tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371028182709754366.post1973498415857593521..comments2024-03-27T03:35:51.702-04:00Comments on Lisa Romeo Writes (the blog): Of Writing, Reading, and a RantLisa Romeohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522310766694189857noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371028182709754366.post-69079599509541293892010-11-03T11:10:33.461-04:002010-11-03T11:10:33.461-04:00A great piece. I definately agree with this. I go ...A great piece. I definately agree with this. I go in and out of trends with regards to reading alot.<br /><br />But whenever i am reading often (doesn't matter if it is a novel or a blog) i find my creativity, writing style and even my speech improvesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371028182709754366.post-51428871283219273532010-10-29T08:19:26.149-04:002010-10-29T08:19:26.149-04:00Thanks for the rant. You state a simple logic, yet...Thanks for the rant. You state a simple logic, yet like so many simple things--and complex things, for that matter--I've overlooked the logic for years. Sort of. I understand the link between reading and writing, and if, given my druthers, I'd likely spend those two hours reading, not writing. But it never settled on me before how, like now, when the writing is not going well, the reading isn't happening either. Like I said, I am sometimes obtuse. A good lesson. Thanks and read on!Doug Brunshttp://thehouseilivein.menoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371028182709754366.post-52143368681269390742010-10-28T14:43:58.305-04:002010-10-28T14:43:58.305-04:00Absolutely agree. Wanting to be a writer and not r...Absolutely agree. Wanting to be a writer and not reading, no way. But then I just have a complete mental disconnect when someone tells me they don't read .... anything; or when I walk into someone's home and there is not a single book, magazine or newspaper to be found. They seem to get a sense of what is happening in the world and what they consider entertainment by watching Family Guy or the Simpsons. (Sorry don't mean to offend anyone, guess I don't get those either.)Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07275969076514694792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371028182709754366.post-54581652088300333642010-10-28T05:43:26.718-04:002010-10-28T05:43:26.718-04:00I can't imagine not reading. Reading is what ...I can't imagine not reading. Reading is what made me want to be a writer in the first place. I love it and it will always come above writing in my life. I may not always be a writer, but i'll always be a reader.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15092117102877690831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371028182709754366.post-37471230152821812292010-10-27T23:46:20.413-04:002010-10-27T23:46:20.413-04:00I agree with you. I spent the whole weekend readin...I agree with you. I spent the whole weekend reading The Girl who Played with Fire, tearing through it to get to the end. I didn’t write a thing, but I’m very glad to have read the book and enjoyed it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371028182709754366.post-48418835771224380152010-10-27T10:06:15.315-04:002010-10-27T10:06:15.315-04:00Great post. If I have a problem with a WIP I go fe...Great post. If I have a problem with a WIP I go ferreting in other novels. Not to copy them - to absorb the spirit of what I enjoy in them as a reader. I usually find at a subliminal level that I then find the right way with my own novel. <br /><br />Too many people these days learn storytelling from movies and TV. That's not to say you can't learn good storytelling lessons from those media; but prose works in a different way. Writers of novels need to get stories in the form they are going to be writing.Roz Morris aka @Roz_Morris . Blog: Nail Your Novelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088813423467048081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371028182709754366.post-66640913189585542652010-10-26T17:06:10.077-04:002010-10-26T17:06:10.077-04:00I can't imagine not reading. My problem is tha...I can't imagine not reading. My problem is that sometimes reading is my excuse to put off the writing, but ever since I was a little girl I've longed to be able to create a world in which the reader could crawl and immerse themselves for a short time. That is the part I love so much about reading - that it inspires me to write!kariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10150537989886423212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371028182709754366.post-76818628663909805222010-10-26T14:00:34.352-04:002010-10-26T14:00:34.352-04:00You are so right, Lisa. I had a creative writing ...You are so right, Lisa. I had a creative writing professor who always told us that in order to write well we needed to learn how to read well first. I was frustrated by that advice, but am shocked now by the details I remember -- 25 long years later -- from the short stories we read in that class. <br /><br />It's the "knowing in our bones" part that's so important; we read, and we enjoy the reading, but eventually -- passively! -- we learn to recognize good, bad, different, possible, etc. Writing well is so hard -- who wouldn't want to get better at it by doing something so easy??<br /><br />Thanks for the great rant!Ulinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371028182709754366.post-1358512148951707742010-10-26T13:52:48.246-04:002010-10-26T13:52:48.246-04:00I don't get people in general who don't re...I don't get people in general who don't read, but writers who don't read? Can't compute.fullsoulahead.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053261523883986863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371028182709754366.post-34525047334308160622010-10-26T12:08:38.507-04:002010-10-26T12:08:38.507-04:00Rock on, Lisa. It never ceases to amaze me every s...Rock on, Lisa. It never ceases to amaze me every semester. They whine, whine, whine about the reading. I don't understand it, truly. I would have collapsed without reading. I don't understand .... I haven't found the argument that seems to work with them yet to convince them. Sigh ....Laraine Herringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05890043873658222111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371028182709754366.post-87783817050237064742010-10-26T11:06:21.447-04:002010-10-26T11:06:21.447-04:00P.S. I'm also amazed by people who love to re...P.S. I'm also amazed by people who love to read but don't have any interest in writing...for me the two are inseparable.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14748454816480995214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371028182709754366.post-40305080255017505532010-10-26T11:05:31.486-04:002010-10-26T11:05:31.486-04:00I have the opposite problem--if I had two free hou...I have the opposite problem--if I had two free hours for writing each week, I'd spend them both reading and then stay up late an extra hour and read some more...maybe I'm just feeding my future writing endeavors. I'm right now reading Stories and Novels by Shirley Jackson edited by Joyce Carol Oates. Love, love, love.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14748454816480995214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371028182709754366.post-50037435098814038772010-10-26T09:27:22.885-04:002010-10-26T09:27:22.885-04:00It's so true. Reading is the fiber that keeps...It's so true. Reading is the fiber that keeps the writer's artistic digestion moving along. I found this out a year or so ago, when for no apparent reason, I fell out of the habit or reading. I had to force myself back into the habit, had to make specific space in my life for as much reading as possible. Thanks for a very useful reminder.marydaylohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09214752251819503294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371028182709754366.post-31694916326064895832010-10-26T09:12:21.328-04:002010-10-26T09:12:21.328-04:00I agree! Ready inspires me -- to aim higher, try h...I agree! Ready inspires me -- to aim higher, try harder, write more. Reading teaches me how other writers do things I'd like to emulate -- and also shows me things I'd never want to do. I know there are writers who don't read - and I don't get it. I wonder how they <i>can</i> write. <br /><br />Different strokes, chocolate/vanila, as they say.Amy Sue Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13854920309673361956noreply@blogger.com