert here needed to talk about cars & garages & dates, after my recent gentle scrunch interlude with a school gatepost.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-29274787370137894752010-04-06T10:16:48.615+01:002010-04-06T10:16:48.615+01:00Hmmm - don't think so Elaine. How my morning p...Hmmm - don't think so Elaine. How my morning pages - which are not in a sparkly notebook but a dull black one - work for me is that I write down all sorts of thoughts as they spring to mind - worried about work/loack of work, how I haven't slept, how I have to do x today and can't work out howm and so on and so on. That done, I can shut the pages on all that fretful scum of worries, and put my mind to work true & proper. They are also useful in how many times can you write "must tidy desk" (or similar moaning) before you actually do. Its a way of sheeding that negativity.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-39551289265282281732010-04-05T23:57:18.300+01:002010-04-05T23:57:18.300+01:00My sparkly notebook of lists are full of negativit...My sparkly notebook of lists are full of negativity, did I get the message wrong?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15459671422564355990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-62690591831672336822010-04-05T22:28:43.081+01:002010-04-05T22:28:43.081+01:00Hello Rosalind,
In fact, in the book, Julia Camero...Hello Rosalind,<br />In fact, in the book, Julia Cameron refers to Natalie Goldberg as her very good friend and neighbour down there in Taos, so not maybe not so surprising they feel similar. <br /><br />The "push to do better" emphasis is good, but I find the sense of semi-autobiographical writing they seem to advocate - the using of ones own experiences directly as a basis for ones writing - not how my writing works at all. I find fragments of life surfacing when I'm busy with my fiction, not the other way round. Wonder if that is odd or not?<br /><br />Sue, glad to hear your six fingered words of encouragement about Mouse, though not sure myself.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-83528160795905297522010-04-05T18:56:48.040+01:002010-04-05T18:56:48.040+01:00Julia Cameron's advice sounds very much like N...Julia Cameron's advice sounds very much like Natalie Goldberg's in 'Writing Down the Bones'. This too is very American both in language and lifestyle but I enjoy her tips and often dip into her book for a bit of a telling off like when she tells me to 'Push yourself... sometimes when you think you are done [with your writing] it is just the edge of the beginning.' <br /><br />I love the idea of the 'Artist Date'. I might organise one of those for myself.Rosalind Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05363027308436257933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-25298432958406401932010-04-05T18:12:44.734+01:002010-04-05T18:12:44.734+01:00Definitely. I've cleared my noticeboard and ev...Definitely. I've cleared my noticeboard and everything. And all I know about A Boy Called Mouse is the cover, but I have the feeling it's going to be big - and I was born with six fingers on each hand, so I clearly know stuff!Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-53536485313985849572010-04-05T17:05:25.245+01:002010-04-05T17:05:25.245+01:00Sue, I had never heard of Ursula Le Guin's &qu...Sue, I had never heard of Ursula Le Guin's "Steering the Craft" book before, so maybe that should go on my library list. Thanks! <br /><br />The days just after Easter always feel to me like a time for getting up and getting going, so good luck to us both. <br /><br />(I will try very hard to forget those oddments of Bologna news suggesting that every A-list author is launching a book with themes similar to my own struggling tome.)Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-1272120378571746942010-04-05T16:11:08.332+01:002010-04-05T16:11:08.332+01:00That's funny - I've just been out in the h...That's funny - I've just been out in the hut digging out books about writing - specifically Ursula le Guin's 'Steering the Craft' - and have thoroughly enjoyed doing some of the exercises. AND I found that she told the 'Eats, shoots and leaves' panda story long before Lynne Truss made it famous.<br /><br />Glad you straightened me out about Julia Cameron - always thought she was the photographer! Duh!Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.com