tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post8458376861527528107..comments2024-03-01T00:32:17.498-05:00Comments on Read Write Believe: Me and E.B., running with scissors and playing with glueSarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12225998457253574928noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-45243379811265930472008-06-26T19:29:00.000-04:002008-06-26T19:29:00.000-04:00The day I finally mastered cut and paste was a hap...The day I finally mastered cut and paste was a happy one indeed. Now I take out, put back, repeat ad nauseam all day long.<BR/><BR/>I like what David says about storytelling being nonlinear. Few people start a story at A and finish at Z. It's figuring out where to start that's tricky -- and how many of the letters we should leave out along the way...Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-12751611530871244522008-06-26T18:28:00.000-04:002008-06-26T18:28:00.000-04:00I agree, David. Even stories without flashbacks o...I agree, David. Even stories without flashbacks or other obvious time jumps are rarely truly linear. All books manipulate time in the service of the greater story. Because, as you say, that's how our brains work.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225998457253574928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-90789165841419854202008-06-26T11:52:00.000-04:002008-06-26T11:52:00.000-04:00Something 've thought about before is that we like...Something 've thought about before is that we like to think of the universe as linearly ordered but our brains don't work that way. If we are casually telling a story we jump around with the details, with backstory, with asides. We'll start with something later on and build toward it. Sometimes there's value in what our non-linear brains are trying to tell us about the way things connect.david elzeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16653215150526146224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-10282718548441141852008-06-26T11:14:00.000-04:002008-06-26T11:14:00.000-04:00Not as long as we stay in our parallel alternate u...Not as long as we stay in our parallel alternate universes.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225998457253574928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-4688927911891022692008-06-26T08:05:00.000-04:002008-06-26T08:05:00.000-04:00You know if we are BOTH messing with the space-tim...You know if we are BOTH messing with the space-time continuum that could be problematic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com