tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423907132654588993.post3871659422109317736..comments2024-03-18T06:27:34.815-04:00Comments on The Alchemy of Writing: Link by LinkBryan Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09555071335245492790noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423907132654588993.post-85357943012365531782009-12-22T11:02:29.292-05:002009-12-22T11:02:29.292-05:00Oh good, we can still be friends.Oh good, we can still be friends.sarah mccarryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06092116746268072592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423907132654588993.post-3327730080743685352009-12-21T20:14:58.258-05:002009-12-21T20:14:58.258-05:00I am definitely inspired by others' works--bot...I am definitely inspired by others' works--both the substance they contain and sometimes what they lack. When I read a story that touches me I have an intense desire to create something of my own that inspires similar emotions. But often my strongest (and strangest) compulsions to write come from wonderfully weird tangents that could have happened in my favorie stories. I just read in Weird Tales that Lucasfilm authorized someone to write a horror story based in the Star Wars universe--zombies on an haunted Star Destroyer. Someone pinch me...Bookworm1605https://www.blogger.com/profile/12545092958160012589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423907132654588993.post-79101088175910542392009-12-19T08:16:20.469-05:002009-12-19T08:16:20.469-05:00Sort of an interesting off subject, though, Taryn....Sort of an interesting off subject, though, Taryn. Might be a whole post in that idea about the difference between how we and readers will appreciate our stories. Very interesting, indeed. And I've been thinking about it a bit lately because I think it's pretty relevant for the revision process.Bryan Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09555071335245492790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423907132654588993.post-75442085329556223522009-12-19T02:47:20.562-05:002009-12-19T02:47:20.562-05:00Certainly there are those books that re-spark ever...Certainly there are those books that re-spark everything that made me want to write in the first place (usually with their subject matter more than the writing itself) and there are those pieces are . . . almost perfect and then set my mind spinning about how I could write something similar and carry it through differently (though usually the 'differently' gets bigger and bigger with each draft) but sometimes I read a book that is just so wonderful that all I want to really do is look at it and be glad that it exists. Because I know that even if my stories might do that for someone else I'll never be able to enjoy them quite the same way. I'll never be able to see them through a reader's eyes and I'm glad that someone else can write a Masterpiece.<br />That may have gotten a little off subject. . .Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11271149538259398956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423907132654588993.post-48065004687667333862009-12-18T20:21:43.711-05:002009-12-18T20:21:43.711-05:00Well, I just finished a big edit on the Great Nove...Well, I just finished a big edit on the Great Novelish Beast. And I have a bunch of revisions to do on other projects. But I'm also planning out a few skewed short stories which I hope I find the time to write soon... but time is at a premium these days. Must forage for some more where I can.Bryan Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09555071335245492790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423907132654588993.post-10355405487186570522009-12-18T17:02:23.410-05:002009-12-18T17:02:23.410-05:00I would love to see the reality-askew that your gl...I would love to see the reality-askew that your glow-in-the-dark fingers come up with!<br /><br /><i>I might find a story great as a reader without it touching me as a writer.</i><br /><br />I agree. The stories that inspire me as a writer are the ones that touch that <i>thing</i> inside me that makes my mind spin and think and begin to conjure ideas - ideas that become stories that suddenly demand to be told. They are pushy that way, those stories. Inspiration comes from a story with an insightful comment on the human condition, or one that puts people in a situation where they have to make a profound choice. <br /><br /><i>Why did they choose that?</i> My mind spins.<br /><br />Then my fingers itch to get back to the raw storytelling. Not the editing, or the fine-tuning that also has to happen. But the essence - what does the story <i>mean</i>?<br /><br />So, are you charged up and writing?Susan Kaye Quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07348197999397141067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423907132654588993.post-64729306376698949292009-12-18T15:53:47.847-05:002009-12-18T15:53:47.847-05:00I'd have to say yes. My first novel was inspir...I'd have to say yes. My first novel was inspired by a scandinavian folk tale. My second, celebrity gossip. My third, indirectly from another book by a different author. An older, less-known book. I felt the premise was great but was sorely disappointed with the execution. And a few weeks later when I had the idea for my third, I realized it had to have come from that book, even though they're only mildly similar.L. T. Hosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12448176940211118898noreply@blogger.com