tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561827139818452407.post6969160858104541474..comments2023-08-10T03:35:55.682-07:00Comments on The Prosers: In Which I Go Back To High SchoolSheena Boekweghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08227547053651725634noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561827139818452407.post-85494334699092234492012-11-25T19:46:15.956-08:002012-11-25T19:46:15.956-08:00Isn't there a quote about how being a writer i...Isn't there a quote about how being a writer is like having homework every day for the rest of your life. Great post.Sheena Boekweghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08227547053651725634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561827139818452407.post-35614095445814390192012-11-17T07:37:36.039-08:002012-11-17T07:37:36.039-08:00MaryAnn--An equation about the conservation of mas...MaryAnn--An equation about the conservation of mass applied to creativity would be brilliant! That could be a whole blog post all by itself. I love it! Melanie Crousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10353025724182677932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561827139818452407.post-25994707682725967502012-11-17T07:35:29.202-08:002012-11-17T07:35:29.202-08:00I love it when a blog post gets such interesting c...I love it when a blog post gets such interesting comments! That's when I feel successful. Sarah--Having never read much about fan-fic, I hadn't thought about how this quote would fit there, and yet it makes total sense. <br /><br />I'm glad I'm not the only one who starts writing and realizes the backstory is the interesting part (by, like, a GENERATION. :) Or more.)Melanie Crousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10353025724182677932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561827139818452407.post-18963913728670453402012-11-17T07:31:57.428-08:002012-11-17T07:31:57.428-08:00I just looked it up on amazon, and ended up buying...I just looked it up on amazon, and ended up buying it for .99. It sounds very interesting, and I'm surprised I haven't heard of it before! Thanks.Melanie Crousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10353025724182677932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561827139818452407.post-55738615200947154522012-11-16T21:53:38.336-08:002012-11-16T21:53:38.336-08:00Sarah that was my interpretation too. I thought i...Sarah that was my interpretation too. I thought it was about where ideas come from and how they all build on what has come before. In my nerdiness, I kind of see it as a conservation of mass applied to creativity. Ideas cannot be created or destroyed but can come together in different ways and change form. I think we've already established that I'm a huge nerd. :)<br /><br />But I can totally see how the quote can be applied to backstory too. If a story is to really have depth, there will always be something that happened before that lead to the story, and that can make figuring out the line where the story really starts problematic. And sometimes that stuff that came before starts seeming more interesting than the story you are writing, but that is another whole topic. :)<br /><br />Very interesting post, and thanks for doing all the googling for me. I've never heard of the Columbus and the egg story.<br /><br /> MaryAnn Popehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08618345950149423623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561827139818452407.post-68336255713924339592012-11-16T18:48:17.126-08:002012-11-16T18:48:17.126-08:00Melanie, what an interesting discussion. I definit...Melanie, what an interesting discussion. I definitely interpret the quote as being more about ideas piggybacking on existing ideas, but then again I've read far too many online debates (translation: rage-fests) about fan fiction lately so my mind is primed for that interpretation.<br /><br />But on to backstory: I struggle so much with backstory because every detail I invent brings up a new question, which brings up a new detail, which eventually leaves me wondering if I started my novel too late... by, like, a GENERATION. It can be turtles all the way to infinity if you keep looking :)<br /><br /><br />Sarah McCanlesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05692009969291537927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561827139818452407.post-80304858607559847452012-11-16T18:17:37.971-08:002012-11-16T18:17:37.971-08:00Your blog post about beginning reminded me of a fa...Your blog post about beginning reminded me of a fascinating book--Tristram Shandy. Tristram begins his story by saying that he's going to tell you the story of his life beginning with his birth. But then, he has to tell the reader something else first--for context, etc. The novel becomes an entire series of digressions. At the end of the novel Tristram is born, but by then you already know the story of his entire life. Extremely clever and witty--and the beginning is the end. :)Connie Kellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774616533630985219noreply@blogger.com