[stylist] Word choice

[Eve Sanchez]

Bridget, If this was a post on Facebook I would have hit the LIKE button.
;) Eve

On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Bridgit Pollpeter
<bpollpeter at hotmail.com>wrote:

> That I recall, I've never had anyone question this in my writing, but in
> my actual life, it happens all the time. People constantly use terms
> like listening to TV or a book or feeling a book if Braille. Ross and I
> have had people argue with us when we use terms like reading a book or
> watching TV. As Robert says, words are relative, and I agree with Chris
> that I'm not going to slow my writing down or make it clunky just to
> appease certain people.
>
> And, I do look at things even if I can't see them. Had you said he saw
> or was seeing, that may have more of an argument, but to just said he
> looked, well, if his turns that way, that is looking by its definition.
>
> I always, always wonder why people who aren't blind, want to project
> things onto those who are blind, and they insist, but when we, the
> actual blind people, try to set them straight, they refuse to listen;
> they think they are right. I mean, seriously, why?
>
> People really get caught up in this stuff; it's so stupid, LOL!
>
> Sincerely,
> Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
> Read my blog at:
> http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
>
> "History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
> The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 13:18:37 -0500
> From: "Chris Kuell" <ckuell at comcast.net>
> To: <newmanrl at cox.net>, "Writer's Division Mailing List"
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> Subject: Re: [stylist] [word choice & Robert's gratitude submission
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> This is an interesting post, Robert. I've run into similar situations in
> my
> own writing. For example, I belong to a critique group. I submitted a
> chapter of my novel about a blind massage therapist, in which I wrote
> 'Dan
> looked down at his plate, buying time while he thought of an appropriate
>
> response.'
> Several of the sighted folks in the group wrote--how can he look down at
> his
> plate? I understand their point, but I don't really feel like slowing
> the
> action to say that while Dan can't see the plate physically with his
> eyes,
> when he pointed his face toward the plate, what a sighted person would
> call
> looking at it, he saw it in his mind. The chicken to the left side, the
> rice
> and vegetables to the right... and so on. I left it as is, although an
> editor down the line might raise the same exact question.
>
> chris
>
>
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