Just had a question for the world of internet users...
On my blog, do I make sense at all? To any extent?
I think that SOME PEOPLE are getting a bit confused with my writing- in general. As a person, I am a mixture between literal and...not literal...?
But anyway, as a writer, I tend to write not only for an audience but for myself. Wich can cause me to be very vague in my descriptions of reality, and very metaphor-heavy. I usually understand myself, in ways that would most likely not make sense to anyone else.
But a part of me also feels that it is okay to let people infer. Of course that's okay. My problem is that I cause my readers to have to over-infer.
I usually can go back and fix this, if I'm reading something I wrote a day or so ago. But when I read for myself, I read with the eyes of a writer. I'm in my own world, and nobody can drag me out of it.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Monday, December 7, 2009
Don't judge based only on Genesis
About 10 pages into "The Poisonwood Bible," I fell in love.
With the book of course. Even with over for perspectives going at once, the plot is crystal clear- though not easily interpretted, which adds the level of sofistication that took hold of me.
"The Poisonwood Bible" is set in 1980s Africa. A family of parents and four girls moves from Georgia to the African jungle, on a mission- literally. Their father is a very religious Christian reverend, coming as a missionary to convert and teach the "savages" to christianity. The book is organized into smaller sections, or "books" from the bible.
Though I am only on "Genesis," I have gathered a ton of information about the four girls who tell the story (here in order of oldest to youngest)- Rachel, twins Leah and Adah, and Ruthie May.
I find myself constantly wishing for more of the youngest and oldest, and less of the twins. Leah is the goody-two-shoes suck up type, and she is very solemn and literal about life. Her tone is dull to me, with no new excitement or color. Adah is a very complex and interesting character, but I find it extremely hard to understand her. Unable tospeak and sagging on the right side because of malnourishment inside the womb, Adah is a slightly dismal character. She has an interesting view but seems very negative for the most part.
Rachel and Ruthie May have very distinct, realistic tones, and they sound like people- not characters. I think the reason I prefer them is because it's a break from an age nearer to mine, and I can see their life through an unfamiliar perspective- which draws me in much more.
But then again, I'm only on Genesis. Character change up ahead is possible- and in their case, very possible.
With the book of course. Even with over for perspectives going at once, the plot is crystal clear- though not easily interpretted, which adds the level of sofistication that took hold of me.
"The Poisonwood Bible" is set in 1980s Africa. A family of parents and four girls moves from Georgia to the African jungle, on a mission- literally. Their father is a very religious Christian reverend, coming as a missionary to convert and teach the "savages" to christianity. The book is organized into smaller sections, or "books" from the bible.
Though I am only on "Genesis," I have gathered a ton of information about the four girls who tell the story (here in order of oldest to youngest)- Rachel, twins Leah and Adah, and Ruthie May.
I find myself constantly wishing for more of the youngest and oldest, and less of the twins. Leah is the goody-two-shoes suck up type, and she is very solemn and literal about life. Her tone is dull to me, with no new excitement or color. Adah is a very complex and interesting character, but I find it extremely hard to understand her. Unable tospeak and sagging on the right side because of malnourishment inside the womb, Adah is a slightly dismal character. She has an interesting view but seems very negative for the most part.
Rachel and Ruthie May have very distinct, realistic tones, and they sound like people- not characters. I think the reason I prefer them is because it's a break from an age nearer to mine, and I can see their life through an unfamiliar perspective- which draws me in much more.
But then again, I'm only on Genesis. Character change up ahead is possible- and in their case, very possible.
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