Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Fri, Feb 26 2010
Wrapped up in a storm of a story
It was a little hazy early this morning. It didn't take long for that haze to thicken into layers of rolled up clouds until I needed to turn lights on in the house. By early afternoon it started to rain and that light rain got heavier until it was a steady downpour. It has slacked off now, but there was no ignoring the storm when it was going full-force. It was loud and the air was heavy and the sky was so dark that it could have been dusk at 2pm in the afternoon. I thought of how this reminded me of the pacing of fictional stories, particularly novel-length ones. Getting caught up in reading a story means that time passes quickly and a reader can even ignore what's going on in the real world while concentrating on the story. The next time this happens to me I intend to try to make a note of what has been happening in the story and of who wrote it. I'd like to be able to capture the attention of a reader with that sort of compelling writing, wouldn't you?
posted at: 17:28 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
It was a little hazy early this morning. It didn't take long for that haze to thicken into layers of rolled up clouds until I needed to turn lights on in the house. By early afternoon it started to rain and that light rain got heavier until it was a steady downpour. It has slacked off now, but there was no ignoring the storm when it was going full-force. It was loud and the air was heavy and the sky was so dark that it could have been dusk at 2pm in the afternoon. I thought of how this reminded me of the pacing of fictional stories, particularly novel-length ones. Getting caught up in reading a story means that time passes quickly and a reader can even ignore what's going on in the real world while concentrating on the story. The next time this happens to me I intend to try to make a note of what has been happening in the story and of who wrote it. I'd like to be able to capture the attention of a reader with that sort of compelling writing, wouldn't you?
posted at: 17:28 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
