By Slanted Light

Lob away! You know, yesterday nobody really commented until later in the day, so when I nipped to take something out to the slaughterhouse (once was...) and was waylaid into gardening for a couple of hours, I thought it might fit right in. And everyone came to my lj while I was out! I paused for a late lunch before settling into the office again, then thought if-I-don't-run-now-it'll-be-days-before-I-can, so nipped out for that - and people were here in my lj again! Now, if I stay in tomorrow, I bet it'll be really quiet... *g* Anyway...

I know, that’s always the way. But it must be lovely to have returned to some comments.

Excellent to hear you've another Visions in process - shall look forward to that!

Thank you so much! I’ve been sitting on a couple for a while now which I’ll post in the future. There aren’t that many images left I can use so I’ve got to select them sparingly.

how *does* a writer achieve the depiction of a scene which you can immediately see in your head - you're *there* with them - and is still in your head hours later?
Ha - that's where the magic comes in, I think... *g* I always imagine that the writer themselves are feeling so immersed ins something, and can see and feel it so vividly for themselves, that they pass it onto the reader... but I dunno - I wonder!

And have the words to describe what they see? That’s the thing. If it was me… I can see things but I’m not wordy enough or technically able enough to get things down on paper in that kind of magical way.
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Having wandered off thinking, and having another look at Jat's fog story, I think it's probably also when writers remember that people are surrounded by things all the time, not just a description's-worth of where they are to set the scene and then off to other bits in the story, but that on a cold foggy day, you can't just see the fog and forget it, you feel it around you all the time, and then you notice that your feet are crunching on frozen leaves, and then something else, and so on.

I like that, an interesting way of looking at the question. I’m sure I can have those feelings but it’s getting them down on paper in this magical way which would be the challenge for me.

Thanks so much for your reply. I know you lead a busy life and writing replies takes time but I do appreciate it.

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