Comments on: Writing http://jackburnslives.com/blog/2009/06/24/writing/ Social and Environmental Commentary in the Spirit of Edward Abbey Tue, 09 Aug 2011 20:38:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: PRC http://jackburnslives.com/blog/2009/06/24/writing/#comment-326 PRC Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:09:25 +0000 http://jackburnslives.com/blog/?p=907#comment-326 Hell yea! Get out there on the edge and see what there is. There are few moments when we break through the surface of life and really get into the rich current of it- the act of creating is one of them. I'd be a shell of a person without it. So right on, keep fightin' the good fight, look forward to reading about it! Hell yea! Get out there on the edge and see what there is. There are few moments when we break through the surface of life and really get into the rich current of it- the act of creating is one of them. I’d be a shell of a person without it. So right on, keep fightin’ the good fight, look forward to reading about it!

]]> By: Hayduke http://jackburnslives.com/blog/2009/06/24/writing/#comment-325 Hayduke Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:09:29 +0000 http://jackburnslives.com/blog/?p=907#comment-325 Never did care much for poetry, though as I get older I tend to write more in less. Poetry seems so often contrived and "artsy." Can't stand poetry readings. I'm coming to admire Hemingway more. Just tell a good story in short, declarative, positive sentences. Hemingway was a journalist before he became a writer and "bi-polar," if there really is such a thing. Writing a book is damned hard work, tough to get started, then when it takes hold of you, hard to stop. When the characters grab you by the throat and insist their stories be laid out on the page, it's hard to do anything else. Sometimes I wish they'd just go away. Never did care much for poetry, though as I get older I tend to write more in less. Poetry seems so often contrived and “artsy.” Can’t stand poetry readings.

I’m coming to admire Hemingway more. Just tell a good story in short, declarative, positive sentences. Hemingway was a journalist before he became a writer and “bi-polar,” if there really is such a thing.

Writing a book is damned hard work, tough to get started, then when it takes hold of you, hard to stop. When the characters grab you by the throat and insist their stories be laid out on the page, it’s hard to do anything else. Sometimes I wish they’d just go away.

]]> By: poe http://jackburnslives.com/blog/2009/06/24/writing/#comment-324 poe Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:56:10 +0000 http://jackburnslives.com/blog/?p=907#comment-324 Just for fun, pick up "As the World Burns - 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Stay in Denial" - a graphic novel by Derrick Jensen and Stephanie McMillan. Just for fun. Just for fun, pick up “As the World Burns – 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Stay in Denial” – a graphic novel by Derrick Jensen and Stephanie McMillan. Just for fun.

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