tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post6151585081363324092..comments2023-07-17T23:10:02.228+10:00Comments on Discombobula: As Big or as Small as Things Wish To BeSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01122659239039900398noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-41647235397674553352009-11-09T06:07:41.693+11:002009-11-09T06:07:41.693+11:00i totally understand the shape and size thing. i ...i totally understand the shape and size thing. i read somewhere that people lose interest in blog posts after about 500 words. i struggle with that in a variety of ways - limiting myself - chastising myself when i write too much - becoming frozen and not writing anything AND i realize i often skip by posts that have "too much stuff - words, colors, links". i agree that things should be "as big or as small as they wish to be." it's a personal decision both as reader and writer. please yourself, sue, but definitely stop squeezing your feet into too small shoes!!!lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479940262271959482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-33540298418133837082009-11-09T08:16:32.227+11:002009-11-09T08:16:32.227+11:00oh the pain of squashed up toes you know, i would ...oh the pain of squashed up toes <br><br>you know, i would beg to differ about your claim re the short story [ yes i know it depends on your definition of short story ] but seriously, you write short stories here all the time - particularly about the train journey people <br><br>perhaps the blog is your version of going barefoot - freeing the toes a little to rediscover their true shape and abilities<br><br>and a short story is that, as big or as small as it wishes to be :)Kelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18425317942978557478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-59972813625088849002009-11-09T11:01:40.967+11:002009-11-09T11:01:40.967+11:00Lucy - I struggle with the 500 word thing too. So...Lucy - I struggle with the 500 word thing too. So much of what is important to say lies beyond the scope of a 500 word limit. I do get frustrated in that way at how limited the scope for expression is in our forms of commmunication these days. I think that is why books will never go out of fashion :) <br><br>Please don't chastise yourself for writing too much. I have never once thought, "Oh, that bloody Lucy. I wish she'd just shut the hell up" ;)<br><br>It is a personal decision both as writer and reader, isn't it. I think that's a bit part of it. What if the things we are creating are asking us to be big, encompassing, massive things? What then? How often do we squash them down into something smaller because "it's not my place to talk so loud". I think women are often taught such things unconsciously.<br><br>Yeah, no more small shoes. A good permanent physical reminder, however, of this strange inner propensity that at least once I had to do so. Not again. Must go barefooted and splay myself out as much as possible to make up for it :)<br><br>Kel - yes, I thnk you are right. I think those train stories are stories. I do not know what I will do with them in the future but I am thinking to collate them at some time and see what I can make of them. I'm quite fond of them, actually :)<br><br>And yet they aren't the same as crafting a short story, of making up characters and situations out of my own head. That is another form of expression again and it is quite delightful to be immersed in the middle of a piece of fiction (although terribly undelightful as well. So messy, although I can feel the effects of my art therapy work with Maggie in here, trusting the shape, trusting it to come forth, sitting with the discomfort :)<br><br>Isn't it wonderful, the different forms and genres of things. Blogging is great but luckily it's not the only one. Speaking of other forms, I am loving your beautiful blog blessings of recent times.Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01122659239039900398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-53644936166889492072009-11-09T14:33:44.315+11:002009-11-09T14:33:44.315+11:00I write the same way. I start and it all comes ou...I write the same way. I start and it all comes out and then that's it, good, bad or ugly it gets published. I also wear size 9/1/2 shoe. Are shoe sizes the same there as they are here? <br><br>Good for you for finishing the story, the hardest part is starting and ending.Barbara aka Laylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100008292699584336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-66336303442682301232009-11-10T09:21:59.299+11:002009-11-10T09:21:59.299+11:00What I love about your blog is your concentrated &...What I love about your blog is your concentrated "flavour of Sue". I hope you don't lose that.<br><br>I have a practical suggestion for your longer posts: take five minutes extra, go through and stick sub-headings in. It really helps guide the reader through. Questions in your headings or subheads work great too.<br><br>But stick to the comfy shoes at all costs!Tesshttp://www.anchormast.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-9423610982841733512009-11-10T09:28:06.856+11:002009-11-10T09:28:06.856+11:00Barbara - I'm not sure about the shoe sizes - ...Barbara - I'm not sure about the shoe sizes - I think they might be different? I have big giant feet and would have been completely cactus growing up in feet-binding China :)<br><br>Thanks re story. It feels pretty amazing to have finished it :) (Well, finished, but with rewrites ...)<br><br>Tess - flavour of Sue. I wonder what flavour that would be? Chicken? :) Thanks for the tip about subheadings; it's a good idea. You know, I did a Writing for the Web subject as part of my uni degree a few years ago, but I really don't take any of the advice I learnt - write shorter sentences etc. I just don't write that way. I'm sure it costs me readership but tough, I guess :)<br><br>But subheads - must give that a try next time :)Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01122659239039900398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-25661499905641585532009-11-10T12:22:24.143+11:002009-11-10T12:22:24.143+11:00I follow you perfectly, because my mind works the ...I follow you perfectly, because my mind works the same way. Someone accused me once of giving them "spiritual indigestion" Not in an ugly way. Said all my points were valid,even good, but they could not take it all in. They could only ID with one passion, or idea, or soapbox at a time. Made sense to me.Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265908367915608881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-18526750752394218792009-11-12T09:07:33.474+11:002009-11-12T09:07:33.474+11:00Jo - I guess that's a pretty good problem for ...Jo - I guess that's a pretty good problem for you to have really, isn't it :) Just a matter of dosage :)Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01122659239039900398noreply@blogger.com