tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post19643103361080622..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: Gateway Drugs And Possible EpiphaniesAshe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-49117493310158716622015-05-12T08:23:34.290-04:002015-05-12T08:23:34.290-04:00I'm reading this late (I missed it somehow)—bu...I'm reading this late (I missed it somehow)—but I found it to be a very interesting writing history, with a lot of unusual twists, turns, and touchstones (and I loved the alliteration business!).Jeremy Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01980177431018869829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-62204498106551534192015-05-07T06:23:27.223-04:002015-05-07T06:23:27.223-04:00I sometimes sound a bit smart! But then again, I&#...I sometimes sound a bit smart! But then again, I'm a bass player, not a drummer. Heehee!Willsin Rowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255684467269187446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-30801748262725839992015-05-07T06:22:27.080-04:002015-05-07T06:22:27.080-04:00Forgot to comment when I read this before. I'm...Forgot to comment when I read this before. I'm a big fan of flash for its discipline. No, it's not a seller at all, and I completely understand that. But great flash is brilliant reading.Willsin Rowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255684467269187446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-60284586813892602972015-05-07T06:20:51.021-04:002015-05-07T06:20:51.021-04:00Thank ya, matey!Thank ya, matey!Willsin Rowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255684467269187446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-21137880243225113512015-05-06T20:53:27.160-04:002015-05-06T20:53:27.160-04:00"above all it’s far more a connection than a ..."above all it’s far more a connection than a creation"<br /><br />This is a wise and valuable conclusion to your grownup writer arc. :)Annabeth Leonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07455191827664110878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-14725724430716000672015-05-06T20:53:00.048-04:002015-05-06T20:53:00.048-04:00Yes! I had a lot of fun during our previous flashe...Yes! I had a lot of fun during our previous flasher fortnight. :)Annabeth Leonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07455191827664110878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-36149805692358322552015-05-04T20:02:48.431-04:002015-05-04T20:02:48.431-04:00Welcome to the Grip Willsin. The most important t...Welcome to the Grip Willsin. The most important thing is to love what you do.<br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-31843055429956119092015-05-03T22:15:24.593-04:002015-05-03T22:15:24.593-04:00I would be up for another flasher! I still have a ...I would be up for another flasher! I still have a few that I posted in Erotic Readers & Writers Storytime years ago. Of course, I haven't found anywhere to sell them.Jean Robertahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08805088081675965859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-72819192886913126362015-05-03T10:59:22.386-04:002015-05-03T10:59:22.386-04:00Lisabet says-
It used to be that I found writing &...Lisabet says-<br />It used to be that I found writing "flashers" incredibly difficult. I'd write, then cut. Count. Cut. Count again. <br /><br />Try the opposite way- Write a skeleton but complete scenario, then fill in extra words until you hit the desired word count.Daddy Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927663248424944119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-80987513318535142322015-05-02T23:59:24.739-04:002015-05-02T23:59:24.739-04:00I'm a keen flasher. *cough*I'm a keen flasher. *cough*Willsin Rowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255684467269187446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-38364801598297309582015-05-02T23:59:08.874-04:002015-05-02T23:59:08.874-04:00Oh, I've written a few FF titles before, thoug...Oh, I've written a few FF titles before, though yes, only in recent years. And I had a bunch of my flash stories out in an anthology which...wait for it...BARELY SOLD ANY COPIES! As could be expected.<br /><br />Thank you for the praise on Her Majesty, though. I do maintain its final polish owes a great deal to the editing!Willsin Rowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255684467269187446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-8877598439092587832015-05-02T23:49:06.700-04:002015-05-02T23:49:06.700-04:00Aw, I love pretentiousness, though. And yours are ...Aw, I love pretentiousness, though. And yours are unfailingly delightful and contribute much to the topic, Ms. Mary!Willsin Rowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255684467269187446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-87240805506417635592015-05-02T10:19:34.810-04:002015-05-02T10:19:34.810-04:00I'd be up for it!!!I'd be up for it!!!Daddy Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927663248424944119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-16007847152531398212015-05-02T05:06:41.748-04:002015-05-02T05:06:41.748-04:00Maybe we should do another flasher fortnight somet...Maybe we should do another flasher fortnight sometime soon. Anybody game?Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-45230540547870342132015-05-02T05:06:09.219-04:002015-05-02T05:06:09.219-04:00Last December, we dedicated a fortnight here at th...Last December, we dedicated a fortnight here at the Grip to flash fiction. We also had a topic ("Frustration"). You can see our efforts starting here:<br /><br /> <a href="http://ohgetagrip.blogspot.com/2014/12/recursive-frustration.html" rel="nofollow">http://ohgetagrip.blogspot.com/2014/12/recursive-frustration.html</a><br /><br />It used to be that I found writing "flashers" incredibly difficult. I'd write, then cut. Count. Cut. Count again. Repeat ad nauseum. When we did this exercise, I was startled to discover that it wasn't nearly as hard as I remembered. I suspect this means that I have better control over my writing now. Which is a welcome change, I guess.<br /><br />I didn't realize you'd started writing F/F only recently, or that ERWA was involved. I loved "Her Majesty". I found your female characters strongly believable. <br /><br />Keep writing. Keep learning. That's all any of us can do.<br /><br />And with regard to the need to over-explain, there used to be a guy on ERWA whose tag line was:<br /><br />What you read is not what I wrote. I supply the words. You supply the meaning.<br /><br />A reminder to many of us, I think.Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-60611386776427706182015-05-01T12:56:50.490-04:002015-05-01T12:56:50.490-04:00Go for it, whatever it is, however it will be read...Go for it, whatever it is, however it will be read. Go for it while you still can. Before, as Prufrock also muses, (and I quote roughly, from an aging memory)<br /><br />"I grow old, I grow old,<br />I shalll wear my trousers rolled.<br />Do I dare to eat a peach?<br />I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each...<br />I do not think that they will sing to me."<br /><br />The mermaids do still, occasionally, sing to me, but it's true that I've had to shorten my trousers as gravity whittles away an inch and a half or so from my height.<br /><br />And yes, my typos increase, which is why I deleted my first attempt at this post.Sacchi Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801164916418570059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-86462915382125390072015-05-01T12:54:20.564-04:002015-05-01T12:54:20.564-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Sacchi Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801164916418570059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-10330089286634019252015-05-01T12:51:40.670-04:002015-05-01T12:51:40.670-04:00From time to time there have been some discussion ...From time to time there have been some discussion both here and on ERWA of whether or not flash fiction is of any value at all. I was ERWA flasher editor for several stints and maintain that even though they're not particularly sellable, not everything of value is. Flashers are great exercises in plot structure and economy of words that teach us far beyond the simple flasher. Among other things, the exercise teaches us how few words it *actually* takes to tell a story. <br /><br />And, of course the best flashers are true works of art in themselves.Daddy Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927663248424944119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-69145589836781181882015-05-01T12:24:31.969-04:002015-05-01T12:24:31.969-04:00And, of course, T S Eliot put it far better than I...And, of course, T S Eliot put it far better than I (and possibly, although I would not attempt to judge here, you) when he wrote in the Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock:<br /><br /> And would it have been worth it, after all, <br />Would it have been worth while, <br />After the sunsets and the dooryards and the sprinkled streets, <br />After the novels, after the teacups, after the skirts that trail along the floor— <br />And this, and so much more?— <br />It is impossible to say just what I mean! <br />But as if a magic lantern threw the nerves in patterns on a screen: <br />Would it have been worth while <br />If one, settling a pillow or throwing off a shawl, <br />And turning toward the window, should say: <br /> "That is not it at all, <br /> That is not what I meant, at all." <br /><br />So there we go - my two pieces of pretentiousness for the day.Mary Blackhurst Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16475377044661004712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-20689334569306140462015-05-01T12:19:21.941-04:002015-05-01T12:19:21.941-04:00Or writing is only our own until the moment of rel...Or writing is only our own until the moment of release. Once it is read by another it becomes the property of that other, to interpret as he desires within the context of his own experience. We must relinquish control and trust our words to fly true; always remembering that truth rests in more directions than we can possibly tell.Mary Blackhurst Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16475377044661004712noreply@blogger.com