tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91619058872894494.post2757522463147153743..comments2024-03-28T02:13:42.262-07:00Comments on Wendy Paine Miller: You Write Like a StatueWendy Paine Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14123871938365782734noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91619058872894494.post-28252241256296867022011-02-10T18:59:08.484-08:002011-02-10T18:59:08.484-08:00I'm so behind in my blog reading and have had ...I'm so behind in my blog reading and have had this starred for a few days. You amaze me with your insights and analogies. Truly a gift, Wendy!<br />I think I'm a mixture of The David and The Thinker. I do feel exposed when I write, that a part of me is seen by all. But, I often think through and plot before I sit down and write. I like to have a bit of a map to follow...MaDonna Maurerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04157381592556792198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91619058872894494.post-39894935445876995682011-02-08T17:29:13.379-08:002011-02-08T17:29:13.379-08:00A mix, really, of The David and The Thinker. Great...A mix, really, of The David and The Thinker. Great question, Wendy!Janna Leadbetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06339705935553160673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91619058872894494.post-31039866026236400002011-02-08T12:59:10.607-08:002011-02-08T12:59:10.607-08:00Oh holy cow, it's Imo Jima, all the way. It...Oh holy cow, it's Imo Jima, all the way. It's a battlefield, baby.Elana Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05877856005992028912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91619058872894494.post-78734652841813241782011-02-08T12:57:56.392-08:002011-02-08T12:57:56.392-08:00This is so creative and so YOU!
I'm a cross ...This is so creative and so YOU! <br /><br />I'm a cross between Discolus and the Thinker. I have fun writing and throwing words out there, but I also am a major plotter!Jill Kemererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07865493609868329393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91619058872894494.post-79253030448033284342011-02-08T07:34:29.627-08:002011-02-08T07:34:29.627-08:00Iwo Jima, for sure. Of course I'm a little b...Iwo Jima, for sure. Of course I'm a little bit of all of them.Susan R. Millshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09578747592345750650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91619058872894494.post-38661375132149315732011-02-07T17:47:10.789-08:002011-02-07T17:47:10.789-08:00Wendy,
LOVE this post! I'm a David, I think? ...Wendy,<br /><br />LOVE this post! I'm a David, I think? I'm also indecisive . ;)<br /><br />-MelMelanie N. Brasherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911818530874840829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91619058872894494.post-41979150868955329762011-02-07T17:13:34.077-08:002011-02-07T17:13:34.077-08:00Hi Wendy -
What a creative post!
I think I'm...Hi Wendy -<br /><br />What a creative post!<br /><br />I think I'm a cross between David and Lady Justice. <br /><br />Blessings,<br />Susan :)Susan J. Reinhardthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07461276857852409546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91619058872894494.post-91652221856610810902011-02-07T16:32:21.498-08:002011-02-07T16:32:21.498-08:00Cassandra, Thanks for the tweet. I know you love t...Cassandra, Thanks for the tweet. I know you love to grow as you write and you encourage others to think...so you pick. ;)<br /><br />Rachel, I can be quite spontaneous myself. It makes for some wonderful memories. Laughable ones.<br /><br />Thanks Kara. You'll soon see I'm much of a mix myself.<br /><br />Rosslyn, I laughed when I opened your Tin Man/Scarecrow example today. You so need to visit.<br /><br />Gia, You've hit upon something so telling that we deal with as writers. I was just telling my friend the other day I feel most like me when I write my thoughts as opposed to say them. But yes, that equates to a deeper vulnerability.<br /><br />Keli, I laughed hard about the crudglo! They could make a real good product with that name! Thanks for the way you reached out today. I'll answer at the end of this marathon comment. Thanks for asking.<br /><br />Erica, I haven't seen 2. My kids were scared of 1 when it came out, but you've intrigued me. <br /><br />MfD, What a poignant point about translating the passion from something you understand to something that will be understood by others. A true fight it is.<br /><br />Diane, Nice. This is one reason I enjoy reading Jodi Picoult.<br /><br />Angie, Should I worry about your arms? :D<br /><br />Casey, There is so much to be said for determination. It's a constant teacher, even if we are the only ones learning from it.<br /><br />Katie, Yep, I see that.<br /><br />T., There has to be something so satisfying about planting that flag, eh?<br /><br />Cath, I write so many of these where people usually overlap. It's fun that way.<br /><br />Jennifer, Still flying from all your good news. <br /><br />Jaime, I do what I can to creep you out. Actually I'm looking in your windows now to get my notes for my next post. :D<br /><br />Anne, Yeah David. Is it odd to have a crush on David? Yes, probably. <br /><br />Heather, A good cross I'd say. A nice blend.<br /><br />It's so fun to have company in this place come and prop feet up and throw around these absurd and unusual ideas with me.<br /><br />Stephen King sums up my answer in something he wrote in On Writing:<br /><br />“I think you will find that, if you continue to write fiction, every character you create is partly you.”<br /><br />The one I relate to the least is Caesar Augustus.<br /><br />Hope you sleep well, thankful you aren't really a statue and neither is your writing.<br /><br />~ WendyWendy Paine Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136235074351188350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91619058872894494.post-89284085813172444612011-02-07T16:09:14.709-08:002011-02-07T16:09:14.709-08:00Oh, I think I'm a cross between The David and ...Oh, I think I'm a cross between The David and The Thinker.Heather Sunserihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12552506888985553471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91619058872894494.post-66916606306522528462011-02-07T15:34:17.094-08:002011-02-07T15:34:17.094-08:00If you think of me, do you need to ask? I'm Da...If you think of me, do you need to ask? I'm David for sure.<br /><br />And now, dear Wendy, please tell us who you are?Anne Lang Bundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02998809463390846323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91619058872894494.post-57367513313309962812011-02-07T14:13:51.790-08:002011-02-07T14:13:51.790-08:00I'm Lady Justice. Wow. You nailed me almost to...I'm Lady Justice. Wow. You nailed me almost to a tee. I think I'm creeped out.Jaime Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07768583469408522818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91619058872894494.post-20511113996136873592011-02-07T13:32:41.197-08:002011-02-07T13:32:41.197-08:00This is GREAT!
I think I'm the Iwo Jima Memori...This is GREAT!<br />I think I'm the Iwo Jima Memorial.Jennifer Shirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16970585847385511795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91619058872894494.post-62165439078536776732011-02-07T13:02:13.694-08:002011-02-07T13:02:13.694-08:00Hmm. Not really sure. I do like to think, and I li...Hmm. Not really sure. I do like to think, and I like to have control over the thing - I edit, write, edit, write. And there has to be a moral to the story. So I guess I'm a combination.Catherine Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075571140881352399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91619058872894494.post-48125782550441376682011-02-07T09:17:01.096-08:002011-02-07T09:17:01.096-08:00Fun post! I'd like to say the thinker, but I&#...Fun post! I'd like to say the thinker, but I'm probably more of a charging up the hill ready to plant my flag kind of girl. ;)Tanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10518718614911804428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91619058872894494.post-16701764865630253652011-02-07T08:59:01.450-08:002011-02-07T08:59:01.450-08:00I'm a thinker and a David, I think.I'm a thinker and a David, I think.Katie Gansherthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09150375338556869812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91619058872894494.post-27082468395353596492011-02-07T08:38:12.001-08:002011-02-07T08:38:12.001-08:00Iwo Jima Memorial
I think. Though I'm not sur...Iwo Jima Memorial<br /><br />I think. Though I'm not surrounded by agents and editors. LOL! But I think I do spend a lot of self doubt talk and forge through, DETERMINED! Great post, I loved it. :)Caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920406327885410557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91619058872894494.post-67666297222282078362011-02-07T08:05:49.859-08:002011-02-07T08:05:49.859-08:00Venus de Milo? :DVenus de Milo? :DAngie Ledbetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16407006980893727627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91619058872894494.post-85976752086710364832011-02-07T08:03:45.715-08:002011-02-07T08:03:45.715-08:00I guess I'm the most like Lady Justice. Love a...I guess I'm the most like Lady Justice. Love a good moral to the story. :O)Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07604687906788800639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91619058872894494.post-12270174500403563842011-02-07T07:56:41.817-08:002011-02-07T07:56:41.817-08:00What a thought provoking post! I don't write n...What a thought provoking post! I don't write novels, and I'm at the beginning of identifying myself as a writer (even though I've been doing it for 27 years in my own private journals!) but I would say that I am David and Iwo Jima. I very much identify with David as a warrior and worshiper. When I write, it's with passion and purpose and vulnerability, but I think that it will be a battle for me to get out in a form that will be understandable for the average reader. I can see myself needing lots of help.Mining for Diamondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14926572748712180041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91619058872894494.post-87950017326257769802011-02-07T07:55:31.087-08:002011-02-07T07:55:31.087-08:00I'm The Thinker. Without a doubt.
Which will ...I'm The Thinker. Without a doubt.<br /><br />Which will please my son, who loves The Thinker character in Night at the Museum 2. <br /><br />Fiyah-powah!Erica Vetschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08772984806574666959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91619058872894494.post-85802670553292649592011-02-07T07:47:14.343-08:002011-02-07T07:47:14.343-08:00After spending two years in Revision Land, I'd...After spending two years in Revision Land, I'd say I'm Iwo Jima. However, when I'm pouring forth a story, there's some David. My experience has taught me to incorporate more Thinker.<br /><br />At the end of the day, after your visitors have posted, I hope you'll tell us which you think you are, Wendy. I have an idea, but I want to see if my guess is correct.<br /><br />I muffed up my first word verification and the second time got "crudglo." How fitting. I've spent years learned how to do just that: take my cruddy first drafts, revise, and make them glow. =)Keli Gwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13236868298400593688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91619058872894494.post-77184898437458743482011-02-07T07:36:13.137-08:002011-02-07T07:36:13.137-08:00Without a doubt, David. When I send my work off......Without a doubt, David. When I send my work off...I literally have an image of them being able to see me naked. Creepy...and I wish that I could stop feeling that whenever I click 'send'...but I can't! :) As a writer, I'm afraid I reveal more about myself on the page than I would ever do in a normal world.Gia Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10524584525586023458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91619058872894494.post-35366055919873786312011-02-07T07:16:53.238-08:002011-02-07T07:16:53.238-08:00Kara, I'm very similar to you except I'd s...Kara, I'm very similar to you except I'd say I'm equal parts David, Thinker, and Iwo Jima.<br /><br />Good pop quiz, Wendy! :-)Rosslyn Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11304732306399786236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91619058872894494.post-7996994232928092422011-02-07T06:41:35.170-08:002011-02-07T06:41:35.170-08:00I think I'm a little like David and a lot like...I think I'm a little like David and a lot like the Thinker and Iwo Jima mixed together.<br />This is awesome how you compared our writing selves to statues-love it!Karahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03925811510913201292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91619058872894494.post-72672335346203573832011-02-07T05:23:40.118-08:002011-02-07T05:23:40.118-08:00I think I'm David. My thoughts just bubble ove...I think I'm David. My thoughts just bubble over, and I feel like I have to speak them or write them down before they disappear. While the bubbling is good for my writing, it gets me into trouble (like this: http://bit.ly/hzz01a). Silly me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com