tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4562902658148179903.post2216392884225195743..comments2024-03-03T22:12:54.997-08:00Comments on Living the Journey: Should Writing Be Cathartic?Kate Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16478737570632377733noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4562902658148179903.post-73386218238502206692008-02-11T09:22:00.000-08:002008-02-11T09:22:00.000-08:00Wow, these are great comments, all three of you. ...Wow, these are great comments, all three of you. It seems like we could have a great AWP panel on this. (That is if I felt like bothering!)<BR/><BR/>Yes, I think it does take courage, Collin. And MM, it is often for me, too. <BR/><BR/>Lisa, ME TOO. And the point you make about Alice reminds me a bit of Steinbeck: he worked out a lot of his books in his head for years before setting them down on paper. Although in Journal of Novel--which is about his writing of East of Eden--he makes it clear that at times the characters would have their own way. His surprise.Kate Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16478737570632377733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4562902658148179903.post-91998660011960859512008-02-10T20:12:00.000-08:002008-02-10T20:12:00.000-08:00I adore Alice Sebold, and read "Lucky", and of cou...I adore Alice Sebold, and read "Lucky", and of course "The Lovely Bones"...What an opportunity to speak with her.But I tell ya, I think writing DOES surprise the author, always.There has NEVER been a time that I am writing(blogging, writing memoir, a play, or a poem) that I'm NOT truly surprised, made more aware,or become suddenly "enlightened" by that process--the process of DISCOVERY, inherent in ALL writing.<BR/>Perhaps Ms. Sebold is a bit more evolved than I am--she works it out, then displays it/sets it free-- for that "communion" we get when a connection is made with the reader...Lisa Nanette Allenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15263158091013515471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4562902658148179903.post-85353286810759551992008-02-08T21:26:00.000-08:002008-02-08T21:26:00.000-08:00my writing is therapymy writing is therapyMontgomery Maxtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12802362199202674977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4562902658148179903.post-50366796124530986022008-02-08T15:51:00.000-08:002008-02-08T15:51:00.000-08:00I've worked through plenty of stuff, but only in t...I've worked through plenty of stuff, but only in the last fews have found the words (or maybe the courage) to start committing it to paper.Collin Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03777180960376039699noreply@blogger.com