tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6967308592064240861.post6812133770507003053..comments2023-10-25T03:32:06.815-07:00Comments on brian's blog: Diary of a Writer: lightning,lightning bugs, Twain, Madness of ArtBrian Yanskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338795130182877245noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6967308592064240861.post-49569616185586962472009-06-08T06:07:50.552-07:002009-06-08T06:07:50.552-07:00I agree, Taylor. All those choices. It's hard ...I agree, Taylor. All those choices. It's hard and sometimes intimidating because each choice gives and takes away things.Brian Yanskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16338795130182877245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6967308592064240861.post-1599707619933971962009-06-07T20:39:44.261-07:002009-06-07T20:39:44.261-07:00Like this entry to. Lightning strike analogy makes...Like this entry to. Lightning strike analogy makes me think of the thought I often have that there are a million ways to write part of the novel, but only one right way. Unfortunately for those of us who write novels we can't just wait for the right way to come to us, but we have to work to find it (Though thankfully it does sometimes just hit us like lightning).Taylor K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03154871212197584947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6967308592064240861.post-26248733425212018922009-06-07T05:23:21.710-07:002009-06-07T05:23:21.710-07:00Well put. That moving from strike to strike seems ...Well put. That moving from strike to strike seems one distinction between the poet and novelist to me. Thanks for stopping by.Brian Yanskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16338795130182877245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6967308592064240861.post-6663338814458544882009-06-06T16:06:17.772-07:002009-06-06T16:06:17.772-07:00Brian, I think novelists just tromp through the ra...Brian, I think novelists just tromp through the rain, holding on to metal rods or hanging out under trees, hoping for the strike of lightning, but getting out there every rain storm. And sometimes we get the lightning and sometimes we don't, but we keep putting words on the page, we keep getting wet. I think novels have flashes of lightning, strokes of brilliance, words that get you in the gut or make you smile or cry. And then there are the other parts, that are just as important, that move the reader, and the writer, from strike to strike.<br /><br />Love your blog posts, enjoyed stopping and thinking a while . . .<br />MeredithUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09619445887766434241noreply@blogger.com