[stylist] Good writing-firewood cutting
James Canaday M.A. N6YR
n6yr at sunflower.com
Thu Feb 26 05:45:48 UTC 2009
yes,
it sounds like you got the luck for chainsaws then.
jc
Jim Canaday M.A.
Lawrence, KS
At 11:42 PM 2/25/2009, you wrote:
>In our family, chainsaws are a big no no. However, the blind person never
>tried, I might be more successful.
>
>Growing up, every time we went out to cut wood, my father ended up in the
>hospital with his back out or something that was cut.
>
>My brother-in-law is not allowed to use any power tools.
>
>Cindy
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org
> > [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Angela fowler
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 10:12 AM
> > To: 'NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List'
> > Subject: Re: [stylist] Good writing-firewood cutting
> >
> >
> > Well, split it anyway. I haven't found anyone with enough
> > guts to teach me how to use a chain saw yet.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org
> > [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of James
> > Canaday M.A. N6YR
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 9:20 PM
> > To: NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [stylist] Good writing-firewood cutting
> >
> > you cut your own firewood? what an excellent woman,
> >
> > I did that too. no fireplace in homes I've lived in in the city. jc
> >
> > Jim Canaday M.A.
> > Lawrence, KS
> >
> >
> > At 09:57 PM 2/24/2009, you wrote:
> > >Good article, Lori. Yes, as Judith said, blind people are
> > just people.
> > >We laugh, cry, get mad and experience happiness just like everyone
> > >else. We are writing to people's perception however. The majority of
> > >people don't know what Judith, I, and so many of you know without
> > >thinking about it. We write to educate people without their knowing
> > >they're being educated. It is the implicit education we
> > engage in every
> > >time someone sees us doing something they didn't think a
> > blind person
> > >could do. When we go to college we achieve this education.
> > When we get
> > >a job, raise our kids, cook, clean, cut firewood, on and on and on.
> > >When we write realistic stories about blind people we educate the
> > >imaginative part of people which drove them to the story in
> > the first
> > >place. When we write true stories about ourselves and our
> > lives, all so
> > much the better.
> > > So what am I, an editorial and analysis writer for the most
> > >part, doing espousing the value of writing stories about
> > blind people?
> > >I know the value of the anecdote, as I use it in my own writing. It
> > >appeals to the emotion, grabs the heart, and so, if used
> > judicially, is
> > >a powerful tool of persuasion.
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org
> > [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> > >Behalf Of LoriStay at aol.com
> > >Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 5:08 PM
> > >To: stylist at nfbnet.org
> > >Subject: [stylist] Good writing
> > >
> > > >From Slate & Style, volume 18, #2, July 2000
> > >
> > >The Purpose of Writing
> > > by Loraine Stayer
> > >
> > >Why do you write? I've no doubt that we each have
> > different reasons for
> > >wanting to put words on paper. For some, writing is a means to earn
> > money.
> > >
> > >Those lucky souls who earn their livelihood at the computer
> > have under
> > >their belts all the tricks of the trade, including
> > marketing, research,
> > >the proper contacts, and a way with words.
> > >
> > >I recently read a short article about genre writing. This involves
> > >tailoring your work to a genre that has a niche already carved out.
> > People
> > >will buy
> > >your work. They will, in fact, clamor for it. On the other hand,
> > writing
> > >
> > >to a formula rarely satisfies the soul. It's a means to an
> > end, not the
> > >end
> > >itself.
> > >
> > >But good writing is an end in itself. Timeless writing
> > will stay in the
> > >minds of the readers, becoming tomorrow's oft quoted nuggets
> > of wisdom,
> > >or if one
> > >is lucky, tomorrow's cliches. What would be an example of
> > good writing?
> > >The
> > >Gettysburg Address springs to mind. The Twenty Third Psalm
> > is another.
> > >Most of the work of Shakespeare falls under this category.
> > >
> > >If you can sell your work, more power to you. If you can
> > produce good
> > >writing and sell yur work, even better. But if you can produce good
> > >writing, sell
> > >your work, and change the world for the better, that would
> > be best of
> > >all.
> > >
> > >Members of the NFB Writers' Division are in the best
> > position to write
> > >about blindness, and to write well enough so that what we
> > write can be
> > >published and
> > >sold. If one searches through the literature for images of
> > blindness,
> > >accuracy is difficult to find. Dr. Jernigan told us in his
> > banquet speech
> > >at the
> > >NFB National Convention in 1974 (Blindness, Is Literature
> > Against Us?) that
> > >damaging stereotypes of blindness abound in published
> > fiction. Here and
> > >there
> > >one can find exceptions, but one needs to search.
> > >
> > >We need to change this. The way to do it is to sit down and list
> > >situations
> > >in our own lives and write about them honestly. Were they
> > funny? Were
> > >they painful? Do they illustrate some truth about
> > blindness that doesn't
> > >fall
> > >into a stereotype? What did the situations lead to? This
> > isn't genre
> > >writing, and it may not make us a great deal of hard cash,
> > but writing
> > >truth that springs from our lives will produce work that is
> > original and
> > honest.
> > >
> > >Where can we publish our stories? Slate & Style will
> > consider them under
> > >2000 words. NFB's Kernel Book series (now ended, sorry folks) such
> > >stories.
> > >If we were lucky enough to get into a Kernel Book, our
> > stories would be
> > >read by
> > >many more people than the number who read Slate & Style. It's even
> > >possible
> > >that the story will appear in The Braille Monitor, or in Future
> > Reflections.
> > >
> > >Is the story universal enough? Blindness alone won't
> > interest commercial
> > >publishers, sad to say. Is there romance, or adventure? Is there
> > danger?
> > >
> > >Did we solve problems that anyone might have? Will our
> > stories interest
> > >people who are not blind?
> > >
> > >I think sometimes a danger exists that in the interest of getting
> > >published, or piquing the imagintion of the average reader,
> > we may buy into
> > fantasies
> > >that in the long run can be damaging. The blind person as
> > super-man, for
> > >example: A super sense of hearing, or a super sense of
> > smell. Sure,
> > some
> > >people
> > >have great hearing, and some people have sensitive noses,
> > but blindness
> > >doesn't cause these characteristics.
> > >
> > >Some year ago, I read a story about a blind detective named
> > Longstreet.
> > >His
> > >abilities were phenomenal. They were not, however,
> > realistic. Could a
> > >blind person be a private detective? Certainly, bearing in
> > mind that
> > >alternative techniques would be brought into play. But
> > rarely do these
> > >alternative
> > >techniques have supernatural qualities.
> > >
> > >Would such a story sell? Yes it would. Are you a real
> > life detective?
> > >For heaven's sake, write about it! How do you do your
> > work? Inquiring
> > >minds
> > >want to know.
> > >
> > >At a recent NFB chapter meeting, one of our members asked, "How do we
> > >educated the public?" My answer was, "One person at a
> > time." That is
> > >true of
> > >personal contact. But if we can write, then we can educate
> > the public in
> > >bulk.
> > >
> > >It's not a genre. It may not make you rich. But I bet it
> > will be good
> > >writing. It certainly will serve a purpose. It certainly
> > will improve
> > >our
> > >lives.
> > >
> > >What are you waiting for?
> > >**
> > >
> > >
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