Comments on: Learning to Write XIV http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/learning-to-write-xiv/ 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: Rod Stewart http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/learning-to-write-xiv/comment-page-1/#comment-18926 Rod Stewart Mon, 25 Dec 2006 02:39:44 +0000 http://www.johnbakersblog.co.uk/learning-to-write-xiv/#comment-18926 Merry Christmas to you and your family John! A lovely prick of inspiration to flesh out one's muse :) May I glimpse along the edge To sense the periphery of glowing doubt Of touching thin translucent film Between the place where I press, And the question where I may wander. To taste a curious wine Leaking through a permeable otherness, A pungent addiction, From which my heart cries To distill a peculiar sweetness, To answer some persistant because :) Merry Christmas to you and your family John! A lovely prick of inspiration to flesh out one’s muse :)

May I glimpse along the edge
To sense the periphery of glowing doubt
Of touching thin translucent film
Between the place where I press,
And the question where I may wander.
To taste a curious wine
Leaking through a permeable otherness,
A pungent addiction,
From which my heart cries
To distill a peculiar sweetness,
To answer some persistant because :)

]]> By: Charlotte http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/learning-to-write-xiv/comment-page-1/#comment-18620 Charlotte Sat, 23 Dec 2006 07:23:20 +0000 http://www.johnbakersblog.co.uk/learning-to-write-xiv/#comment-18620 John, thanks for pointing to exactly where I am with my writing. I have a whole idea, a cast of characters, a plot, but not a SHAPE. That's what's been defeating me thus far, because I don't seem to have the skills to shape my ideas. I see that I need to sit down and battle through it. <strong>jb says</strong>: Hi Charlotte, Yes, it will certainly be a battle. But didn't Borges say something about a battle, a fight, also being a celebration . . . ? John, thanks for pointing to exactly where I am with my writing. I have a whole idea, a cast of characters, a plot, but not a SHAPE. That’s what’s been defeating me thus far, because I don’t seem to have the skills to shape my ideas. I see that I need to sit down and battle through it.

jb says: Hi Charlotte, Yes, it will certainly be a battle. But didn’t Borges say something about a battle, a fight, also being a celebration . . . ?

]]> By: beth http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/learning-to-write-xiv/comment-page-1/#comment-18589 beth Sat, 23 Dec 2006 03:10:42 +0000 http://www.johnbakersblog.co.uk/learning-to-write-xiv/#comment-18589 Fascinating post, John. I'll link to it - have just been musing on my blog about how short blog posts and longer works do or don't feed each other. That was more about non-fiction, but I think the readers will appreciate what you've said here. I certainly do! <strong>Hi Beth</strong>, I'm just glad it was useful. I also read your <a title="cassandra" href="http://cassandrapages.typepad.com/the_cassandra_pages/2006/12/writing_on_3.html" rel="nofollow">recent three pieces</a> on writing and feel that you express something which is a potential problem for all blogging writers. Fascinating post, John. I’ll link to it – have just been musing on my blog about how short blog posts and longer works do or don’t feed each other. That was more about non-fiction, but I think the readers will appreciate what you’ve said here. I certainly do!

Hi Beth, I’m just glad it was useful. I also read your recent three pieces on writing and feel that you express something which is a potential problem for all blogging writers.

]]> By: trevor johnson http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/learning-to-write-xiv/comment-page-1/#comment-18574 trevor johnson Fri, 22 Dec 2006 23:18:13 +0000 http://www.johnbakersblog.co.uk/learning-to-write-xiv/#comment-18574 I just stumbled upon this blog. I've read a few posts on writing but haven't had time to do much more. I bookmarked it though. I haven't tried my hand at writing a novel yet. I was really into screenwriting a couple of years ago, and I sat down one night and started typing -- 21 days later I had a 136 page script -- so I know what you mean by disseminating and reassembling an complex idea. I have to say that a lot changed during the writing. It sort of began writing itself. I've come pretty far since that script, and recently published my first story (actually it posted a week ago). I'm at work on a novella. It's an idea I've had for a year or so, but have been hesitant to begin because I wanted my ability to match the story. I think I'm ready now. Looking forward to reading your views on the writing process. <strong>jb says</strong>: Hi Trevor, good to see you here. Hope you enjoy what you find when you get time to have a good look at the site. I just stumbled upon this blog. I’ve read a few posts on writing but haven’t had time to do much more. I bookmarked it though.

I haven’t tried my hand at writing a novel yet. I was really into screenwriting a couple of years ago, and I sat down one night and started typing — 21 days later I had a 136 page script — so I know what you mean by disseminating and reassembling an complex idea. I have to say that a lot changed during the writing. It sort of began writing itself.

I’ve come pretty far since that script, and recently published my first story (actually it posted a week ago). I’m at work on a novella. It’s an idea I’ve had for a year or so, but have been hesitant to begin because I wanted my ability to match the story. I think I’m ready now.

Looking forward to reading your views on the writing process.

jb says: Hi Trevor, good to see you here. Hope you enjoy what you find when you get time to have a good look at the site.

]]> By: crimeficreader http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/learning-to-write-xiv/comment-page-1/#comment-18515 crimeficreader Fri, 22 Dec 2006 18:51:38 +0000 http://www.johnbakersblog.co.uk/learning-to-write-xiv/#comment-18515 John, I wish you and yours a wonderful Christmas & all the best in 2007! Best always, a crimeficreader <strong>jb says</strong>: And the same to you, Crimeficreader. See you in the new year. Soon. John,
I wish you and yours a wonderful Christmas & all the best in 2007!
Best always,
a crimeficreader

jb says: And the same to you, Crimeficreader. See you in the new year. Soon.

]]> By: Matthew Tiffany http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/learning-to-write-xiv/comment-page-1/#comment-18490 Matthew Tiffany Fri, 22 Dec 2006 15:48:49 +0000 http://www.johnbakersblog.co.uk/learning-to-write-xiv/#comment-18490 I'll second that. I really enjoy the Learning to Write posts, this one in particular. Have a great holiday. <strong>jb says</strong>: You, too, Matthew; it'll go quick and we'll all be back again before you know it. I’ll second that. I really enjoy the Learning to Write posts, this one in particular.

Have a great holiday.

jb says: You, too, Matthew; it’ll go quick and we’ll all be back again before you know it.

]]> By: Martyn http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/learning-to-write-xiv/comment-page-1/#comment-18473 Martyn Fri, 22 Dec 2006 13:42:30 +0000 http://www.johnbakersblog.co.uk/learning-to-write-xiv/#comment-18473 Thanks for that post John. It's very pertinent to where I find myself at the moment. <strong>Hi Martyn</strong>, that's one of the great things about blogging. You put a thought out there and someone's waiting for it. Thanks for that post John. It’s very pertinent to where I find myself at the moment.

Hi Martyn, that’s one of the great things about blogging. You put a thought out there and someone’s waiting for it.

]]>