tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009912368962227337.post3100900736303779700..comments2023-06-04T05:30:22.619-05:00Comments on Two Kinds of People: Listen to the RabbiSusan Bearmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14991968368214219371noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009912368962227337.post-37044686682030616552009-10-18T22:13:00.219-05:002009-10-18T22:13:00.219-05:00LOL, love your dad's advice. I didn't know...LOL, love your dad's advice. I didn't know you were getting ready for your son's bar mitzvah. Hope to see you in a few weeks at the Skokie Tweet-up!Kim Moldofskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01370371961001629766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009912368962227337.post-30208685491898031712009-10-01T19:04:25.592-05:002009-10-01T19:04:25.592-05:00My newest favorite quote from Walter Cronkhite (sp...My newest favorite quote from Walter Cronkhite (sp?). " I have a deep aversion to group conformity."<br /><br />My newest advice is: Only quote children under 5 years old.<br /><br />Love your blog. <br />Love Dad.Dadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009912368962227337.post-49671613288021680682009-09-30T22:39:19.344-05:002009-09-30T22:39:19.344-05:00Sometimes I think about how much easier it must ha...Sometimes I think about how much easier it must have been to write an "original" story a couple hundred years ago. Now, not only do we have to avoid copying a world of books, but also movies.<br /><br />A few months into writing my current novel,it seemed every movie I saw featured some plot point of my story. And then, as I got close to finishing, I started rereading a book I'd read several years ago, and in the first few pages I got the sickening feeling that I had subconciously gotten the idea for my book from this one. Fortunately, the book took a major turn away from where I thought it was going. I was quite relieved (in spite recognizing my total loss of memory of the book.)<br /><br />I would never copy another writer's work, but since there's nothing new under the sun, it's inevitable that we'll have echoes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009912368962227337.post-45676790520441528932009-09-29T16:06:20.316-05:002009-09-29T16:06:20.316-05:00Nice post, Susan!
IreneNice post, Susan!<br />IreneIrenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07194231530260337110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009912368962227337.post-63676096796004259902009-09-29T11:21:05.254-05:002009-09-29T11:21:05.254-05:00I love the Mizner quote! And I agree as writers w...I love the Mizner quote! And I agree as writers we have to remember that we are just one in a long line of writers and originality (And not plagiarizing) is in the eye of the beholder.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01203286781888444548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009912368962227337.post-46483529757867934662009-09-29T10:38:23.363-05:002009-09-29T10:38:23.363-05:00Did you forward this blog to Rabbi Knobel?Did you forward this blog to Rabbi Knobel?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009912368962227337.post-12645346086914904132009-09-29T08:48:53.855-05:002009-09-29T08:48:53.855-05:00"They had their lean books with the fat of ot..."They had their lean books with the fat of others' works." <br />Author: Robert Burton<br />Source: Anatomy of Melancholy--Democritus to the Reader <br /><br />The Greeks had their students learn to write by first copying the writing of their greatest authors. Those of us who read and also write can't help being influenced by the ideas of others. But we need to trust ourselves to put our own unique spin on those ideas.<br /><br />Jacqueline Seewald<br />THE DROWNING POOL, Five Star/Gale 2009Jacqueline Seewaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09177500620940251009noreply@blogger.com