tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post6643480007134427641..comments2024-03-28T02:36:55.037-04:00Comments on Brooklyn Arden: A Ramble: The Elements of Writerly Talent and ImprovementCherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972029478350879112noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-44352927812999001722014-12-31T09:49:33.379-05:002014-12-31T09:49:33.379-05:00Thank you for giving us so much insight as to the ...Thank you for giving us so much insight as to the ways we need to look at our writing and the need of perseverance to get it right. Kim Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03686041771130427327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-73258204600029972132014-12-28T04:11:29.208-05:002014-12-28T04:11:29.208-05:00I've been thinking about exactly these things ...I've been thinking about exactly these things as I'm between projects myself and reflecting on what to work on next. Your thoughts on choosing right material and hewing to ones overall purpose are particularly helpful.<br /><br />I would add to your list the critical element of support and I'd divide that into physical support and personal support. Physical support would include a decent education, a physical space in which to work and the basic materials: computer, paper, internet connection, reference materials etc. And perhaps most of all time in which to work and a means to live for the many years it will take to hone the craft of writing before one can make a living at it. For most this is a matter of 2 or more decades. <br /><br />Personal support would include at least one other kindred spirit with which to share, not manuscripts for critique, but the uniquely personal and emotionally taxing process of story-making. I don't know anyone who survives a career in the arts with out such a helper. Most of us need far more than that, a larger family circle that values literature, access to affordable health care, and a national culture that defends intellectual property. <br /><br /><br />Rosanne Parryhttp://www.rosanneparry.omnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-57071054273906335852014-12-27T13:42:26.374-05:002014-12-27T13:42:26.374-05:00Thank you for this highly informative and enjoyabl...Thank you for this highly informative and enjoyable piece of writerly advice. Excellent stuff.Rose Chandler Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014106518104955864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-54614860651422582072014-12-25T19:38:40.924-05:002014-12-25T19:38:40.924-05:00What a great entry. There is so much writing advic...What a great entry. There is so much writing advice on the internet-both good and bad-that it can end up sounding repetitive, but your writing has given me a lot to do and think about. Thank you for the quality information.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07894492207282728003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-76122733926184983722014-12-24T10:46:31.565-05:002014-12-24T10:46:31.565-05:00Even when self-publishing, a good editor is essent...Even when self-publishing, a good editor is essential to developing a writer. If there were any alternatives, I would have found them because a professional editor with a good bit of experience is very expensive. But every time I get back the editor comments it's like taking college course. The one I just got back is so detailed it probably would qualify as two college courses. Rusty Bieselehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14712589878687793602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-15522571020072718662014-12-22T11:51:21.828-05:002014-12-22T11:51:21.828-05:00This is so instructive, a good and useful list to ...This is so instructive, a good and useful list to return to for guidance & nourishment: What aspect of my craft and life as a writer might I turn to next? What have I been leading with recently? What have I been neglecting?Anne Sibley O'Brienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07084188995698656091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-21380827321888392672014-12-22T09:12:35.826-05:002014-12-22T09:12:35.826-05:00Thank you, Cheryl. As always, sharing your insight...Thank you, Cheryl. As always, sharing your insights about writing give me much to think about. Love the observing people bit. Some people just "pop," like the little boy in concert who stomped his feet, dropped his music, stared at the ceiling, and whom the woman sitting next to me "wanted to kill" because he should know better. Then there were TWO people to observe! Now to translate that into writing...someday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com