tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post5927828238364067825..comments2023-10-30T15:13:22.680+00:00Comments on Strictly Writing: OPPORTUNITY KNOCKSDThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803989273524731892noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-22581536167174914282010-05-18T09:56:47.906+01:002010-05-18T09:56:47.906+01:00Thanks, Kath! :)
SusiexThanks, Kath! :)<br />SusiexSusie Nott-Bowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08428000582406338267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-14976180295796009512010-05-17T23:21:48.268+01:002010-05-17T23:21:48.268+01:00Hey Susie,
I'm sensing doors being highlighted...Hey Susie,<br />I'm sensing doors being highlighted for you in that the minute I started reading your post I thought, I recognise this one, it's a Nottbower. I planned to email you to tell you your voice has become very distinctive, and opened the replies to find two others had highlighted this too. Telling you something?<br />Great post. KathKirstyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12226519022337690529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-76261441078429960362010-05-16T09:59:01.600+01:002010-05-16T09:59:01.600+01:00Thanks, Geri - I know you've been through quit...Thanks, Geri - I know you've been through quite a few new doors in your writing career...<br />SusiexSusie Nott-Bowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08428000582406338267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-63296660381134851952010-05-16T08:53:08.754+01:002010-05-16T08:53:08.754+01:00What a lovely post, Susie!What a lovely post, Susie!Geraldine Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01575892095296317266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-2260147789151027172010-05-15T23:25:08.102+01:002010-05-15T23:25:08.102+01:00Know what you mean, Derek. But maybe there's ...Know what you mean, Derek. But maybe there's nothing wrong with 'easy' sometimes!<br />SusiexSusie Nott-Bowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08428000582406338267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-1420965219566194732010-05-15T17:52:39.671+01:002010-05-15T17:52:39.671+01:00Lovely imagery and symbolism, Susie. Perhaps it...Lovely imagery and symbolism, Susie. Perhaps it's time for you to consider running another creativity workshop? I struggle with following the line of least resistance sometimes because I'm not always clear that it's the right way, just the easiest one.DThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803989273524731892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-27316306440464295202010-05-14T23:38:15.864+01:002010-05-14T23:38:15.864+01:00Thanks, Helen, Old Kitty, Debs - and Fidelity, I l...Thanks, Helen, Old Kitty, Debs - and Fidelity, I love your conjuring up of the noisy detritus of the city.<br />SusiexSusie Nott-Bowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08428000582406338267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-85889975033252352512010-05-14T15:03:40.346+01:002010-05-14T15:03:40.346+01:00An intriguing idea - like the road less travelled....An intriguing idea - like the road less travelled... maybe I'll have a go... great post, Susie!Debs Ricciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10837598374947020855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-59626654592168008982010-05-14T13:09:51.698+01:002010-05-14T13:09:51.698+01:00Interesting ideas Susie. Doors don't open for...Interesting ideas Susie. Doors don't open for me much. One important door that has was opened for me by my mother - I could never have done anything for myself. <br /><br />But failure has its own rewards: Recently I was in Dublin for a visit and at first envious of everyone seeming so rich compared to times past, but when I was leaving began to see a negative side - cars that were far too long to park, besides having to be sat in static in traffic; expensive cloths that are filthy with two days wearing; noise on coaches, obsessive drumming in hostels; mayhem from people having too much to spend on alcohol; people bound up in inextricable sexual union with their laptops - their inner excitement opposed to their dull, morose outer images. All celebrating nothing. <br /><br />All sorts of keys - punched hole keys, electronic card keys, secret number keys, ordinary keys. <br /><br />Doors to work closed; doors to hospital closed; doors to romance closed(!); doors to family closed. <br /><br />But oh, how wonderful it is to be left alone and to have just one door that always opens and gives you, whose ears were once precious, the right to control the volume knobs and choose between the detritus of rockers and the violin and piano sonatas which keep the poor soul alive in this world of hellish urban mayhems.Fideltiynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-66220668088982107342010-05-14T10:56:55.601+01:002010-05-14T10:56:55.601+01:00Hi
What a great way to look at things - trying ne...Hi<br /><br />What a great way to look at things - trying new doors, discovering new ones, finding the keys to locked ones.. there are so many possibilities only if you just stop trying to open just one door when there are many others around!<br /><br />What a nice positive way to see things! Thank you!<br /><br />Take care<br />xOld Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13185547869183611159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-61137623700832079912010-05-14T10:30:14.750+01:002010-05-14T10:30:14.750+01:00Interesting as ever and you certainly struck a cho...Interesting as ever and you certainly struck a chord for me.<br /><br />I often hear persistence is the key to writing, and I'm not going to tell anyone not to persist if they wish, but I for one, don't think I could keep persuing the same dream or prject if I wasn't getting what I wanted from it.<br /><br />Like you say I would knock on all the other doors in the street.<br /><br />Being open to other oportunities is vital.Helen Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00266205672947750373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-27371134729306260012010-05-14T10:24:14.857+01:002010-05-14T10:24:14.857+01:00Thanks everyone -
Lynn - I do hope the Artist'...Thanks everyone - <br />Lynn - I do hope the Artist's Way brings you back to the quiet of yourself. I know exactly what you mean about a noisy world.<br />Rod - Hooray! Will be so interested to hear how you get on.<br />Keith - I'd be delighted if you take this to your writing club, and please do direct them to Strictly! I really like your cross-training analogy: it's so easy to get stuck in a writing rut.<br />Julie - what you say makes me think of something I read recently where the old quote 'When the going gets tough, the tough get going' was contrasted with a quote from The Art of War (I think) which said (I paraphrase) 'When the going gets tough, the tough retire, reassemble themselves and emerge the stronger.'<br />Caroline - I hope you're right! Maybe when the doors are closed a nearby window may be open!<br />SusiexSusie Nott-Bowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08428000582406338267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-39735636076200491802010-05-14T09:39:10.664+01:002010-05-14T09:39:10.664+01:00Brill post, Susie - like Rod, I recognise yours st...Brill post, Susie - like Rod, I recognise yours straight away now. I like the idea of moving in a different direction, and going where your heart takes you. I hope, though, with your door analogy, that you aren't thinking you've been knocking on the wrong one...is only a matter of time for you, I'm certain.Caroline Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04708248040141519582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-62053479731640009072010-05-14T08:43:27.864+01:002010-05-14T08:43:27.864+01:00Interesting post, Susie and thought provoking. We ...Interesting post, Susie and thought provoking. We are told to work hard at our writing but maybe, if the doors are closed all the time, despite our best efforts,<br />we are trying too hard and should back off a bit or, as you say, try a different avenue.<br /><br />JulieJulie Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06546678603569056691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-37576680086806313042010-05-14T08:41:06.303+01:002010-05-14T08:41:06.303+01:00I've been trying to get this kind of idea over...I've been trying to get this kind of idea over to new members at my writing club but you have put it so much better than I could. I'm going to read this out at the next meeting, if that is o.k. and direct them to this blog.<br />The first few weeks I attended the club I hated it because I ended up doing poetry, fairytales and other stuff which isn't my thing. But after a while I realised it was exercising my creativity.<br />It's a bit like cross-training for athletes. If you're a runner - do a bit of swimming. If you're a swimmer - go out cycling.<br />It doesn't necessarily matter if you end up with a piece of work that you're never going to submit anywhere. Just like crosswords or Sudoku. They exercise your brain but, at the end of the day, you throw them away.Keith Havershttp://www.grammargrub.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-65970938079005709132010-05-14T07:23:35.331+01:002010-05-14T07:23:35.331+01:00Brilliant post, Susie. You have such a strong voic...Brilliant post, Susie. You have such a strong voice, I can recognise your posts now without scrolling down.<br /><br />And this is exactly what I need to hear and do. I will adopt your exercise for one week and report back.<br /><br />Thank you so much for inspiring me this morning.Roderic Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519267912305907364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-58003175349347083372010-05-14T06:48:33.810+01:002010-05-14T06:48:33.810+01:00Sometimes I find my world so noisy, I can't he...Sometimes I find my world so noisy, I can't hear my 'mojo.' An author friend advised me to do the Artist's Way again. And you mentioned it. It's a door, I see now, that must be opened again. Very thought provoking post. And timely. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com