tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post3357682766532929609..comments2024-02-13T15:37:51.463-05:00Comments on Ellis Vidler's Unpredictable Muse: 3 Approaches, 1 Subject: Toussaint. Iyer. Staggs.Ellis Vidlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918353154644739285noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-59273239521952237012012-06-11T13:39:29.081-04:002012-06-11T13:39:29.081-04:00What a fascinating exercise! I want to read more b...What a fascinating exercise! I want to read more by all three authors in the stories triggered. Earl, my thoughts mirrored yours most closely, I think. I saw him as undead, though...jenny milchmanhttp://suspenseyourdisbelief.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-63509553868385880492012-06-10T15:31:29.198-04:002012-06-10T15:31:29.198-04:00Thanks! I'm kinda blushing.Thanks! I'm kinda blushing.Terra Marhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13049075796040822054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-70339756813910089462012-06-10T08:10:27.665-04:002012-06-10T08:10:27.665-04:00Elysabeth, I often use pictures when I write--for ...Elysabeth, I often use pictures when I write--for characters, places, whatever seems right. I have them taped on the wall near my desk, some not used but waiting for the right story.Ellis Vidlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11918353154644739285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-23964331176415503832012-06-09T18:17:05.791-04:002012-06-09T18:17:05.791-04:00Loved this post. What great stories each of you cr...Loved this post. What great stories each of you created. This was a good idea, and I enjoyed each version.Caroline Clemmonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14914658854159456335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-3799462302091978302012-06-09T18:05:33.689-04:002012-06-09T18:05:33.689-04:00Thanks for sharing, Ellis. I sort of went this wa...Thanks for sharing, Ellis. I sort of went this way for the novel I'm working on now except that I had found a creative writing site that had 50 pictures with mini prompts or a question to prompt you to think about the situation for the particular picture. When I originally scanned the pictures, about 5 of them jumped out as being connected in one story so I'm using those to drive my elysabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07052446855668120700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-82585507981961705562012-06-09T18:05:27.461-04:002012-06-09T18:05:27.461-04:00Wonderful exercise. Ellis, you asked three very ta...Wonderful exercise. Ellis, you asked three very talented writers to participate. A joy to read!Jacqueline Seewaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09177500620940251009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-51777628537574150272012-06-09T17:36:33.173-04:002012-06-09T17:36:33.173-04:00This was a great idea!!! Loved the differences... ...This was a great idea!!! Loved the differences... thnaks for sharing it...Thelma Straw, NY MWAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-36282946607886482622012-06-09T17:09:38.564-04:002012-06-09T17:09:38.564-04:00Terra, very nice. I like the hint about his cold h...Terra, very nice. I like the hint about his cold hands too. I only allowed 150 words, but you have a good little piece of flash fiction there. Clever punch line!Ellis Vidlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11918353154644739285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-46929217968153825472012-06-09T16:21:14.647-04:002012-06-09T16:21:14.647-04:00What a great post. I loved Terra Mar's too. No...What a great post. I loved Terra Mar's too. Now I have some more authors I want to read.Teri Heyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734384917646492938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-41822706611702737532012-06-09T15:28:22.489-04:002012-06-09T15:28:22.489-04:00WOW, I enjoyed the three blurb. Excellent with so ...WOW, I enjoyed the three blurb. Excellent with so much emotion, each in its own style.Mona Riskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14923883333893160794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-89710146423352206712012-06-09T13:12:56.320-04:002012-06-09T13:12:56.320-04:00Am I the only one who was tempted to try this? Her...Am I the only one who was tempted to try this? Here's mine:<br /><br /><br />I saw him every time I went to the Night Owl Cafe. Usually I pretended to be engrossed in a book. I’ll even admit I bought Camus’s The Plague to impress him. Significant, impressive. Not as well-known as The Stranger. <br />The night he came to my table I was actually reading – The Mists of Avalon. He slid into the Terra Marhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13049075796040822054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-53910309038485720572012-06-09T12:51:31.356-04:002012-06-09T12:51:31.356-04:00Great idea and great stories from 3 accomplished w...Great idea and great stories from 3 accomplished writers. What fun to read such different takes on a single pic. Thanks for a fun start to my writing day!Cindy Smithhttp://beebeesharpe.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-53519568920515827412012-06-09T11:26:29.976-04:002012-06-09T11:26:29.976-04:00Great fun for a blog post! I enjoyed the differenc...Great fun for a blog post! I enjoyed the differences and similarities in the stories. Well done.LK Hunsakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10706929624587891992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-68101827049693841872012-06-09T10:38:07.186-04:002012-06-09T10:38:07.186-04:00Ellis,
Your idea has sparked a lot of excitement....Ellis,<br /><br />Your idea has sparked a lot of excitement. Thanks for thinking of it, and for inviting me to participate.<br /><br />Maggie<br /><br />ps Cheryl, thanks for stopping in!Maggie Toussainthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12011893139722870283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-42290110565321051072012-06-09T10:17:03.489-04:002012-06-09T10:17:03.489-04:00Thanks, Ellis, for inviting me to join Maggie and ...Thanks, Ellis, for inviting me to join Maggie and Polly in this exercise. Fun, interesting, and revealing. Description is not my strong suit, so it was good practice for me. I should do it more often.Earl Staggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13349667172813175960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-83709527455429425012012-06-09T09:13:29.555-04:002012-06-09T09:13:29.555-04:00‘Such a good exercise and three examples of “showi...‘Such a good exercise and three examples of “showing and not telling” from different talented writers. I’m going to suggest we use this same exercise in my writers group in Puerto Vallarta.Doug Danielsonhttp://www.doug-danielson.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-36457053456243945642012-06-09T07:57:08.482-04:002012-06-09T07:57:08.482-04:00I love these descriptions--each offers a unique vi...I love these descriptions--each offers a unique view and tells a different story. Isn't imagination wonderful? <br />Thank you all for being here today. You provided a good lesson in what's in the eye of the beholder.Ellis Vidlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11918353154644739285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-85242520198530267682012-06-09T06:37:05.723-04:002012-06-09T06:37:05.723-04:00This reminds me of the yearly Painted Sounds progr...This reminds me of the yearly Painted Sounds program the Atlanta Branch of NLAPW has each year. At one of our monthly meetings members (who are artists, writers, or composers) present a painting, poem, short story, song...the list goes on. They bring three copies of their creation; afterwards, members choose one or two of these copies to take home with them. During the next month they create Fran Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01230580828240178414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-71186894829849725552012-06-08T23:00:01.210-04:002012-06-08T23:00:01.210-04:00This was just too cool. It's a visual of that ...This was just too cool. It's a visual of that old one about giving an author an opening line.<br /><br />Tres kewl.Peg Brantleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04906858123466177508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-84226883090805603202012-06-08T22:51:25.445-04:002012-06-08T22:51:25.445-04:00Ellis, this was a neat exercise. Hoe to see more o...Ellis, this was a neat exercise. Hoe to see more of it in the future. Kind of like eye witnesses: they all see something different~Marnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18356717353308912189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-19334679470089765852012-06-08T22:50:34.576-04:002012-06-08T22:50:34.576-04:00What a great exercise! And you all wrote such viv...What a great exercise! And you all wrote such vivid and different descriptions. Well done! Thanks, Ellis!Donnell Ann Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943037206984648849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-24939810902435802562012-06-08T21:56:51.551-04:002012-06-08T21:56:51.551-04:00Thanks, Ellis, for coming up with such an intrigui...Thanks, Ellis, for coming up with such an intriguing idea.Polly Iyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05729656119287702191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-39713291765107733522012-06-08T21:56:11.560-04:002012-06-08T21:56:11.560-04:00What fun! I loved the descriptions from my partner...What fun! I loved the descriptions from my partners in crime. Excellent, Maggie and Earl. We should do this more often.Polly Iyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05729656119287702191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-83004397869676991342012-06-08T20:50:39.616-04:002012-06-08T20:50:39.616-04:00Maggie, very interesting! I love these kinds of ex...Maggie, very interesting! I love these kinds of exercises, don't you? It's amazing, the different things you three saw in this man's face. <br />CherylCheryl Piersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116526340220274282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932500187353859270.post-7169310145868284662012-06-08T20:42:20.484-04:002012-06-08T20:42:20.484-04:00Ellis,
Thank you for including me in the picture ...Ellis,<br /><br />Thank you for including me in the picture group. I used the exercise to while away the hours as I drove home today.<br /><br />I enjoyed reading Polly and Earl's subs as well. All different. All compelling.<br /><br />MaggieMaggie Toussainthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12011893139722870283noreply@blogger.com