tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434699491181348092.post3250349338892108691..comments2023-09-12T09:09:08.656-07:00Comments on Well-Read Donkey: Clea Simon: On lying fallowAggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00745258157624796110noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434699491181348092.post-47992182096457233122009-06-23T16:23:23.387-07:002009-06-23T16:23:23.387-07:00That's it, Katharine! That's the feeling I...That's it, Katharine! That's the feeling I have exactly! I don't want it set (in amber or in type) yet.Clea Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10810838253598050028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434699491181348092.post-25467872559713915712009-06-23T16:06:40.337-07:002009-06-23T16:06:40.337-07:00Hello everyone. (I think I may be the only one her...Hello everyone. (I think I may be the only one here who has met each of you.)<br /><br />There are some psychoanalysts who admonish their patients not to write down dreams or tell anyone about a dream before bringing it into the analysis, because once the dream has been written down or told, it is set in amber and is less available for the rich work of the analysis, some of which involves the truly free associating required for the telling of the dream.Katharine Weberhttp://www.katharineweber.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434699491181348092.post-33945481559839505612009-06-22T07:55:55.859-07:002009-06-22T07:55:55.859-07:00Thanks you, Caroline!
Roberta - must you? I someti...Thanks you, Caroline!<br />Roberta - must you? I sometimes think if I don't write them down, my subconscious will keep working on them. Once they've seen light, though...<br />Kate - interesting place you're in! Do you think you're in one of those those places where you should keep writing (get through the rusty water) or that with time the problem will resolve? Hmmm....Clea Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10810838253598050028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434699491181348092.post-55590892416318154512009-06-22T07:28:15.554-07:002009-06-22T07:28:15.554-07:00Clea, this is terrific--thank you. At the moment, ...Clea, this is terrific--thank you. At the moment, I'm fallow in the middle of a novel. I have been distracted by life and by my own posts here, but there's something else going on. I think it's that my character has just received a shocking but incomplete bit of family news, and because he has also met someone with a story to tell that he knows will be distressing. I feel every bit as fearfully poised as my character, and I think this is what's holding me up. Either I am stalled because he is, or he is because I am, but the logjam must break!Kate Maloyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12338350828357415976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434699491181348092.post-823872635488893972009-06-22T07:17:55.306-07:002009-06-22T07:17:55.306-07:00I like the idea of lying fallow Clea, but in reali...I like the idea of lying fallow Clea, but in reality, if I don't write the snippets down, they may be permanently lost. Such is the status of my memory these days!Lucy Burdette aka Roberta Isleibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660402177299546055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434699491181348092.post-64967778833251616052009-06-22T07:03:53.560-07:002009-06-22T07:03:53.560-07:00What a great post, Clea. I love the lines about fa...What a great post, Clea. I love the lines about falling in love, because there is a difference between the work we have to do and the work we want to do. And we cannot always control the subconscious. Lately, I've been working out before I sit down to write because I feel like it primes the pump a bit. (Sometimes it works. Sometimes.)Caroline Leavitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14484844774455246231noreply@blogger.com