tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4866784164489453011.post50808897058914775..comments2023-11-02T03:00:30.829-07:00Comments on Non, je ne regrette rien: hello, its me.Non Je Ne Regrette Rienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02973542459591839879noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4866784164489453011.post-16756311794269212482008-07-22T06:41:00.000-07:002008-07-22T06:41:00.000-07:00U.S.-hmmm...Scrivener, eh? have to look into that....U.S.-hmmm...Scrivener, eh? have to look into that. Yes, the feedback is such an encouraging thing...but of course, writers MUST write, regardless, eh?Non Je Ne Regrette Rienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02973542459591839879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4866784164489453011.post-11630252167471834562008-07-21T12:29:00.000-07:002008-07-21T12:29:00.000-07:00You are exactly right. I spent thirty years writi...You are exactly right. I spent thirty years writing in isolation and just because I had something to say. No one read me ever. I got no feedback, good or bad. Now I get both, and it's all valuable.<BR/><BR/>I have a program called Scrivener and I used to write everything there before posting. Now I write directly on my blogs and occasionally transfer from my blogs to Scrivener. Backup and all that.Utah Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16385093247915560752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4866784164489453011.post-53811324588548032272008-07-19T10:19:00.000-07:002008-07-19T10:19:00.000-07:00RG-did I mention I am LIVING in France (heh heh).....RG-did I mention I am LIVING in France (heh heh)...next post about France, for sure. <BR/><BR/>LF-For some pieces, I DO use Word first and try and hone the writing a bit more...then copy/paste into Blogger. <BR/><BR/>I think it is true it is risky to put it all out there online. I've found folks generally civil here in blogland; some forums I belong to less so and it seems some percentage of humanity lurks...just waiting to rip out your liver. *sigh*, all part of the process, I suppose!Non Je Ne Regrette Rienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02973542459591839879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4866784164489453011.post-73235185927668062122008-07-19T08:48:00.000-07:002008-07-19T08:48:00.000-07:00Girl, you sure up early thinking complicated thoug...Girl, you sure up early thinking complicated thoughts out there in France, now aren't you?<BR/><BR/>I would like to weigh in on this thread of thought. I think that the instant access of the Internet and Blogdom can be both a blessing and a curse to an aspiring writer. <BR/><BR/>On the one hand, a writer has the immediate gratification of seeing her/his words posted on the web for gawd and everyone to see and on the other hand a writer has the immediate gratification of seeing her/his words posted on the web for gawd and everyone to see. See?<BR/><BR/>There is a woman named Michèle who has a blog called "Voix de Michèle" at http://voixdemichele.blogspot.com/<BR/>and she takes writing seriously enough to have committed herself to and succeeded in receiving and MFA in writing and maintains both a "blog" and a "writer website."<BR/><BR/>I try never to use the "W-(writer)-word" out loud. I use it in my mind, of course, but I try to refrain from using it in mixed company, for the simple reason that with the Internet, as you say, everyone is a "writer", except, of course, those individuals who are painters, photographers, knitters, collagists, etc., and use the written word in service of their chosen particular passions.<BR/><BR/>I do believe that there are certain blessings and curses inherent in using the Internet as a writing forum. It is extremely easy and convenient to express one's self with the computer, thus our blogs lend themselves well to "daily diary" entries. But, I also think that important, weighty matters about which one might write can have the gravitas leached out of them by easy recourse to the computer. I would much rather work on a substantial piece of writing, no matter the subject, in a word processing format where I can craft the piece, revise, revise, revise, and then, maybe, finally, post it--if it passes muster for vocabulary, grammar, punctuation, clarity of thought, etc.<BR/><BR/>That's the deep end you jumped off into there today!<BR/><BR/>Happy writing!La Framéricainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09879118710247405871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4866784164489453011.post-56548442179969134262008-07-19T07:59:00.000-07:002008-07-19T07:59:00.000-07:00Hey, if someone wants to pay me money for my crap,...Hey, if someone wants to pay me money for my crap, I won't turn it down. ;-)<BR/><BR/>This post is 100% correct. Before I started blogging, I talked to about one other person about writing, not simply "hey, read it and tell me what you think" but on the craft, what we wanted to do/not do, but now there are all these other people who are in the same boat. C'est chouette, n'est-ce pas?<BR/><BR/>So, how's France? I hear it's nice.Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.com