tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127843717520791763.post4449942800707385604..comments2023-10-11T05:50:38.933+13:00Comments on Mairangi Writers - Arresting Prose: Erin McKechnie finds inspiration from the professionals.Officer in Chargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12255532384339262008noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127843717520791763.post-87373932039940041872012-10-26T11:52:55.696+13:002012-10-26T11:52:55.696+13:00I write for me - but I also write aware that I am ...I write for me - but I also write aware that I am writing for people like me - so therefore an audience.<br />I believe we all have audiences out there, people who share our interests, the same sorts of stories we do, and could become friends if we knew them better.<br />Somedays, yes I struggle to find a word and it bothers me. Somedays I find my characters get stuck in a place and I need a find a convincing leap to move them to the next page. Somedays writing is a pain in the neck. Those are the days when you need to go for walk, weed the garden, read someone else's words and stop struggling with it all.<br />Then there are the days when the fingers can't stop. The keyboard tap tap taps all the way to then end of chapter and beyond. Then you feel really good about yourself, your story and life in this wonderful country.Vicky Adinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11316105204934977899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127843717520791763.post-73756074323533673132012-10-11T17:47:47.000+13:002012-10-11T17:47:47.000+13:00What great points of view from those writers. All ...What great points of view from those writers. All of which, surely, I have experienced to some degree or other. Ray Bradbury's exhortation to have fun and enjoy rings a bell. Creating the work is exciting and fun. It's the editing and editing and editing that drives me mad; bores me silly; tests my limits of perseverence. Thanks Erin, for making me think.Jean Louise Allenhttp://www.jeanlouiseallen.comnoreply@blogger.com