Comments on: Confessions of a Mad Journalist (Part 1)

By: shrinkingthecamel

shrinkingthecamel — Mon, 11 May 2009 23:04:26 +0000

Writing it all down… What a relief to get it out of my head!

Don – that sounds pretty intense… and the writing about it very therapeutic.

Speaking of therapeutic; I suppose those of us who blog/journal should be mentally healthier than those who don’t write it all down, right?

I don’t know about that. (Case in point)

By: donkimrey

donkimrey — Mon, 11 May 2009 00:38:28 +0000

Just dropped in to say hello. In creative writing in college, the professor called it “flow of consciousness,” if I recall correctly.
The idea was to get the ideas out, down on paper. You could organize, refine, tweak later at your leisure. I found it to be a good way to record ideas as they occurred, and be able later to refine them.

I always enjoy and appreciate your candor, humor, etc. Keep us posted on the Princeton gig. ~donkimrey

By: Glynn

Glynn — Fri, 08 May 2009 12:08:41 +0000

I don’t keep a journal; I write stories that I haven’t sought to publish. Reading them, I see my innocence and my sin; outrage against injustice; compassion and tears; guilt; depression; romance; and, curiously enough, a longing for something better, something that doesn’t exist in this world.

The most difficult thing I wrote — and it was all fiction — was prompted by the shock and horror that happened because a man named Michael Devlin kidnapped and abused two boys, one of them for years. He was caught — the boys returned to their families. He lived a few blocks from my house. I rode my bike past his apartment four and five times a week on my way to a biking trail. For some reason, I had a terrible time dealing with it, until I starting writing what became a 40,000-word novella. None of it was about Michael Devlin, but all of it was inspired (if that’s the right word) by what happened right in the midst of my nice, safe suburban village.

The writing helps. A lot.

By: nAncY

nAncY — Fri, 08 May 2009 06:45:45 +0000

i know. what is it about writing things down!?
it is like another step in the processing process.

By: Annie

Annie — Fri, 08 May 2009 03:59:19 +0000

You have baited me hook, line and sinker. Can’t wait for the next chapter.
Releasing the soul, through words, is like opening the dam for water to freely flow.

By: deb

deb — Thu, 07 May 2009 23:00:47 +0000

You are in community here,
http://forsakenforlent.blogspot.com/2009/03/at-stake.html

deb