Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Therapy Session
On Thursday,I'm to meet with a therapist regarding adding a section to my story, Bridge Over the Valley. I have writer's block about how to approach the subject of the loss of three of your best friends. There are so many issues to handle. How far into the recovery does the victim have be in order to handle this subject? Is the victim truthful about his lapse of memory? Does he really remember more than he is revealing? Who should tell him? Who should be there? What do you do afterwards? What if he asks the nurses and they tell him? How is this all handled in a critical care setting? I'm also supposed flip the final manuscript back to the editor. Is it really worth adding this to the story? Answers to follow.
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Mr. Friedly,
ReplyDeleteI’ve known for a long time you were a great writer. I’m a poor reader, don’t read books except Technical and the Bible. Dyslexic, can’t spell, but some tell me I am a good writer anyway (inherited from my Uncle). Amazing to me, if I am a writer. I’m a better web designer and developer, working for D.R.S.Design Inc., found at www.DRSDI.us or www.DRSDI.ca . A good company, if I say so myself! If you give me a free book, I’ll put a word in for you with the boss. He’s a good fellow… like me, and might give you a cut on a website of your own! Every famous writer except Shakespeare (my favourite writer) has a web site.
Anyway, thanks for all you wrote in your blog. You might get me reading that book yet! Even in University English 103, was it, I didn’t read all the required books except Huckleberry Finn! For the exam, I wrote down what the Prof. said during class. He passed me, because he agreed with my view point on the book or what ever it was ;) I developed a style of writing so you couldn’t tell whether I wrote “Their” or “Thier”. A tip: for the “ei” part, put in a “u” and a dot above, in the middle. I didn’t intend this to be a spelling class, but some have told me I would be a good teacher (also inherited from my Uncle). Just in case you didn’t know, in English 103, they took off 2 marks for each spelling mistake! Horrors! It was easy to have a minus mark, like Minus-50%. I got a C on the final exam, much to his and my surprise. Many Engineers don’t pass English, because it is a rather dumb class. Spelling is not the only horror, grammar was involved too in those days. Anyway, she died a lot of years ago now so maybe I should re-write the exam.
Wishing you the best,
Don Shenton, Vancouver, BC
Wow, I read your latest blogs. They are great for wetting the appetite to read your book. All will wonder what happened to the ol' Engineer, sitting down to read a Novel. I don't think I've ever took time to read a novel in my life. Tech books are more interesting and they are real. The thing that interests me about your novel is the research that has gone into it and the known integrity of the writer.
ReplyDeleteThere is a book, that for a time was used in the school system in Canada. It is called, "Never Cry Wolf". It is a novel, supposed to be based on facts. I grew up where there were Wolves. I read a page or two at different times and thought, "A pack of lies and nothing to do with a pack of wolves." Later, I believe it was the Time magazine, came out with a picture of the Canadian author Farley Mowat, with a great long Pinocchio nose. Later he had the distinguished title of "Canada's number one liar". The book was first published in 1963 by McClelland and Stewart. It was Fiction, marketed as non-fiction!
Wishing you great success!
Don Shenton