tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post9145539239863976587..comments2024-03-15T09:26:02.796-05:00Comments on PROJECT MAYHEM: Finding My Fiction Dream Again by Donna GalantiProject Mayhemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05154342399869089664noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-85953883613615005732016-01-07T11:52:39.995-06:002016-01-07T11:52:39.995-06:00Michael, thanks so much! And our childhood leaves ...Michael, thanks so much! And our childhood leaves deep impressions - good and bad. It truly came from a long forgotten and painful memory. DonnaGalantihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16936331145444649588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-29522869397563595212015-12-23T11:36:04.544-06:002015-12-23T11:36:04.544-06:00I loved the story you wrote about the bullies. The...I loved the story you wrote about the bullies. The things that happen to us as children leave lasting, deep trenches of feeling. You are a wonderful writer.Michael G-Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07947421844294471304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-58241409372382668332015-12-18T08:56:21.269-06:002015-12-18T08:56:21.269-06:00Thank you Caroline. This story just came forth in ...Thank you Caroline. This story just came forth in one sitting. It was powerful for me to remember and to write it from my 9 year old memory. DonnaGalantihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16936331145444649588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-14221291720427605982015-12-18T08:47:30.462-06:002015-12-18T08:47:30.462-06:00Thank you so much for sharing this, Donna. You'...Thank you so much for sharing this, Donna. You've stirred something deep in me.Caroline Starr Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04597510685273079757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-29053036416668046992015-12-18T06:58:47.330-06:002015-12-18T06:58:47.330-06:00Jess, that is amazing! And actually my story above...Jess, that is amazing! And actually my story above came from a prompt as well. Imagine the endless stories we could create if we took a small memory from our life each day and wrote about it - fictionalized or not. And what a way to recall those moments, digging into them to see it through all the senses. As a matter of fact, I may do just that to spur on creativity!DonnaGalantihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16936331145444649588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-55376151187302669142015-12-18T06:53:10.220-06:002015-12-18T06:53:10.220-06:00One of the assignments I was given by my amazing a...One of the assignments I was given by my amazing advisor An Na in my first semester of school was to pick a childhood memory--something very small, actually--to write about. I simply chose the creek I played in. Not a plot point, not anything really except I knew I could capture the emotion I felt in that place. And it turned into a full-blown short story--not an autobiographical one, although bits of it were taken from my life--and I was blown away at how quickly it formed with such a simple prompt. We are in all of our stories and all of our characters--pretty amazing. Jess Rinkerhttp://www.jmrinker.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-19277531483323709692015-12-18T05:30:58.343-06:002015-12-18T05:30:58.343-06:00Debra, sounds like fodder for a spooky story indee...Debra, sounds like fodder for a spooky story indeed! I love how our childhood imaginations can feed into our adult writing. Ahh, been a long time since I was at Weirs Beach. Used to go there when we lived in NH. Thanks for sharing your blog about it!DonnaGalantihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16936331145444649588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-27591508502776370262015-12-18T04:41:18.918-06:002015-12-18T04:41:18.918-06:00Great subject matter for a post.
Just submitted a...Great subject matter for a post.<br /><br />Just submitted a scene in my MG novel to my CPs based on my memories of a house on my walk to school as a kid that was always scary - had that dark, overgrown yard and bushes, bit run down, all around spooky look to to - all year round. We dared each other to ring its bell on Halloween. So far, getting positive feedback on the spooky vibes.<br /><br />I also did a memory lane tour of NH (Loon Mountain, Weirs Beach, Meredith, Wolfboro) this past summer. The trip inspired posts on my travel blog crazytraveladventures.blogspot.com and it certainly is fuel for my novel writing.Debra (Feldman) Gettshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782112135681985755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-11655265206494721602015-12-17T20:25:54.134-06:002015-12-17T20:25:54.134-06:00Jess, thanks for your thoughtful comment! I like t...Jess, thanks for your thoughtful comment! I like to believe too that my dream wasn't gone but I indeed had to dig to find it again. And it's so true that we must keep exploring and are continually evolving as writers even if we don't know it - until we are in a new place and have to figure things out again. There is something of me in all my books and all my characters - and their events. I think this is what makes everyone's story so unique...and what I love. :) DonnaGalantihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16936331145444649588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-14078902874190751442015-12-17T19:26:00.806-06:002015-12-17T19:26:00.806-06:00Beautiful and heartbreaking, as childhood is. This...Beautiful and heartbreaking, as childhood is. This is such an honest and truthful post and I have no doubt your fiction dream never left you, but needed you to dig to a deeper place to see it. Good writers are constantly exploring. Whether it be out in the world or deep in our hearts or into the mind of a stranger. We must explore. It takes us to new levels not only in our lives but with our craft. Sometimes it's really hard. If it wasn't hard, I don't think it would be any good. Take your memories, the good and bad, and use them, my friend. It all benefits the fiction because "fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth." (Camus) <3Jess Rinkerhttp://www.jmrinker.comnoreply@blogger.com