Two days ago, I began a restoration of my commitment to regular blogging after a month-long psychological sabbatical (though I was re-blogging during that break…).
In Monday’s post, I said:
“I want to enlist my readers, you and you and you, in a long-term project…
“I’m hoping my regular readers at first, then, perhaps, folks who happen in, will begin commenting on the Monday and Wednesday posts, in a way that creates ‘bridging ideas’ that I can carry into my next original post—either your thoughts, feelings, hopes, dreams, experiences, lack of experiences—you name it—perhaps, call it ‘creative writing prompt invention’—something to help me ‘thread together’ a series of posts…
“Sometimes, I may have only one comment that inspires what I write in my next scheduled post—sometimes, hopefully, there’ll be a whole bouquet of comments…”
Of course, if any given post has no comments, I’ll have to carry on the “conversation” myself—not very hard for this writer :-)
As it happens, there were two readers’ comments on Monday’s post; and, I was able to capture these two thoughts:
“I like the idea of blogs being a conversation rather than a monologue.”
“I think every author stands at that window of trust and wonders if it’s possible to jump and land unhurt. In a way, we are all shouting into the emptiness of bookspace and listening with surprise to faint answers.”
First, I notice the “flavor” of the two comments—one being directly about blogs as conversation, the other broadening the conversationality to “authoring”. Though, writing a blog is authoring; and, many authors write more than blogs…
And, one more curious form of “authoring” that comes from my belief that the Reader is always “rewriting” what conscious authors produce—the re-authoring of the author’s words—an authorial Conversation between writer and reader…
Plus, if we expand “authoring“—based on its etymology ( increase , promote , originate )—and apply it to other human activities, we can say the TV commentator is an author, the mother is the author of the household’s “rules”; perhaps, stretching it to ideas like the cook’s authoring of a cake…
Yes, I’m playing with the word; but, I’m an author, of blog posts, poems, short stories, a novel, and my own little Life…
I’ll end my end of this conversation with a question:
Are you authoring your life; or, are others writing it for you?
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So, this conversation began Here and continued right up there…
Where will you take the conversation in the Comments?
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In Monday’s post, I said:
Of course, if any given post has no comments, I’ll have to carry on the “conversation” myself—not very hard for this writer :-)
As it happens, there were two readers’ comments on Monday’s post; and, I was able to capture these two thoughts:
First, I notice the “flavor” of the two comments—one being directly about blogs as conversation, the other broadening the conversationality to “authoring”. Though, writing a blog is authoring; and, many authors write more than blogs…
And, one more curious form of “authoring” that comes from my belief that the Reader is always “rewriting” what conscious authors produce—the re-authoring of the author’s words—an authorial Conversation between writer and reader…
Plus, if we expand “authoring“—based on its etymology ( increase , promote , originate )—and apply it to other human activities, we can say the TV commentator is an author, the mother is the author of the household’s “rules”; perhaps, stretching it to ideas like the cook’s authoring of a cake…
Yes, I’m playing with the word; but, I’m an author, of blog posts, poems, short stories, a novel, and my own little Life…
I’ll end my end of this conversation with a question:
~~~
So, this conversation began Here and continued right up there…
Where will you take the conversation in the Comments?
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If you don’t see a way to comment (or, “reply”) after this post, try up there at the top right…
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Visit The Story Bazaar
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Google Author Page
For Private Comments or Questions, Email: amzolt {at} gmail {dot} com
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