Comments for Gentle Words

Comment on The English Paper by ganymeder

ganymeder — Sat, 08 May 2010 01:21:26 +0000

Wonderful. And what a lovely compliment to the poet.

Comment on Performance by ganymeder

ganymeder — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:29:31 +0000

Important choices, hmmm? Wonder what he’ll choose. LOL

Nicely done.

Comment on Performance by Iapetus999

Iapetus999 — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 00:02:30 +0000

Nice.
I’ve got a bit of this in my flash piece today too…GMTA
Wonder what he’s going to choose…

Comment on Susy McGee by Paul

Paul — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:37:51 +0000

Thank you. I didn’t originally mean for it all to be in verse–it just kind of went that way.

Comment on Susy McGee by ganymeder

ganymeder — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:37:41 +0000

That was brilliant and lovely. A story of a father’s love…in verse. Incredible.

You are indeed very talented.

Comment on Pumpkin Cookies by Paul

Paul — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:43:05 +0000

Didn’t I bring these over last year? This week’s batch was pretty much gone by the time I got home the next day. I’ve still got pumpkin, though…

Comment on Pumpkin Cookies by CLNorman

CLNorman — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:51:53 +0000

Yum. Why is it I have no memory of these pumpkin cookies?

Comment on Thinking About It by Paul

Paul — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:36:38 +0000

Yes, that’s a good point.

I think my initial reaction to my own patterns is that this sounds like procrastination, or even wasting time. But whether it’s done while driving, showering, or waiting in line, most of my actual writing seems to occur in my head before I sit down to type. These days a lot of that time goes to thinking about what to make for dinner or how to fix a problem at work, or what to do about a problem with the kids. I find I have to consciously make sure that I’m thinking about what I’m writing, or I have nothing to say when I actually sit down to do it. I don’t know where the line is between thinking about writing and procrastinating about it, but I hope to be at a place where the lack of pre-think isn’t delaying the writing itself, by incorporating the former into my routine and schedule as well as the latter.

Thanks for your input.

Comment on Thinking About It by CLNorman

CLNorman — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:40:42 +0000

I actually benefit greatly from thinking things through before writing them down as well. However I find that these days I use that as an excuse to put off writing for another day, week, month, etc. It is so easy for the dedicated procrastinator to find things to do that aren’t writing.