[stylist] writing about blindness

[Donna Hill]

Aziza,
I agree.  I write enough about blindness in my nonfiction work.  I do 
have a major character in my fantasy novel who is blind, but I don't do 
it much in my short stories.  Putting labels like denial on this sort of 
thing is fruitless.  After all, one could just as easily say that 
someone who is blind and writes about blindness is obsessed or 
wallowing.  Just write what's in your heart to write.
Donna

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Aziza wrote:
> I don't write about being blind either. I mean unless it's my 
> articles. But when I write storries, all my characters can see, and 
> have other problems they must overcome in their lives.
> I don't think it's denial at all.
> Aziza
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>> I'm not in denial nor do I ignore the fact that I do have a handicap 
>> that I have to overcome on a daily basis.  However, when I am writing 
>> I seem to go into a different world.  I write about people who are 
>> ill, some of my characters die and others fall into the clutches of 
>> bad people.  If I say that blindness bores me, you might come out 
>> with an arms length of causes for my symptoms.  However, a person 
>> does not necessarily want to write about those things they live with 
>> and rise above on a daily basis.  I am fat.  Writing about being fat 
>> falls under the same category as blind. Live with it.  Fight against 
>> it as much as possible, but it shouldn't dominate every facet of your 
>> life.  Again, you may think I'm in some kind of denial, but I'm not.  
>> I won't drive a car into a crowd, try sewing a garment while it is on 
>> the back of my would be victim and I won't pretend to read the paper 
>> when I can't even make out one picture in the blasted thing.  Judith
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