tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3109009670524863667.post3724874911357422946..comments2023-05-09T10:54:00.754-04:00Comments on Amalie Berlin: Betraying Your Voice Is BadAmalie Berlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07346563294446609770noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3109009670524863667.post-30177430650275979792013-02-21T07:09:34.072-05:002013-02-21T07:09:34.072-05:00Fly your introverted nerd flag! Geek is chic, IMHO...Fly your introverted nerd flag! Geek is chic, IMHO. <br /><br />I know what you mean about having a hard time giving up clever/fun/lovely turns of phrase. That was one of the hardest parts of the revisions I've been going through. I crack myself up and then I don't want to get rid of the funny asides... NO MATTER WHAT. But I had to take out so much because it messed with the pacing. Hard to let go. I felt like I should have a drink and salute the words that gave their lives so that the story might become stronger Hah.<br /><br />Thanks for coming by. And sorry about the comment moderation. I turned it off now. For a few months I had particularly determined spammers who came and left oodles of comments, and CAPTCHA does not stop the spammers somehow.<br /><br />I'll probably post all my tatting projects, whatever state they end up in. If I focus too much on posts about writing, I bore myself :)Amalie Berlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07346563294446609770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3109009670524863667.post-79263931044791825202013-02-21T07:00:47.604-05:002013-02-21T07:00:47.604-05:00Nice post. Great reminder on keeping your voice th...Nice post. Great reminder on keeping your voice that I must now put into practice since Google ate my previous comment!<br /><br />It's only words, though oft-times you get attached to a particularly brilliant turn of phrase. Writing is about refreshing, reviewing and rewriting. It's so hard to let go though!<br /><br />The Japanese - at least, the Zen practitioners - don't seem to have this problem. Zen seems, from the little I understand, to be the process of constantly rediscovering yourself. Perhaps that is why the creativity of the Japanese people is highly varied and developed. At least, that's my opinion. :)<br /><br />I came here to look at your tatting (which is spiffing by the way!) and here I am once again thinking of my lack of blog and the need to sit and share some of my introverted nerd self with the world. Herm. <br /><br />In any case, thanks for the great post and the space to ramble on, just a little bit. Today, I'm voting for the first time. All in all, the day has opened, strange but fine. ^_^DreamInSymmetryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04206693140392795246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3109009670524863667.post-76864192116863226432013-02-21T06:56:41.895-05:002013-02-21T06:56:41.895-05:00(Yay tatting! I'm completely obsessed right no...(Yay tatting! I'm completely obsessed right now. I have a box of Lizbeth thread and seed beads sitting beside me(on top of my writing file... Next project: some kind of cross... There's been a request.)<br /><br />I'm a fan of gobbledygook blog posts, honestly. They seem more authentic to me. No one's mind is a tidy place full of ordered thoughts(or so I tell myself so I don't feel like the weirdo in the group). I'd much rather follow random threads of thought in a post than something formal and officious :)<br /><br />And nice to meet you! Thanks for stopping by!Amalie Berlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07346563294446609770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3109009670524863667.post-86543653519019757672013-02-21T06:53:41.251-05:002013-02-21T06:53:41.251-05:00Nadia! Good to see you again :) it is hard to defi...Nadia! Good to see you again :) it is hard to define, everything surrounding voice is so nebulous. Especially when modifiers get tacked on. 'Your voice is engaging.' Great. That seems like a good thing. What makes it engaging? No idea. <br /><br />Another funny thing: At the time I wrote it, I had no idea I had done this to my voice. Not really. It took time before I got distance enough to come back and note the ridiculousness. Amalie Berlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07346563294446609770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3109009670524863667.post-3464872028300616772013-02-21T06:47:11.326-05:002013-02-21T06:47:11.326-05:00Good reminder this post. (I came to stare at your ...Good reminder this post. (I came to stare at your tatting originally :) ) <br /><br />I actually stopped writing anything on my blog having realised that I was trying to "keep up" the quality and voice of my 1st post. The next post was of course, gobbledygook! <br /><br />I'm all for "keeping it real" as the phrase goes these days. Also wish I had a handy recorder to murmur my thoughts into - a deluge results sometimes as I daydream. :) Cheers.DreamInSymmetryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04206693140392795246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3109009670524863667.post-61771620962373191172013-02-11T07:18:33.255-05:002013-02-11T07:18:33.255-05:00I found this a very interesting post. It's oft...I found this a very interesting post. It's often difficult to define your own voice – until you start messing with it and can recognise that this is just not you! Nadia Damonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08196903495005068114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3109009670524863667.post-6349791316040216182013-01-29T15:15:42.232-05:002013-01-29T15:15:42.232-05:00That's it exactly. Trying to be impressive in ...That's it exactly. Trying to be impressive in the writing. So did not work out as anticipated. <br /><br />Shakespeare vs self-confidence. Hmm, depends on the day of the week. It's ridiculous, but I write best when I don't have time to think. <br /><br />WriteorDie is my saviour. Amalie Berlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07346563294446609770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3109009670524863667.post-76330875376783913752013-01-29T07:51:38.656-05:002013-01-29T07:51:38.656-05:00Sound advice. I have sometimes attempted to write ...Sound advice. I have sometimes attempted to write to impress - disaster! Fortunately, I have realised before it's seen the light of day. Shakespeare was right - 'This above all: to thine own self be true' jabbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12176958811589489979noreply@blogger.com