Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Wed, Apr 28 2004
Real Fiction Calls For Real Talk
I always have an interesting time handling the more earthy bits of dialogue and prose in a fictional story, so I appreciated Faith in Fiction's discussion of such things. It's always tough to figure out how to incorporate words and actions appropriate to a character and setting that are neither gratuitous in range and frequency, nor are conspicuously whitewashed and censored in tone. An extreme position of one or the other could cause me to lose either the story or the reader. Neither of those ideas smacks of integrity or a sense of true success. Either extreme could result in this writer selling out in favor of false standards, or, bluntly put, lying. And I've grown to realize that I'd rather make a mistake trying for truth than to cheat with an outright lie.
posted at: 17:21 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
I always have an interesting time handling the more earthy bits of dialogue and prose in a fictional story, so I appreciated Faith in Fiction's discussion of such things. It's always tough to figure out how to incorporate words and actions appropriate to a character and setting that are neither gratuitous in range and frequency, nor are conspicuously whitewashed and censored in tone. An extreme position of one or the other could cause me to lose either the story or the reader. Neither of those ideas smacks of integrity or a sense of true success. Either extreme could result in this writer selling out in favor of false standards, or, bluntly put, lying. And I've grown to realize that I'd rather make a mistake trying for truth than to cheat with an outright lie.
posted at: 17:21 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
The Very Helpful Memes List
I've just added the Memes List from I Am Pariah to the Writers Resources list. It's a quick fill-in for bloggers who need something to fill space once in awhile when non-cyberspace living prevents extensive browsing for topics on which to comment.
posted at: 09:40 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
I've just added the Memes List from I Am Pariah to the Writers Resources list. It's a quick fill-in for bloggers who need something to fill space once in awhile when non-cyberspace living prevents extensive browsing for topics on which to comment.
posted at: 09:40 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
