Comments on: Patchwork http://sararyan.com/2005/11/patchwork/ Novelist, comics writer, and librarian based in Portland, Oregon. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:27:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: capn_jil http://sararyan.com/2005/11/patchwork/#comment-100 capn_jil Tue, 15 Nov 2005 11:06:14 +0000 http://oscorp.net/patchwork/#comment-100 regardless of what outfit they're wearing you're probably still writing what you know. regardless of what outfit they’re wearing you’re probably still writing what you know.

]]> By: thisisnotanlj http://sararyan.com/2005/11/patchwork/#comment-99 thisisnotanlj Mon, 14 Nov 2005 23:21:24 +0000 http://oscorp.net/patchwork/#comment-99 thanks holly! and a belated happy one right back atcha. :) thanks holly! and a belated happy one right back atcha. :)

]]> By: blackholly http://sararyan.com/2005/11/patchwork/#comment-98 blackholly Sun, 13 Nov 2005 08:35:01 +0000 http://oscorp.net/patchwork/#comment-98 HAPPY BIRTHDAY! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

]]> By: indulgent_el http://sararyan.com/2005/11/patchwork/#comment-97 indulgent_el Sat, 12 Nov 2005 06:17:29 +0000 http://oscorp.net/patchwork/#comment-97 I don't write fiction, but this certainly works for me for essays . . . before computers I'd hand write, then cut the paper up and spread it out on the floor, moving pieces around and filling in blanks with notes. I don’t write fiction, but this certainly works for me for essays . . . before computers I’d hand write, then cut the paper up and spread it out on the floor, moving pieces around and filling in blanks with notes.

]]> By: bridgeweaver http://sararyan.com/2005/11/patchwork/#comment-96 bridgeweaver Fri, 11 Nov 2005 20:57:48 +0000 http://oscorp.net/patchwork/#comment-96 Doesn't that partake of the same philosophy as Hemmingway saying to write what you know? I mean, if you're attempting to write something that lives in a world with which you are unfamiliar, how does that model apply? I suppose even in a story set in the far-flung future, you ight still stitch in bits of your experience, but isn't that limiting? I suppose <i>Empress of the World</i> might fit that model; at least I can say there were a lot of bits that were recognizable by people who knew you. I suppose I'm sitting on the fence. Doesn’t that partake of the same philosophy as Hemmingway saying to write what you know? I mean, if you’re attempting to write something that lives in a world with which you are unfamiliar, how does that model apply? I suppose even in a story set in the far-flung future, you ight still stitch in bits of your experience, but isn’t that limiting?

I suppose Empress of the World might fit that model; at least I can say there were a lot of bits that were recognizable by people who knew you. I suppose I’m sitting on the fence.

]]> By: wildiris http://sararyan.com/2005/11/patchwork/#comment-95 wildiris Fri, 11 Nov 2005 18:20:10 +0000 http://oscorp.net/patchwork/#comment-95 Dia Calhoun referred to her ideas as a bag of scraps - I think her essay on this topic was published in VOYA a few years ago. Dia Calhoun referred to her ideas as a bag of scraps - I think her essay on this topic was published in VOYA a few years ago.

]]> By: kiplet http://sararyan.com/2005/11/patchwork/#comment-94 kiplet Fri, 11 Nov 2005 17:26:06 +0000 http://oscorp.net/patchwork/#comment-94 Define progress, he said, from the peanut gallery. Define progress, he said, from the peanut gallery.

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