tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post3713462827655378552..comments2024-03-29T06:57:01.951-05:00Comments on The Storyteller's Inkpot: Writing as TherapyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-47232639977789534772010-08-02T13:19:33.752-05:002010-08-02T13:19:33.752-05:00Yes, therapy. Insight therapy. It's why I writ...Yes, therapy. Insight therapy. It's why I write. To find answers to questions that elude me no matter how hard I think or bang my head against the wall. But when I write stories... when I seek to discover what my character wants, how he or will get what he wants... Aha! Answers.<br /><br />The author's hidden treasure.Danettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00267400410101887031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-86982636887298424182010-07-31T09:18:29.523-05:002010-07-31T09:18:29.523-05:00Yes, Naomi's play (to play) was an awesome les...Yes, Naomi's play (to play) was an awesome lesson (and experience) for all of us. <br /><br />And by all means, write more books, Molly:)Kelly Eastonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13409037341580163662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-33950832286777629502010-07-30T20:28:38.194-05:002010-07-30T20:28:38.194-05:00Such wonderful thoughts, Kelly, and all so true. ...Such wonderful thoughts, Kelly, and all so true. And the mystery that when we (I guess I ought to say I) write I don't always see the feeling. I think I'm writing about one intellectual thing and it turns out I'm writing about something completely different...an emotion! But the question lingers for me, when is the right time to acknowledge those feelings? In the muddling middle? At the end? In revision? (Perhaps never)And then again, there's such freedom when one is done with that feeling in that book. I have to write more books to have an answer to that.molly b. burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03244578003834630167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-91486039573481021082010-07-30T15:06:07.606-05:002010-07-30T15:06:07.606-05:00And of course, we can't forget Naomi's won...And of course, we can't forget Naomi's wonderful theatrical performance that reminded us to allow ourselves to play on the page! <br /><br />And the extra gift we have (that some writers do not), is our wonderful community that gives us the opportunity to laugh, cry, contemplate--and play--together!Debra McArthurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07434251789378141335noreply@blogger.com