the id, the ego, & the single misfiring brain cell - Latest Comments on day 5 of 30: yes, i'm still doing this thing https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/index.php?disp=comments en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 Jam [Visitor] in response to: day 5 of 30: yes, i'm still doing this thing Tue, 12 Aug 2014 03:00:18 +0000 Jam [Visitor] c85667@https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/ <p>I just wrote a 650 word short story for an event that is not depressing! I can send it to you if you want. (it is a children&#8217;s story tho&#8217; if that doesn&#8217;t count&#8230;?)</p> <p>Next time I read (or write) a short story that is not melancholy/depressing I will remember this and pass it on to you&#8230; I can&#8217;t personally remember any right now but I read a LOT of short stories (not so much anymore but def. in the past) so they&#8217;re all kinda blurring together in my head right now&#8230;</p> I just wrote a 650 word short story for an event that is not depressing! I can send it to you if you want. (it is a children’s story tho’ if that doesn’t count…?)

Next time I read (or write) a short story that is not melancholy/depressing I will remember this and pass it on to you… I can’t personally remember any right now but I read a LOT of short stories (not so much anymore but def. in the past) so they’re all kinda blurring together in my head right now…

]]> https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/index.php/2014/08/09/day-5-of-30-yes#c85667 Aunt Bann [Visitor] in response to: day 5 of 30: yes, i'm still doing this thing Sun, 10 Aug 2014 03:53:33 +0000 Aunt Bann [Visitor] c85666@https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/ <p>Well, I&#8217;ve written a few short stories, but most of them have a good ending. But that may just mean they aren&#8217;t good, period!</p> Well, I’ve written a few short stories, but most of them have a good ending. But that may just mean they aren’t good, period!

]]> https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/index.php/2014/08/09/day-5-of-30-yes#c85666 admin [Member] in response to: day 5 of 30: yes, i'm still doing this thing Sat, 09 Aug 2014 21:16:46 +0000 [Member] c85665@https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/ <p>I like her already. </p> <p>d</p> I like her already.

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]]> https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/index.php/2014/08/09/day-5-of-30-yes#c85665 Hinermad [Visitor] in response to: day 5 of 30: yes, i'm still doing this thing Sat, 09 Aug 2014 18:06:29 +0000 Hinermad [Visitor] c85664@https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/ <p>Diana,</p> <p>Maybe misery loves company? Or maybe authors don&#8217;t know how to write about happy? The tortured artist stereotype had to have come from somewhere.</p> <p>This reminds me of a line Lois McMaster Bujold (fantasy and SF author) has used in interviews and &#8220;meet the author&#8221; discussions at conventions:</p> <p>&#8220;&#8230;when I think about the reader at all. I prefer to imagine Ms. Average Reader as a 40-year-old children&#8217;s cancer hospice nurse just home from a bad day at work. She doesn&#8217;t need me (or any other wittering writer) to teach her all about the human condition. She needs someone to hand her a drink.&#8221;</p> <p>Dave</p> Diana,

Maybe misery loves company? Or maybe authors don’t know how to write about happy? The tortured artist stereotype had to have come from somewhere.

This reminds me of a line Lois McMaster Bujold (fantasy and SF author) has used in interviews and “meet the author” discussions at conventions:

“…when I think about the reader at all. I prefer to imagine Ms. Average Reader as a 40-year-old children’s cancer hospice nurse just home from a bad day at work. She doesn’t need me (or any other wittering writer) to teach her all about the human condition. She needs someone to hand her a drink.”

Dave

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