[stylist] Something to ponder

[vejas]

Good point.  I think it goes different ways with different 
people.
Some people are able to read or talk with someone about a 
situation they haven't gone through, and still be able to write 
about it, but others can't.
A writer came into our English class and told us something very 
interesting.  He said that he wanted his book to take place in 
the Netherlands.  So he travelled to the Netherlands and found 
out what he needed to know about the people, etc.
After he came back, though, he felt like he was interferring with 
the culture and still didn't know enough about it, so he set his 
story in Hollywood.
So I don't think there's one true answer to this question.
Vejas

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com
To: <stylist at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:02:33 -0600
Subject: [stylist] Something to ponder

For argument's sake, how do you tap into emotions and experiences 
you
haven't dealt with or met people who have dealt with them and 
shared
their experiences with you? And can your story have true depth 
without a
personal connection to emotions, thoughts and feelings? Can 
research
alone replicate certain emotions and experiences?

Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter, editor, Slate & Style
Read my blog at:
http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/

"If we discover a desire within us that nothing in this world can
satisfy, we should begin to wonder if perhaps we were created for
another world."
C.  S.  Lewis

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Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2012 13:38:14 -0800
From: vejas <brlsurfer at gmail.com
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Subject: Re: [stylist] Something to ponder
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I disagree with this statement because I feel that writing is a
part of living.  You don't have to do lots of great things in
your life to be a writer.
Vejas


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