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Comment on Wrap Up by Thgirlfromthe blackstormclouds

Thgirlfromthe blackstormclouds — Fri, 20 May 2011 08:57:00 +0000

With each new day we have the chance of making a new beginning. At the turn of each clock hand a perpetual opportunity presents itself, eternally our patient bride waiting for her gold band.

Comment on Wrap Up by Timkeen4o

Timkeen4o — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 01:57:00 +0000

How many people there must be that feel this way. Very haunting this post. I loved it.

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Comment on Wrap Up by J. M. Strother

J. M. Strother — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 15:05:00 +0000

Your writing is always quite evocative, this being no exception. I hope this is indeed not a wrap up and that you continue posting regularly.
~jon

Comment on Authentic Blue Lettering by J. M. Strother

J. M. Strother — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 14:59:00 +0000

Ah yes, we too would get fresh Italian bread usually with roasted sesame seeds on top, and have it with spaghetti and meatballs. This brings back memories for me.
~jon

Comment on Wrap Up by Katee Robert

Katee Robert — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 18:36:00 +0000

Oh wow. I got an intense mental image from this. Nice. Depressing to be sure, but I like it.

Comment on Strangle Me by Jimmy

Jimmy — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 17:22:05 +0000

i enjoy strangling

Comment on Contact by Marijn

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Comment on Strangle Me by chris

chris — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:17:42 +0000

A wonderful [ poem?------- writing ] ; I understand it only too well !

Comment on Flash Writing – Fidelity Immediate by webnh

webnh — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:53:20 +0000

David, glad you dropped by and left a comment. I added the parenthesis around faithfulness just to empathize its meaning. I often use words in unusual contexts and because this was not a story I thought a little help might be warranted. The older I get the more I realize just how much different we all see things.

Comment on Flash Writing – Fidelity Immediate by webnh

webnh — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:40:42 +0000

Anton, I don't think there is any cosmic mathematical one-hundredth monkey formula behind what I'm saying. There may be a bit of a romantic coloring in my desire for people to experiment more, I'll come clean on that part of my motivation. I'm not asking writers to be less bland or less true to their voice, I'm really asking them to consider what may be other sides to their art, other sides they have yet to explore. I confess to feeling silly thinking I have anything to say to any writer other then "experiment with your voice, you might find something quite wonderful." I do think the more we all stretch the better our chance of creating something we can't now conceive (romantic coloring). I see creative momentum sitting on-top a Pivot of Nothingness ( a Zen concept I'm bastardizing) with each moment all possibilities exist waiting to come into existence.

Comment on Flash Writing – Fidelity Immediate by Anton Gully

Anton Gully — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:58:52 +0000

Craig, I'm on message, in theory, but I can't write like that. I can't do poetry either.

Okay, here's my question… how would MORE writers writing experimentally help?

Mathematically, a hundred times as many experimental flash writers won't shift the needle on the scale a fraction. What do you need? A thousand more? A million? More "writers" does not equal more "readers of".

If you can inspire a 100x increase in ANYTHING literary, I will call you God and bask in your glory.

You're not really asking writers to be true to their own voice. Most writers' voices are resolutely mainstream. You're asking them to be less BLAND. Actually LESS true to their own voice.

I'm sweating your balls a little because I like how you write, but, dammit, I really don't agree with you.

So, answer the question… how would more experimental flash writers help?

Comment on Flash Writing – Fidelity Immediate by webnh

webnh — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:00:14 +0000

Hi Marisa glad you stopped by, I too love lingering within a story beyond the end.

Comment on Flash Writing – Fidelity Immediate by webnh

webnh — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:58:38 +0000

Thanks for the comment Laura, indeed plain yogurt is just too much.

Comment on Flash Writing – Fidelity Immediate by webnh

webnh — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:55:31 +0000

Anton thanks for the comments. Indeed there is a dearth of punctuation in the post.. I have to disagree with you that we need less writers following an experimental path, bland sameness is the norm today and we do swim in an "enormous ocean of crap" but if making money is a writers reason for writing then you are correct and they should find what sells and pound it out. I'm not sure how much Joe Normal reads these days but maybe trying new or experimental approaches will incite new readers. Maybe being true to your own voice is more important then making money. Maybe?

Comment on Flash Writing – Fidelity Immediate by David Shrock

David Shrock — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:37:39 +0000

A great goal, indeed. Flash isn't my primary focus, but I like challenges. I also enjoy seeing others meet their challenge. I may never become a master at flash, but I enjoy and appreciate the skills of others. Good luck on meeting your resolution.

Mary, I'm uncertain about "wrong-headed." Writers write for different reasons with varying skill, but I believe most will agree that flash fiction is a different animal from short. And all fiction should move and excite the reader.

I am curious about the inclusion of parenthetical; we know fidelity means faithfulness to a cause, belief.