tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37870345.post7333126481446883148..comments2023-03-13T00:53:25.860-07:00Comments on Writer's Wavelength: What Counts as Writing?SamAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11957168329971743563noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37870345.post-78541183448129596782013-02-24T19:47:32.727-08:002013-02-24T19:47:32.727-08:00Creative nonfiction! It's a relatively new gen...Creative nonfiction! It's a relatively new genre, although it has been around for ever since humans started writing. So let's call it a newly-named genre. You've surely already read this, but just in case: http://www.amazon.com/Best-Creative-Nonfiction-Vol/dp/0393330036 and http://www.amazon.com/Best-Creative-Nonfiction-Vol/dp/0393330249. It's not fiction. It's real stuff that's happened to real people, but the writers construct it in such a way as to give it meaning and significance and beauty. It's wonderful. Because fiction or nonfiction, we writers are always telling a story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37870345.post-7086066546770238212013-02-16T05:54:43.255-08:002013-02-16T05:54:43.255-08:00If I'm not writing, I'm thinking about my ...If I'm not writing, I'm thinking about my writing, my plot, my characters. Just as good! <br /><br />:)<br /><br />I may stop writing, but the scariest thing for me would be to stop thinking. It would be devastating.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15901684621715980573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37870345.post-45374916397895022752013-02-15T20:02:26.099-08:002013-02-15T20:02:26.099-08:00We write because we can't stand not to write. ...We write because we can't stand not to write. It's how we express our needs, desires, and regrets. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com