Comments on: What you leave out

By: Mark Holtzen

Mark Holtzen — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:50:38 +0000

I enjoyed this post as well. I just received some edits from a friend–tough edits (that will make a better book), so I’m finding myself staring at things on my desk. I think one more day of letting his comments filter through my brain, then the fixes that are collecting in my head will start to make it onto the screen. Until then it’s nice to read useful blog posts such as this. I love to read poetry so your #2 resonated with me. I think a scene has to capture a mood in a way that a poet does in a poem. At some point I read a poet who said a poem was capturing how one person feels (or what it’s like to be them) at one particular moment on earth. Or Billy Collins says it’s trying to capture a feeling there isn’t a word for in the dictionary. Isn’t that what a good scene does?

By: Avi

Avi — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 21:16:28 +0000

Thank you!
avi

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 12:57:34 +0000

I love the suggestion of taking the three different kinds of courses to learn writing. Especially now, when so many writers are encouraged or desire to blog. Is a blog just an online diary or is it a form of journalism? Just sampling a few different blogs will show what a wide range of styles there are. I appreciate how focused and succinct your posts are–always enjoy reading them, even if I don’t comment.