tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post1178383365342308011..comments2024-03-27T23:59:01.850-07:00Comments on Writing About Writing (And Occasionally Some Writing): It's Really Okay Not to Write. Really.- Part IIChris Brecheenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-3625745730244837412014-05-25T13:00:03.321-07:002014-05-25T13:00:03.321-07:00You're welcome.You're welcome.Chris Brecheenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-86424689303510835852013-04-19T00:40:42.644-07:002013-04-19T00:40:42.644-07:00You *especially* don't have to do everything y...You *especially* don't have to do everything you WERE good at back in grade school. (Thank you for this, by the way.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-33626529223623788732013-02-12T20:41:02.966-08:002013-02-12T20:41:02.966-08:00What is it you write that you do prose and code?What is it you write that you do prose and code?Chris Brecheenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-35863941140747154772013-02-12T12:36:11.297-08:002013-02-12T12:36:11.297-08:00Fortunately, writing prose is a very small portion...Fortunately, writing prose is a very small portion of my job--most of my job is writing computer code. I could probably foist off the prose-writing portion on someone else, but whenever I do, it's always someone whose talent for writing is evidently on vacation in the tropics, and the result is so PAINFUL that I find myself having to essentially re-write whatever they've done to maintain my sanity. So it's much less work (and a lot less painful) to just write it myself--the right way--the first time around.packyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10969473934826247044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-86834574523979881662013-01-30T11:10:45.749-08:002013-01-30T11:10:45.749-08:00Sure. The e-mail is chris.brecheen@gmail.comSure. The e-mail is chris.brecheen@gmail.comChris Brecheenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-35088910960710229422013-01-30T11:07:45.183-08:002013-01-30T11:07:45.183-08:00Is there a way to contact you privately? I've ...Is there a way to contact you privately? I've got a bit of stage fright.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-9903719382206117662013-01-30T10:53:03.794-08:002013-01-30T10:53:03.794-08:00I've never heard that one before. The one of ...I've never heard that one before. The one of his I always see is that one about making your life boring so your writing can be violent. Thank you!Chris Brecheenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-14434901363609556462013-01-30T10:24:51.919-08:002013-01-30T10:24:51.919-08:00William Styron: “I loathe writing with what amount...William Styron: “I loathe writing with what amounts to a kind of phobia,” he wrote in 1956, “and I suppose that it’s only a sort of perverse masochism that keeps me at it.” Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-78359438293471472112013-01-29T20:25:18.007-08:002013-01-29T20:25:18.007-08:00That's a real cool story.That's a real cool story.Chris Brecheenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-29023652440424531872013-01-29T12:33:34.435-08:002013-01-29T12:33:34.435-08:00Speaking of doing what you love... I have a friend...Speaking of doing what you love... I have a friend who's mother was born and raised in Germany. This was a long time ago, probably during or just after Hitler. They had to take a standardized test to find what their talent was so they could be trained in the field that best suited them. My friend's mom scored high as "nurse". The problem was she dreamed of being an accountant. So she immigrated to America and made her dreams come true. She might not have scored to be the best accountant in the world, but she loved doing it.Mary Ann Starkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05637259763824196944noreply@blogger.com