Comments on: A Writer’s Notebook II http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/a-writers-notebook-ii/ Reflections of a working writer and reader Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:55:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Dick http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/a-writers-notebook-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-97029 Dick Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:39:28 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/a-writers-notebook-ii/#comment-97029 Yes. It's from the otherwise entirely mute Lucky's speech. Yes. It’s from the otherwise entirely mute Lucky’s speech.

]]> By: Dick http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/a-writers-notebook-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-96974 Dick Sat, 13 Oct 2007 08:56:56 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/a-writers-notebook-ii/#comment-96974 'God...with a white beard...who from the heights of divine apathia divine athambia divine aphasia loves us dearly...' Beckett's language aspired constantly to silence. And in this case he prefigures your own reflections. <strong>jb says:</strong> Thanks, Dick. Is it from <em>Waiting for Godot</em>? ‘God…with a white beard…who from the heights of divine apathia divine athambia divine aphasia loves us dearly…’ Beckett’s language aspired constantly to silence. And in this case he prefigures your own reflections.

jb says: Thanks, Dick. Is it from Waiting for Godot?

]]> By: Paul http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/a-writers-notebook-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-96971 Paul Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:56:37 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/a-writers-notebook-ii/#comment-96971 john - thanks - something to think about there. john – thanks – something to think about there.

]]> By: Paul http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/a-writers-notebook-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-96970 Paul Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:13:34 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/a-writers-notebook-ii/#comment-96970 Silence also fascinates me in my writing. It has such power in amplifying the emotions that precede it, emphasising moods, exploiting misunderstanding, enticing protagonists into projecting their own feelings and interpretations, shifting emphasis to the setting, exaggerating menace, and deepening romance. Yet silence is so difficult to bring to life and to sustain in writing. <strong>jb says</strong>: I suppose the end of every chapter is a silence; certainly the end of the book. But perhaps we need to work on the endings of our paragraphs, sentences; and what we do when a word is spent? Silence also fascinates me in my writing.
It has such power in amplifying the emotions that precede it, emphasising moods, exploiting misunderstanding, enticing protagonists into projecting their own feelings and interpretations, shifting emphasis to the setting, exaggerating menace, and deepening romance.
Yet silence is so difficult to bring to life and to sustain in writing.

jb says: I suppose the end of every chapter is a silence; certainly the end of the book. But perhaps we need to work on the endings of our paragraphs, sentences; and what we do when a word is spent?

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