Comments on: As “Writer Of The Month,” I Field The Tough Questions http://johnshore.com/2008/05/02/as-writer-of-the-month-i-field-the-tough-questions/ Trying God's patience since 1958 Wed, 23 May 2012 07:00:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: anita http://johnshore.com/2008/05/02/as-writer-of-the-month-i-field-the-tough-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-6445 anita Sat, 10 May 2008 21:38:04 +0000 http://johnshore.wordpress.com/?p=345#comment-6445 Just testing a change in my sign-in info John. Just testing a change in my sign-in info John.

]]> By: John Shore http://johnshore.com/2008/05/02/as-writer-of-the-month-i-field-the-tough-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-6375 John Shore Mon, 05 May 2008 10:58:22 +0000 http://johnshore.wordpress.com/?p=345#comment-6375 I never hated the WRITING part of writing; sorry: I didn't say what I meant well enough at all. I hated that I had, relative to writing, a driving, constant internal asthetic imperative that for the life of me I just could not REALIZE. It made my life, and my relationship to writing, which I knew would be the primary art form of my life, pretty hellish. Anyway. Long story. Actually, that IS about the subtitle of the book. I didn't want it to have ANY "rules" in it--but co-author Rich did. So we compromised. Sort of. Anyway, yeah, rules. With punctuation, as with everything else, there's no getting around them. I never hated the WRITING part of writing; sorry: I didn't say what I meant well enough at all. I hated that I had, relative to writing, a driving, constant internal asthetic imperative that for the life of me I just could not REALIZE. It made my life, and my relationship to writing, which I knew would be the primary art form of my life, pretty hellish.

Anyway. Long story.

Actually, that IS about the subtitle of the book. I didn't want it to have ANY "rules" in it–but co-author Rich did. So we compromised. Sort of.

Anyway, yeah, rules. With punctuation, as with everything else, there's no getting around them.

]]> By: ric booth http://johnshore.com/2008/05/02/as-writer-of-the-month-i-field-the-tough-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-6374 ric booth Mon, 05 May 2008 09:14:02 +0000 http://johnshore.wordpress.com/?p=345#comment-6374 <blockquote>(Oh, for what it’s worth, I never WANTED to write. I actually always basically sort of hated the whole dynamic of writing; it wasn’t until quite late in my life that writing was for me anything but what felt pretty much exactly like a curse. I hated it. For my whole life, I experienced it primarily as a burden.)</blockquote> Amen. I hated writing. I always wanted to know how many pages I needed to pass the boring course. We did poetry once and I wanted to know how many lines. My sonnet made the student teacher cry. I remember she was hot. I don't remember anything about the poem. I passed, which is all that mattered to me at the time. BTW John, I think I'm supposed to read Comma Sense but the title scares me. It conjures up memories of grammar lessons! I know it suppose to be good for me and there in lies my problem. Is the sub-subtitle, <em>Grammar for lazy middle-aged men who do NOT want to take to time to learn about grammar</em> ??

(Oh, for what it’s worth, I never WANTED to write. I actually always basically sort of hated the whole dynamic of writing; it wasn’t until quite late in my life that writing was for me anything but what felt pretty much exactly like a curse. I hated it. For my whole life, I experienced it primarily as a burden.)

Amen. I hated writing. I always wanted to know how many pages I needed to pass the boring course. We did poetry once and I wanted to know how many lines. My sonnet made the student teacher cry. I remember she was hot. I don't remember anything about the poem. I passed, which is all that mattered to me at the time.

BTW John, I think I'm supposed to read Comma Sense but the title scares me. It conjures up memories of grammar lessons! I know it suppose to be good for me and there in lies my problem. Is the sub-subtitle, Grammar for lazy middle-aged men who do NOT want to take to time to learn about grammar ??

]]> By: John Shore http://johnshore.com/2008/05/02/as-writer-of-the-month-i-field-the-tough-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-6362 John Shore Sun, 04 May 2008 10:07:59 +0000 http://johnshore.wordpress.com/?p=345#comment-6362 Sam: I have no idea what you're aplogizing for, but ... no worries! Sam: I have no idea what you're aplogizing for, but … no worries!

]]> By: samwrites2 http://johnshore.com/2008/05/02/as-writer-of-the-month-i-field-the-tough-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-6361 samwrites2 Sun, 04 May 2008 09:26:38 +0000 http://johnshore.wordpress.com/?p=345#comment-6361 John, Ouch. Point taken. But it's not entirely true - I do spend a lot of time thinking about others - how to manipulate them into doing my bidding and meeting my extreme need for attention. Seriously - I'm sorry and apologize. -Sam John,

Ouch. Point taken.

But it's not entirely true – I do spend a lot of time thinking about others – how to manipulate them into doing my bidding and meeting my extreme need for attention.

Seriously – I'm sorry and apologize.

-Sam

]]> By: John Shore http://johnshore.com/2008/05/02/as-writer-of-the-month-i-field-the-tough-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-6360 John Shore Sun, 04 May 2008 07:15:05 +0000 http://johnshore.wordpress.com/?p=345#comment-6360 I think this is the funniest comment EVER. Too hilarious!! "Sticking his fingers in the VCR." I almost spit out my coffee. Which would have ruined my laptop. Which meant I would have had to sue you. So I'm glad that didn't happen. Sam: You lost me a little with your comment here, but ... I sense you have mixed feelings about journalism and journalists. I don't, because I never spend any time at all thinking about anyone who isn't me. You should try it! Why not, like I do, spend all your time thinking only about me? I think this is the funniest comment EVER. Too hilarious!! "Sticking his fingers in the VCR." I almost spit out my coffee. Which would have ruined my laptop. Which meant I would have had to sue you. So I'm glad that didn't happen.

Sam: You lost me a little with your comment here, but … I sense you have mixed feelings about journalism and journalists. I don't, because I never spend any time at all thinking about anyone who isn't me. You should try it! Why not, like I do, spend all your time thinking only about me?

]]> By: Skerrib http://johnshore.com/2008/05/02/as-writer-of-the-month-i-field-the-tough-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-6359 Skerrib Sun, 04 May 2008 06:42:02 +0000 http://johnshore.wordpress.com/?p=345#comment-6359 Fantastic! Though to be honest I more or less "whanged out" my "reading" the interview so I'll have to go back & "read" it when His Highness is not "sticking his fingers in the VCR." Fantastic! Though to be honest I more or less "whanged out" my "reading" the interview so I'll have to go back & "read" it when His Highness is not "sticking his fingers in the VCR."

]]> By: samwrites2 http://johnshore.com/2008/05/02/as-writer-of-the-month-i-field-the-tough-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-6358 samwrites2 Sun, 04 May 2008 04:51:46 +0000 http://johnshore.wordpress.com/?p=345#comment-6358 John, I can write a series of blog entries on your statement and probably will. This rather than kill off a blog entry I thought was intended to encourage and congratulate Ingrid on a wonderfully-written blog entry and interview. A lot of those who comment at your blog are truer journalists - like Ingrid - than many of the burnt-out unfortunates once again rehashing the history of Mothers Day for next weekend's edition of their newspaper. -Sam John,

I can write a series of blog entries on your statement and probably will. This rather than kill off a blog entry I thought was intended to encourage and congratulate Ingrid on a wonderfully-written blog entry and interview.

A lot of those who comment at your blog are truer journalists – like Ingrid – than many of the burnt-out unfortunates once again rehashing the history of Mothers Day for next weekend's edition of their newspaper.

-Sam

]]> By: John Shore http://johnshore.com/2008/05/02/as-writer-of-the-month-i-field-the-tough-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-6354 John Shore Sat, 03 May 2008 14:33:43 +0000 http://johnshore.wordpress.com/?p=345#comment-6354 Laura: No, you wouldn't. Sam: Journalism is a wonderful career, no? Anita: I'm good either way. But cash. Penlee: Thank you very much! Laura: No, you wouldn't.

Sam: Journalism is a wonderful career, no?

Anita: I'm good either way. But cash.

Penlee: Thank you very much!

]]> By: PenIee http://johnshore.com/2008/05/02/as-writer-of-the-month-i-field-the-tough-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-6348 PenIee Fri, 02 May 2008 21:49:54 +0000 http://johnshore.wordpress.com/?p=345#comment-6348 Another comment himm I left one that said you came through, as usually, brilliantly and on the whole very thought provoking. You are a survivor no doubt about that and as I always say, our humour is our greatest asset. Another comment himm I left one that said you came through, as usually, brilliantly and on the whole very thought provoking. You are a survivor no doubt about that and as I always say, our humour is our greatest asset.

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