tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post7194714764902896201..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: Just One Last ThingAshe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-30528219923636443022011-05-21T19:33:44.879-04:002011-05-21T19:33:44.879-04:00Ah, Jo! Another kindred spirit. :-)Ah, Jo! Another kindred spirit. :-)Kristina Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07206629885091637673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-53152312264944002302011-05-21T17:14:59.437-04:002011-05-21T17:14:59.437-04:00I'm delighted to hear this! I talk too much. A...I'm delighted to hear this! I talk too much. And am well used to feeling not-understood, though often the root is my failure to manage to articulate just what I mean - as if the sense of what I'm putting together deep in my head stops short of a certain, conscious articulation. <br /><br />It's very frustrating. <br /><br />having said that, I like writing shorts - I write to much then cull viciously 'til only what's vital is left. I don't believe in applying the same to longer writing though :)Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08988685736635515808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-91620137502658311692011-05-21T15:05:28.577-04:002011-05-21T15:05:28.577-04:00Emerald... I adore your long emails. I feel like y...Emerald... I adore your long emails. I feel like you're a kindred spirit. I will confess... I absolutely hate when I go to scroll down in an email and there's NOTHING to scroll. So sad.<br /><br />On another note, I still love checking the mailbox for real mail, even though no one writes real letters anymore. I love communication, especially with people I adore. ;-)Kristina Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07206629885091637673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-86794634562242910982011-05-21T15:03:23.193-04:002011-05-21T15:03:23.193-04:00Aubrey ~ Good to know I'm not the only writer ...Aubrey ~ Good to know I'm not the only writer with this infliction! ;-) I kind of thought maybe it was the curse of all writers, but I've discovered it's more a personal trait than a creative one. Sigh...Kristina Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07206629885091637673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-6684013481663302072011-05-21T15:02:30.538-04:002011-05-21T15:02:30.538-04:00Lisabet,
I think I've gotten better in my fi...Lisabet, <br /><br />I think I've gotten better in my fiction, though I'm still far too verbose in real life. Oh well...Kristina Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07206629885091637673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-53153206417490083162011-05-21T12:41:48.167-04:002011-05-21T12:41:48.167-04:00Ha—I remember when you told me not to apologize fo...Ha—I remember when you told me not to apologize for sending you such a long email! This lends some insight to the sincerity of that appeal! ;)<br /><br />I relate to a ton of this, especially the feeling of not wanting to be misunderstood and thus feeling compelled to state and restate and express and re-express to make sure what I feel or perceive has been articulated in a way that it would seem very difficult to misinterpret—and then, if it were misinterpreted, that I would feel sincerely that I had been clear and the misinterpretation was not due to my own phrasing or lack of clarifying....<br /><br />Indeed, I've been known to do this in writing too. ;)<br /><br />And ha—yes, I so hear you, Jeremy!<br /><br />Fun post, Kristina. Thanks!<br /><br />XoxoEmeraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00819037087504004841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-58743690324758463472011-05-21T10:27:37.392-04:002011-05-21T10:27:37.392-04:00Hi Kristina,
I felt like you were channeling me f...Hi Kristina,<br /><br />I felt like you were channeling me for a minute. I have the exact same issue. I tried to write a short tryst, max 7000 words. Then it turned into my latest, Fan Mail, which is 35000. The sad part is that now that I reread, I feel like it deserves to be twice as long. Can't stop myself. I'm also a chatty kathy when it comes to IMs, does not help that I type freakishly fast. I hate it when certain apps suspend my IMs until a few seconds go by or the person I'm chatting with says something, lol<br /><br />--AubreyAubrey Leatherwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10376017923687241452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-27997336778136148182011-05-21T03:47:15.251-04:002011-05-21T03:47:15.251-04:00Hello, Kristina,
I have the opposite problem. I t...Hello, Kristina,<br /><br />I have the opposite problem. I tend to end my stories too soon, in my eagerness to be done and get the darn thing submitted. <br /><br />It's quite true, however, that endless reiteration of your points can end up obscuring rather than clarifying them. That isn't the case with this post, though!<br /><br />(Hi, Jeremy!)Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-26150823378790053262011-05-20T21:43:46.167-04:002011-05-20T21:43:46.167-04:00Oh Jeremy, thank you for that! :-)Oh Jeremy, thank you for that! :-)Kristina Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07206629885091637673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-30168791705503494472011-05-20T16:14:27.217-04:002011-05-20T16:14:27.217-04:00And sometimes the e-mail (or blog comment) gets fo...And sometimes the e-mail (or blog comment) gets followed by a second e-mail and even a third e-mail clarifying the ambiguities I've discovered after hitting "send." : )Jeremy Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01980177431018869829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-81706557844775395852011-05-20T16:12:32.119-04:002011-05-20T16:12:32.119-04:00I do not fear silence, but I do fear being misunde...<i>I do not fear silence, but I do fear being misunderstood. Hence the verbosity. I need to explain myself-- again and again, if necessary-- to make absolutely sure I've gotten my point across. I want no mistakes or misunderstandings, I don't want anyone to wonder what I meant by that. I will take a statement and reword it as many times as I have to until I'm sure there is no ambiguity to my meaning.</i><br /><br />I'm just like that, too, in e-mails and such! Sometimes it results in long e-mails, sometimes just in short ones that I've rewritten eight hundred times. : )Jeremy Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01980177431018869829noreply@blogger.com