tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post7821384152813273022..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: Writers' MomentsJulia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-18577277574237968392013-03-30T01:20:57.619-04:002013-03-30T01:20:57.619-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-17321279403575530212013-03-29T11:57:19.415-04:002013-03-29T11:57:19.415-04:00Hi Sheila,
We should take a poll maybe? ;-) My o...Hi Sheila,<br />We should take a poll maybe? ;-) My own experience certainly helped with my own kids--I never worried about them playing alone. Of course, some of the things they created were, to say the least, surprising!<br />Yes, Paladin...I remember him well! (We did finally buy a TV.) But on the playground we were more into sports play. I secretly wanted to be Roy Campanella, the Steven M. Moorehttp://stevenmmoore.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-45618491748457944602013-03-29T11:18:13.497-04:002013-03-29T11:18:13.497-04:00Steven, what you said is interesting. I did grow ...Steven, what you said is interesting. I did grow up with television, as did most of my friends, but in our elementary school recesses, we took the characters and created our own stories and acted them out. Of course, those were the cowboy days, so there were lots of horses in our plots--and the people we didn't like got to play the ladies and stay home and cook while the rest of us galloped Sheila Connollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05165644581595919711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-80916099078273883582013-03-29T11:07:13.247-04:002013-03-29T11:07:13.247-04:00It's not just seeing things differently, it...It's not just seeing things differently, it's also seeing them as they are--and recognizing that other people don't!<br />I don't think it's exclusive to writers. It's part of what we call a creative personality. I'll wake up in the middle of the night and jot down some idea that might appear in a story of novel. I used to do the same with an equation or method for Steven M. Moorehttp://stevenmmoore.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-46731662815593967292013-03-29T10:47:29.335-04:002013-03-29T10:47:29.335-04:00Perfect description of the weirdness that goes on ...Perfect description of the weirdness that goes on in a fiction writer's mind. Sandra Parshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-33604735700128615602013-03-29T08:48:58.250-04:002013-03-29T08:48:58.250-04:00This struck a note in me too. thanks. I often get ...This struck a note in me too. thanks. I often get my best plot ideas in the middle of a concert! I always keep pen and paper in my purse and scribble furiously while the music soars! Thelma in ManhattanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com