tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849583276019228310.post7803733872744385041..comments2024-03-28T05:29:45.364-04:00Comments on Heim Binas Fiction: Walking the LineCKHBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17741681893677604323noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849583276019228310.post-48594166833995156312010-01-22T12:53:05.480-05:002010-01-22T12:53:05.480-05:00Wow, can't believe I haven't been followin...Wow, can't believe I haven't been following your blog all this time...<br /><br />I find myself editing for my mother rather than me. It's aggravating.Lindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09594314318272558351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849583276019228310.post-70373688791333527862010-01-21T20:28:58.737-05:002010-01-21T20:28:58.737-05:00I could not write it. I cannot say it. I do believ...I could not write it. I cannot say it. I do believe those things come back to you. I also don't think we can go on saying our actions and words do not have consequences just because we are not the victim of them.<br />Great post.jdsanchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04658357606303732115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849583276019228310.post-35570442051172683002010-01-21T19:36:29.664-05:002010-01-21T19:36:29.664-05:00It's always interested me the degree to which ...It's always interested me the degree to which Hollywood in particular glamourizes behaviour which in real life would be not only illegal but morally disastrous. They do it because that's what people want to buy. There's a lesson in there, somewhere.Gary Corbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14759372069119740227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849583276019228310.post-15697245354025696722010-01-21T17:34:19.345-05:002010-01-21T17:34:19.345-05:00Elizabeth, I don't think you need to be trying...Elizabeth, I don't think you need to be trying to make a point for your beliefs to impact your writing! Let's say that a writer doesn't drink because of her religion. If she writes a "purely entertaining" chick lit novel, will it have Sex-and-the-City-levels of inebriation? Does she choose "idealism" (after all, SHE has a rockin' good time without booze) or "realism" (lots of other young women DO imbibe on a regular basis)? Even if you're not trying to preach a point of view, our world view (as Jody says) must surely inform what we write.CKHBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17741681893677604323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849583276019228310.post-91991524733603287412010-01-21T17:10:31.203-05:002010-01-21T17:10:31.203-05:00It's an interesting question. I'm not tryi...It's an interesting question. I'm not trying to make a point when I write. I'm strictly writing for entertainment purposes. Maybe someday that'll change, but I haven't gotten there yet.<br /><br />Elizabeth<br /><a href="http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> Mystery Writing is Murder</a> <br /><a href="http://www.mysteryloverskitchen.com/" rel="nofollow"> Mystery Lovers’ Kitchen</a>Elizabeth Spann Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625595247828274405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849583276019228310.post-13269973273492506552010-01-21T16:38:06.789-05:002010-01-21T16:38:06.789-05:00I read many books that don't follow my beliefs...I read many books that don't follow my beliefs and I enjoy them. But I won't write a book that isn't true to mine.Jill Kemererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07865493609868329393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849583276019228310.post-56051854726724372882010-01-21T13:11:24.489-05:002010-01-21T13:11:24.489-05:00A quick example that "Pop's" into my...A quick example that "Pop's" into my mind is that with music. Both sides of Berlin (east and west) thought 99 Luft Ballons took their side in the cold war and was callingg the other side the war monger.<br /><br />So perspective is relative.<br /><br />I probably ought to do one of these serious discussions on my blog instead of my atypical meanderings and sarcasm.nephite blood spartan hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17092519999184585295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849583276019228310.post-23145543982293917272010-01-21T12:55:01.709-05:002010-01-21T12:55:01.709-05:00My line shifts based on what I'm writing. In ...My line shifts based on what I'm writing. In my contemporary, real-world work, I go for straight realism, because otherwise it wouldn't make sense. Sure, I may choose the pretty version of reality (ie: one character drinks to excess, but she doesn't get alcohol poisoning during the book), but I don't spruce everything up to a fake extent. If I'm wiritng something in a wortld I create, I shift the line will shift a little to either side, depending on what the situation calls for. This might be really peachy, or they could be god awful.Kelsey (Dominique) Ridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10646757546422013401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849583276019228310.post-23525365546401228722010-01-21T11:11:22.474-05:002010-01-21T11:11:22.474-05:00i lean more towards realism. That said, when i wri...i lean more towards realism. That said, when i write something that may be morally apprehensive for some readers, i'm not glamourizing it, i'm just saying it like it is. I may find it as aprehensible as the next person, but i feel that if we don't look the monster in the face, then we may have problems facing it, or changing it in the future.<br />If that makes senseSarah Ahiershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02795455714801965956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849583276019228310.post-4832121850089381032010-01-21T11:01:02.623-05:002010-01-21T11:01:02.623-05:00I like to think of it in terms of world view. I se...I like to think of it in terms of world view. I see the world and the things of it in terms of my belief system, and of course that will define my writing. Because it's who I am, it will come out in my writing, even if I don't try.<br /><br />As I read books with my children, I don't steer them to books that only encompass my world view. I expose them to a wide variety of literature, but we always talk about what the author's world view was when we're done reading it. We compare and contrast it to our own. For example, we just finished Call of the Wild by Jack London. He was an socialistic athiest (I think!). We discussed the various ways his views came out in the book,and compared/contrasted it to what we believe.<br /><br />All that to say, I do the same thing for my own personal reading. I read wisely and thoughtfully and when something doesn't LINE up with my beliefs, it won't stop me from reading the book but it will get me thinking!Jody Hedlundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424307540530719614noreply@blogger.com