tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post3041508356045748560..comments2023-10-09T07:04:49.539-07:00Comments on Writing: At last, an entry that matches the titlefranzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02400212989359954521noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post-18254741009499322772008-02-12T18:22:00.000-08:002008-02-12T18:22:00.000-08:00Oh Geez Franzy and River, I'm getting all teary no...Oh Geez Franzy and River, I'm getting all teary now!Kath Locketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09677312773827236567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post-53393105521695508262008-02-11T22:47:00.000-08:002008-02-11T22:47:00.000-08:00GTH:- Is that by any chance the Port Pirie smeltin...GTH:- Is that by any chance the Port Pirie smelting works?Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post-87560540662631614822008-02-11T22:39:00.000-08:002008-02-11T22:39:00.000-08:00Milly:- what Franzy said. The talent is there. I'm...Milly:- what Franzy said. The talent is there. I'm completely talentless and even I can see it.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post-38536211269128558252008-02-11T18:00:00.000-08:002008-02-11T18:00:00.000-08:00Actually, I don't agree with you, Milly. You're no...Actually, I don't agree with you, Milly. You're not poncy and up-your-own-arse. That's not what I meant at all by selfish and self-absorbed. You're a thoughtful and dedicated writer. The things you write are truly worthy to be read and enjoyed by other people. They are stimulating!<BR/>Poncy and uparseiness denotes a definite delusion of own one's own character; the idea that one's ideas are worth more to others than they really are. A writer <I>knows</I> exactly what their ideas are worth and works hard at their craft to make them worthy.<BR/>Milly - your ideas are worth something. That's why I keep coming back to read them, even if they are continuously self-deprecating and ultra-wary of the tall-poppy tag. Break through that. You deserve to avail yourself of the outward confidence that the inner confidence which makes you write provides. You don't need to defend yourself any more!franzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02400212989359954521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post-59305932101274642022008-02-11T17:51:00.000-08:002008-02-11T17:51:00.000-08:00Getting closer ...I have a tip for you re: noteboo...Getting closer ...<BR/><BR/>I have a tip for you re: notebook/wankerism. You have a mobile phone. Write out in text what you want to note down and simply save it as a draft on your phone. I do it all the time. It's often quite a delight to come back to those little saved pieces and discover "The essential selfish nature of process governs human understanding and comprehension of our own world".<BR/>I only have the faintest inkling of what I meant.franzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02400212989359954521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post-46128998476240695082008-02-11T17:44:00.000-08:002008-02-11T17:44:00.000-08:00The scintillating sights of Whyalla?Agree with you...The scintillating sights of Whyalla?<BR/><BR/>Agree with you completely Franzy re writing. I'm poncy and up-my-own-arse enough to have a little notebook with me, to jot down ideas. Trouble is, I'm too afraid of being seen as a self-absorbed wanker to ever remember to use the damn thing.Kath Locketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09677312773827236567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post-30945882373272266932008-02-11T15:16:00.000-08:002008-02-11T15:16:00.000-08:00Hell yes, that's what I'm talking about!Another ve...Hell yes, that's what I'm talking about!<BR/>Another version is that book that was famous a couple of years ago that was about the composer who was off in the woods somewhere, writing the best symphony of his life, divine inspiration, all that shit, really putting down tunes, and he hears a woman getting raped. Only thing is that he knows that if doesn't write down this last couple of lines, he won't remember them well and they'll be gone for good. On the other hand, this woman is screaming and getting assaulted ...<BR/>So he finishes the symphony, then goes to the aid of the woman.<BR/>I don't know how they made a whole frigging book out of it though. Seems like the end of the story to me there.franzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02400212989359954521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post-42024030454921755232008-02-11T11:46:00.000-08:002008-02-11T11:46:00.000-08:00I dimly remember a case that's exactly what you're...I dimly remember a case that's exactly what you're referring to, franzy, but the one I remember clearly is Peter Kenna, playwright of A Hard God fame and also an actor (I saw him as the journalist in Dimboola). He said that when his mother died he rushed from her bedside to the bathroom mirror so he could see what his face looked like in the first moment of intense grief.Jonathan Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09578332677544175692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post-86992545370701391132008-02-11T07:59:00.000-08:002008-02-11T07:59:00.000-08:00A little clue is that I personally take every Gues...A little clue is that I personally take every Guess The Header photo. Another clue is that Shippy will probably get this one.franzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02400212989359954521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post-67015589457026113492008-02-11T05:36:00.000-08:002008-02-11T05:36:00.000-08:00GTH = Cover photo from Prowlin' Wolf's "Smokestack...GTH = Cover photo from Prowlin' Wolf's "Smokestack Lighting"?Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02181649233291697602noreply@blogger.com