[stylist] What you experience verses What you read?

[LoriStay at aol.com]

I find it very hard to write fiction about blindness because I tend to go 
off into the philosophy and history of NFB instead of my own experience.   I 
have had to junk at least one of my books because of this.
It probably isn't all that uncommon.
Lori

In a message dated 4/18/09 9:21:54 PM, dreamavdb at googlemail.com writes:


> I'm wondering about this question after rereading my other book 'a
> deafblind girl". I find it a lot harder then 'demon decendants' which
> is curious as the main character in 'A deafblind girl' is herself
> deafblind (as in hard of hearing and low vision). Her sister Zohara is
> profoundly deafblind. I know how that works too but I'm finding the
> chapter from her point of view very difficult to write so I am really
> wondering how much of our writing come from what we read rather when
> what we experience personally?
> 
> Helene
> 
> _
> 




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