tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414625540705024110.post628798863457875729..comments2023-08-23T11:51:34.659-04:00Comments on Write Like A Wizard: An Interview with Dr. Bob Rich!!Knycoleleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00025534439255143606noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414625540705024110.post-38440057384138489342013-04-08T12:19:20.850-04:002013-04-08T12:19:20.850-04:00I agree 100% writers must write!I agree 100% writers must write!Knycoleleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00025534439255143606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414625540705024110.post-87022188164118277972013-04-08T04:59:09.459-04:002013-04-08T04:59:09.459-04:00Bonnie Newcomer posted on Ascending Spiral's t...Bonnie Newcomer posted on Ascending Spiral's timeline at Facebook:<br />"Your interview with Kenya Lee was very informative and inspiring to this writing neophyte. I'm finding the more I learn about writing fiction, the more I realize how little I know. I will be visiting mudsmith.net and bobswriting.com for more insight. Perhaps I should be doing more writing and less reading about writing! Thank you, Dr. Rich."<br />My reply to her:<br />Bonnie, it's my pleasure.<br />I learned lots early on from 2 things: writing short stories and entering them in contests, and having my work edited by a professional.<br />Writing is a craft, and you learn a craft through doing.<br />:)<br />BobDr Bob Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13905005432340711608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414625540705024110.post-76272694996337365512013-04-08T04:56:02.073-04:002013-04-08T04:56:02.073-04:00Leigha, there is something else.
At the same time,...Leigha, there is something else.<br />At the same time, you as author should be invisible, a string-puller behind the scenes, never on the stage.<br />This means avoiding author intrusions and other info dumps. The fiction writer's job is not to tell information to the reader, but to bring characters to life, and let THEM do the work.<br />:)<br />BobDr Bob Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13905005432340711608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414625540705024110.post-64849680507753007482013-04-08T04:03:37.897-04:002013-04-08T04:03:37.897-04:00Hi Leigha (what an unusual name!)
Thank you. And t...Hi Leigha (what an unusual name!)<br />Thank you. And thank you for tweeting -- that's a mystery I haven't touched. My current challenges are Facebook and Pinterest.<br />When I write fiction, I BECOME the character whose point of view I am using. In the story "Duck" displayed on this site, that's arrogant lady-killer and hunter Harry, and then a Being from off-planet with everything different from humans. I have never been either of these, but all the same, I can only bring them to life from within my personal experience.<br />Have fun,<br />BobDr Bob Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13905005432340711608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414625540705024110.post-80728091163623945532013-04-07T02:11:03.219-04:002013-04-07T02:11:03.219-04:00I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed this inter...I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed this interview, Dr. Rich. I especially appreciated when you said that everything a fiction writer produces is autobiographical. I've always thought it ridiculous when writers and educators have said to me that a good work of fiction is one that does not reflect the author but the story - as if the story could exist or be realistic without the author feeding something of themselves into it. I reTweeted this article because I hope others out there will read it and realize that they don't have to twist themselves into a mental pretzel trying follow this impossible advice. Thank you. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11014865843627833111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414625540705024110.post-10004489138497898122013-04-07T00:42:50.022-04:002013-04-07T00:42:50.022-04:00On the keyboard of my laptop. That can be in my re...On the keyboard of my laptop. That can be in my recliner chair at home, on the train, in a doctor's waiting room, wherever.<br />You see, everywhere I go, I take myself with me, and that's the only essential tool for writing.<br />:)<br />BobDr Bob Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13905005432340711608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414625540705024110.post-55017721582476625962013-04-05T12:44:19.470-04:002013-04-05T12:44:19.470-04:00Where is your favorite place to write?Where is your favorite place to write?Knycoleleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00025534439255143606noreply@blogger.com