Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(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, Dec 11 2013
Living as we ought to write
I had a chance recemtly to preach, so to speak, to someone who was going through a series of decisions. I resisted, remembering that a good storyteller remains committed to telling the story without injecting the writer's own moral viewpoint. When I resisted being an "expert" in this particular case, my friend and I became free to share as peers, rather than one of us assuming we knew more, knew better, than the other. Good storytelling technique, it turns out, can also serve writers well in day-to-day life.
posted at: 06:34 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
I had a chance recemtly to preach, so to speak, to someone who was going through a series of decisions. I resisted, remembering that a good storyteller remains committed to telling the story without injecting the writer's own moral viewpoint. When I resisted being an "expert" in this particular case, my friend and I became free to share as peers, rather than one of us assuming we knew more, knew better, than the other. Good storytelling technique, it turns out, can also serve writers well in day-to-day life.
posted at: 06:34 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
