tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399633159122258332.post3775589412950095108..comments2023-09-30T10:49:16.025-05:00Comments on In Pieces: The Journal Series: Some Thoughts on TruthJazzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03733411405712601399noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399633159122258332.post-41754620318367427092008-06-02T07:22:00.000-05:002008-06-02T07:22:00.000-05:00(after reading your blog about writing) It sounds ...(after reading your blog about writing) It sounds like quite a struggle, Lynn, and I can certainly relate to a lot of it. I went through something similar (and am still fighting it) regarding my fear of mania and my belief that my writing drove my moods. While I think I've worked through that fear, I haven't found my way through the apathy. I'm still not back to my fiction yet, although I wantJazzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03733411405712601399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399633159122258332.post-6729371353474052072008-06-02T01:48:00.000-05:002008-06-02T01:48:00.000-05:00Oh, Jazz. How sweet of you to ask. I must confess,...Oh, Jazz. How sweet of you to ask. I must confess, your question made me mist up a little. I tried to come back. I really wanted it. I still do. Sometimes I can almost taste it. The very naked truth is that I'm scared. You can read about the struggle with fiction here if you like:<BR/>http://thescribalmenagerie.blogspot.com/<BR/><BR/>I left all the posts on the first page with the earliest at Spilling Inkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13970126156464922867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399633159122258332.post-19985755252945486242008-05-30T08:04:00.000-05:002008-05-30T08:04:00.000-05:00You've hit the nail on the head, Lynn. Storytelle...You've hit the nail on the head, Lynn. Storyteller and truth teller. There is far more truth in my fiction that I would admit to my family and friends.<BR/><BR/>I have found that my characters often speak my truth long before I am ready to own it and speak it for myself. And for many years I felt, as you said, that there was "more reality in fiction than in my day to day life." I think I'm a Jazzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03733411405712601399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399633159122258332.post-52004008211207165652008-05-30T00:22:00.000-05:002008-05-30T00:22:00.000-05:00"Is your first loyalty in writing truth to yoursel..."Is your first loyalty in writing truth to yourself or is it to the people in your life whom you love/hate/want to protect?"<BR/><BR/>One's own truth, for sure. Those we have spent our lives protecting will have to be responsible for their own truth.<BR/><BR/>Ah, Jazz. Now I see what attracted me to this site. You are a storyteller AND a truth teller. Same here. I write fiction and I had the Spilling Inkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13970126156464922867noreply@blogger.com