Comments on: Learning to Write I http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/learning-to-write-i/ Reflections of a working writer and reader Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:37:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Michelle http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/learning-to-write-i/comment-page-1/#comment-103230 Michelle Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:07:37 +0000 http://www.johnbakersblog.co.uk/?p=146#comment-103230 Thank you. I rarely see anything in life a problem, that does not have a solution or an answer. I guess identifying the course one must take to reach the solution is, in many a case the beginining of a journey in itself. Some hunger to reach that destination, during the course of which one may pleasently find others who have already embarked on that journey. From this we can only be thankful for the shared knowledge & experience. Thank you.

I rarely see anything in life a problem, that does not have a solution or an answer. I guess identifying the course one must take to reach the solution is, in many a case the beginining of a journey in itself. Some hunger to reach that destination, during the course of which one may pleasently find others who have already embarked on that journey. From this we can only be thankful for the shared knowledge & experience.

]]> By: Michelle http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/learning-to-write-i/comment-page-1/#comment-103214 Michelle Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:57:05 +0000 http://www.johnbakersblog.co.uk/?p=146#comment-103214 Thank you Mr John Baker, Learning to write I, provided food for thought! I have been writing personally for the last 15 years or so.. or should I say recording accounts of experiences. This morning however, quite like no other sitting with a cuppa in one hand whilst, one finger typing with the other hand... I felt the surge of reason engulf my thinking.. words emerse me into a world that appears as another time & place.. No more of a reason than that to simply write...Oh & maybe the amusement of sharing my many adventures.. te he he.. Alas, I lack the literary skill & poise displayed by many writers that captivate my thinking. I rest in the knowledge of life experiences being a kin to a good book.. and just as tangible... Sorry to waffle.. <strong>jb says</strong>: Fifteen years doing anything will give you an enormous advantage over people who have only been at it for a year or two, Michelle. The thing that usually lets would-be writers down is stamina. But if you can keep it up for fifteen years that's not one of your problems. Thank you Mr John Baker, Learning to write I, provided food for thought!
I have been writing personally for the last 15 years or so.. or should I say recording accounts of experiences.
This morning however, quite like no other sitting with a cuppa in one hand whilst, one finger typing with the other hand… I felt the surge of reason engulf my thinking.. words emerse me into a world that appears as another time & place.. No more of a reason than that to simply write…Oh & maybe the amusement of sharing my many adventures.. te he he..
Alas, I lack the literary skill & poise displayed by many writers that captivate my thinking. I rest in the knowledge of life experiences being a kin to a good book.. and just as tangible…

Sorry to waffle..

jb says: Fifteen years doing anything will give you an enormous advantage over people who have only been at it for a year or two, Michelle. The thing that usually lets would-be writers down is stamina. But if you can keep it up for fifteen years that’s not one of your problems.

]]> By: Michael Parker http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/learning-to-write-i/comment-page-1/#comment-1465 Michael Parker Wed, 14 Jun 2006 04:56:26 +0000 http://www.johnbakersblog.co.uk/?p=146#comment-1465 I love this post, especially the quotes from novels at the end. I love this post, especially the quotes from novels at the end.

]]> By: john baker http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/learning-to-write-i/comment-page-1/#comment-1437 john baker Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:22:29 +0000 http://www.johnbakersblog.co.uk/?p=146#comment-1437 Thanks for the tip. And for calling in. I'll try anything once. Twice. Thanks for the tip. And for calling in. I’ll try anything once. Twice.

]]> By: litlove http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/learning-to-write-i/comment-page-1/#comment-1419 litlove Sun, 11 Jun 2006 19:56:14 +0000 http://www.johnbakersblog.co.uk/?p=146#comment-1419 Some think that the essence of creativity is to find ever more inventive and accurate material representations for the emotions. So if you think of an emotion and imagine what it might look like as a solid, or a liquid, or a person, it gives you a way to play that can be productive. That being said I've only ever written academic texts, and I know I'm no fiction writer. Some think that the essence of creativity is to find ever more inventive and accurate material representations for the emotions. So if you think of an emotion and imagine what it might look like as a solid, or a liquid, or a person, it gives you a way to play that can be productive. That being said I’ve only ever written academic texts, and I know I’m no fiction writer.

]]> By: john baker http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/learning-to-write-i/comment-page-1/#comment-1415 john baker Sun, 11 Jun 2006 14:00:14 +0000 http://www.johnbakersblog.co.uk/?p=146#comment-1415 Not Birkbeck. No, not me. There are several clones of John Baker. And he's not excellent, either. So, wrong on all counts. But thanks for calling by. Nice to meet you. Not excellent but he can be good sometimes. Or so I've heard. Not Birkbeck. No, not me. There are several clones of John Baker. And he’s not excellent, either. So, wrong on all counts.
But thanks for calling by. Nice to meet you.
Not excellent but he can be good sometimes.
Or so I’ve heard.

]]> By: Julia http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/learning-to-write-i/comment-page-1/#comment-1414 Julia Sun, 11 Jun 2006 13:36:33 +0000 http://www.johnbakersblog.co.uk/?p=146#comment-1414 Thanks for this post - I couldn't agree more. You're not the John Baker who taught the excellent 'Poetry & narrative' course I took at Birkbeck a couple of years ago are you? Anyway, really like the blog. Will call back soon. j Thanks for this post – I couldn’t agree more.

You’re not the John Baker who taught the excellent ‘Poetry & narrative’ course I took at Birkbeck a couple of years ago are you?

Anyway, really like the blog. Will call back soon.
j

]]> By: Jennyta http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/learning-to-write-i/comment-page-1/#comment-1399 Jennyta Sat, 10 Jun 2006 12:39:50 +0000 http://www.johnbakersblog.co.uk/?p=146#comment-1399 I too had a story to tell and wrote mine in 50,000 words for the NaNoWriMo challenge 2 years ago (You write a novel of 50,000 words during the month of November and post it in a blog.) At the time it was very therapeutic although, strangely, I found that the characters and storyline developed in ways unforeseen when I started. Since then I have been in the process of redrafting, revising, developing, extending etc and it will soon be finished. Then the fun begins.......... I too had a story to tell and wrote mine in 50,000 words for the NaNoWriMo challenge 2 years ago (You write a novel of 50,000 words during the month of November and post it in a blog.) At the time it was very therapeutic although, strangely, I found that the characters and storyline developed in ways unforeseen when I started. Since then I have been in the process of redrafting, revising, developing, extending etc and it will soon be finished. Then the fun begins……….

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