Comments on: "Why We Write" #4: Carol Mendelsohn http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/why-we-write-4-carol-mendelsohn/ Fri, 16 May 2008 21:40:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: writer chick http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/why-we-write-4-carol-mendelsohn/#comment-20223 writer chick Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:08:58 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/why-we-write-4-carol-mendelsohn/#comment-20223 I can certainly relate to hearing voices... :-) I'll sometimes find myself starting a scene, knowing (or thinking I do, anyway) where it's heading, only to have a character say something which takes it all in a different (and always much better) direction than I'd intended. Or some plot twist will occur to me which turns everything sideways. I know how it feels to take dictation from these voices. I'll marvel how they're so much wiser than I alone can ever be... When I try to explain this to non-writer family and friends, they think I'm harmlessly nuts, or being modest about my own talent. They don't understand that those words aren't always mine... I'm glad to see someone who's successful has the same experience of writing that I have. I can certainly relate to hearing voices… :-)

I’ll sometimes find myself starting a scene, knowing (or thinking I do, anyway) where it’s heading, only to have a character say something which takes it all in a different (and always much better) direction than I’d intended. Or some plot twist will occur to me which turns everything sideways.

I know how it feels to take dictation from these voices. I’ll marvel how they’re so much wiser than I alone can ever be…

When I try to explain this to non-writer family and friends, they think I’m harmlessly nuts, or being modest about my own talent. They don’t understand that those words aren’t always mine…

I’m glad to see someone who’s successful has the same experience of writing that I have.

]]> By: coli http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/why-we-write-4-carol-mendelsohn/#comment-20199 coli Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:55:12 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/why-we-write-4-carol-mendelsohn/#comment-20199 Nice! I love reading stories from established writers and etc. Makes me proud to pick up the pen. I'm an Emersonian...............damn proud of it too!!! Nice!

I love reading stories from established writers and etc. Makes me proud to pick up the pen. I’m an Emersonian……………damn proud of it too!!!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/why-we-write-4-carol-mendelsohn/#comment-20190 Anonymous Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:31:24 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/why-we-write-4-carol-mendelsohn/#comment-20190 Nice job. Really nice and well written. Nice job. Really nice and well written.

]]> By: Arlo J. Wiley http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/why-we-write-4-carol-mendelsohn/#comment-20166 Arlo J. Wiley Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:01:42 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/why-we-write-4-carol-mendelsohn/#comment-20166 Yes! This is what this series should be...this is the first essay that has done anything for me. Beautiful, impassion, and inspired; just reading it makes me feel better about being a(n independent, unproduced) writer. Yes!

This is what this series should be…this is the first essay that has done anything for me. Beautiful, impassion, and inspired; just reading it makes me feel better about being a(n independent, unproduced) writer.

]]> By: Pixelsmack http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/why-we-write-4-carol-mendelsohn/#comment-20074 Pixelsmack Fri, 28 Dec 2007 05:55:33 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/why-we-write-4-carol-mendelsohn/#comment-20074 This story closely parallels mine and is why I got in to visual FX. Now lets get this settled so we can all get back to doing what we live and breathe for! This story closely parallels mine and is why I got in to visual FX.

Now lets get this settled so we can all get back to doing what we live and breathe for!

]]> By: Miss Havisham http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/why-we-write-4-carol-mendelsohn/#comment-20005 Miss Havisham Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:49:46 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/why-we-write-4-carol-mendelsohn/#comment-20005 Sweet series. Great read. I hope that AMPTP will respond soon. Their side in things will suffer the wrath of the public, if it is not clearly understood. Don't they care about public reaction? So many writers are producers as well. I have to wonder about that kind of internal conflict, and if the seeds for reconciliation are held there. . Sweet series. Great read. I hope that AMPTP will respond soon. Their side in things will suffer the wrath of the public, if it is not clearly understood.

Don’t they care about public reaction?

So many writers are producers as well. I have to wonder about that kind of internal conflict, and if the seeds for reconciliation are held there. .

]]> By: c http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/why-we-write-4-carol-mendelsohn/#comment-19966 c Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:36:58 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/why-we-write-4-carol-mendelsohn/#comment-19966 Cornell is a great school. Cornell is a great school.

]]> By: snowballa http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/why-we-write-4-carol-mendelsohn/#comment-19961 snowballa Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:15:05 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/why-we-write-4-carol-mendelsohn/#comment-19961 Nice to see that Mendlesohn is an Ithaca native since I'm an Ithaca College alum here and hopeful TV and film writer. Hope this strike ends soon. Nice to see that Mendlesohn is an Ithaca native since I’m an Ithaca College alum here and hopeful TV and film writer. Hope this strike ends soon.

]]> By: Captain Obvious http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/why-we-write-4-carol-mendelsohn/#comment-19943 Captain Obvious Thu, 27 Dec 2007 19:36:46 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/why-we-write-4-carol-mendelsohn/#comment-19943 This is a good one. I'd love to buy you a cup of coffee, Carol. Writers in the Sky... BRILLIANT! This is a good one. I’d love to buy you a cup of coffee, Carol. Writers in the Sky… BRILLIANT!

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