tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post116082933571724590..comments2024-01-06T00:28:45.062+08:00Comments on Bibliobibuli: Anita Desai's Advice to Writersbibliobibulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1160918661489902392006-10-15T21:24:00.000+08:002006-10-15T21:24:00.000+08:00i just feel a bit ... overwhelmed at times. you di...i just feel a bit ... overwhelmed at times. <BR/><BR/>you did blog for a while last year, anon, and it was good. maybe you do need a space to write your thoughts.bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1160917350323750592006-10-15T21:02:00.000+08:002006-10-15T21:02:00.000+08:00perhaps anonymous, you can still leave comments bu...perhaps anonymous, you can still leave comments but allow others to participate in the discussions. you seem to have a lot to say (!) but this is not your personal sound off box! we can disagree with each other but aiyoh, monologues a bit susah lah.<BR/><BR/>if you can behave, i am sure sharon won't mind. just don't abuse her generousity!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1160910942313498882006-10-15T19:15:00.000+08:002006-10-15T19:15:00.000+08:00k.. I suppose I'll have to do that.k.. I suppose I'll have to do that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1160907606276657812006-10-15T18:20:00.000+08:002006-10-15T18:20:00.000+08:00i second that. much as i love reading people's com...i second that. much as i love reading people's comments, i think you're abusing the space sharon has given us, anonymous. <BR/><BR/>blogspot's free and quick to set up! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1160902163627280382006-10-15T16:49:00.000+08:002006-10-15T16:49:00.000+08:00anonymous - once before i suggested to you that yo...anonymous - once before i suggested to you that you get your own blog. i think you really should. you have so many opinions you shgould give them all a home.bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1160891890136327462006-10-15T13:58:00.000+08:002006-10-15T13:58:00.000+08:00Actually creative writing courses are good because...Actually creative writing courses are good because they help writers survive :)<BR/><BR/>"It is always important to be a tough critic of everything."<BR/><BR/>Sometimes you don't have to be. It's like food, when you taste it you will know whether it tastes good to you (or not.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1160891525979229952006-10-15T13:52:00.000+08:002006-10-15T13:52:00.000+08:00"Be discriminating about what you read, because if..."Be discriminating about what you read, because if you read rubbish, you tend to write rubbish."<BR/><BR/>Er.. how does that work ? how do you know what is rubbish and what isn't ? How can writing (any writing) be rubbish ? <BR/><BR/>"She also says that you can't teach writing, but creative writing courses are valuable because they give students space and time, which is essential."<BR/><BR/>I thought space and time has always been free. What people need to teach is not creative writing but creativity. People need to teach imagination and beauty amd how to justify living like a pauper in an increasingly materialistic world. If you're poor you have to write for entertainment, simply because you can't afford anything else. Then maybe someone finds your writing when they come in to clear you poor sorry corpse, and then it becomes a classic. It's happened before.<BR/><BR/>I'm not saying you can't teach creative writing, all I'm saying is that to charge for space and time (rather than offer space and time and accepting what people offer for it) is a bit criminal. I mean, it's like charging for air.<BR/><BR/>"...like a musician with an intuitive feel that this word has resonance but that one does not."<BR/><BR/>Oh yes, that's the thing. It's about what works.. like music. Resonance is good, but then some people like death metal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com