tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454222325290313520.post6729446755335951818..comments2024-03-28T05:13:12.886-04:00Comments on QueryTracker Blog: Using Life's Disasters to Add Authenticity to Your WritingPatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17771807777617244491noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454222325290313520.post-39290951507995423532012-11-11T00:21:58.079-05:002012-11-11T00:21:58.079-05:00I'm literally blogging for survival at the mom...I'm literally blogging for survival at the moment. I'm writing for no other reason than I just don't know what else to do. I guess there is some benefit, I just can't see what it is right now. Rachel Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10249545947556713638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454222325290313520.post-66567342445846069092012-10-30T07:37:53.239-04:002012-10-30T07:37:53.239-04:00My son got his upper lip split open when it was hi...My son got his upper lip split open when it was hit in a hockey game. I spent my time in the ER with him alternating between compassionate hugs and comments, and making notes, asking the staff questions ("What is that thing called?", "Why did you do that?", "What would you do if?") and peeping around at others to note their experiences.<br />Writers have to be monsters sometimes :)Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12010267709739768599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454222325290313520.post-59069490187993494542012-10-08T15:48:29.884-04:002012-10-08T15:48:29.884-04:00Hm, don't know why this didn't post the fi...Hm, don't know why this didn't post the first time I tried...<br /> <br />Robin, you may tell hubby that he nailed it -- yes, it was a Bosch. I wanted quiet and I got burnt eyeballs!Carolyn Kaufman | @CMKaufmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07715666518147779502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454222325290313520.post-77017386219209194452012-10-05T00:19:18.268-04:002012-10-05T00:19:18.268-04:00Oh my! I would have never thought of putting lens...Oh my! I would have never thought of putting lens case in the dw. Read this to hubby and he wants to know if you bought a bosch dishwasher? They are remarkably quiet, but inefficient. <br /><br />I've been tempted to use latest family drama in a story, but just can't bring myself to do it. Think I prefer dreaming up imaginative scenarios. They are less painful. Robin Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07765229264945106765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454222325290313520.post-18797131125165151912012-10-04T07:16:27.195-04:002012-10-04T07:16:27.195-04:00I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees sto...I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees stories while facing tragic circumstances. <br /><br />After the panic, anger, hurt, sadness, then comes the story.Peaches Ledwidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13406881743264774589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454222325290313520.post-46983462533679939312012-10-03T23:21:24.191-04:002012-10-03T23:21:24.191-04:00Oh, man, have I been there with the eye-related ER...Oh, man, have I been there with the eye-related ER trips. Scratched my cornea freshman year in college an went through some of the same tests to figure out why my eye was hurting and I couldn't see. We writers definitely have to draw on every experience we've ever had to extrapolate reactions and add authenticity to our writing. (Maybe someday I'll write a contemporary that will actually get published and it might have a hospital scene or two. Seen too many of those in my life.)Stephanie McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507025637411479409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454222325290313520.post-1849850416980132722012-10-03T17:28:06.541-04:002012-10-03T17:28:06.541-04:00Experiencing adversity is a GREAT writer tool. I r...Experiencing adversity is a GREAT writer tool. I remember writing my first novel and there was a scene involving paramedics, a ride in an ambulance, and the hospital. Lo and behold, I found myself in that position and I remember talking to the paramedics in the truck about how I was totally jazzed to use the experience in my material. Best learning part of that experience was the extremely calm and in-control actions and words of the paramedics.<br /><br />As sorry as I am about your recent migraine-vision problems, I am equally in line with you and how it has the upside of adding authenticity to your writing. :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454222325290313520.post-52879072106203148242012-10-03T09:33:17.267-04:002012-10-03T09:33:17.267-04:00Wow, that sounds crazy. I used to work for an eye ...Wow, that sounds crazy. I used to work for an eye doctor and saw a lot of corneal abrasions, but none, to my knowledge of dishwasher detergent. I never heard of anyone putting their contact case in the dishwasher, but that's not the point. It's true, learning firsthand always makes a story more realistic. That's what's called, write what you know. Good story about your experience, you had me on the edge of my seat.<br />Elizabeth McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08769477449767726442noreply@blogger.com