Comments on: Reading Writer – writers as mirrors http://incurablelogophilia.wordpress.com/2008/03/22/writers-as-mirrors/ I read...and then I read some more Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:20:13 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Gloria, Writer Reading http://incurablelogophilia.wordpress.com/2008/03/22/writers-as-mirrors/#comment-2664 Gloria, Writer Reading Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:18:00 +0000 http://incurablelogophilia.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/writers-as-mirrors/#comment-2664 Writers may be mirrors of society and society may be diverse, but it's true that we all share the same basic psychology, the same emotions and defenses against those emotions, and that the bottom line is that all humans are more alike than different. However, I think novels can choose to accentuate the similarities or the differences. Differences in social class, race and culture can often make it seem like we are alien species to eachother. What gets mirrored in literature in each writer's perception of the balance between similarities and difference. Writers may be mirrors of society and society may be diverse, but it’s true that we all share the same basic psychology, the same emotions and defenses against those emotions, and that the bottom line is that all humans are more alike than different. However, I think novels can choose to accentuate the similarities or the differences. Differences in social class, race and culture can often make it seem like we are alien species to eachother. What gets mirrored in literature in each writer’s perception of the balance between similarities and difference.

]]> By: Verbivore at The Reading Writer http://incurablelogophilia.wordpress.com/2008/03/22/writers-as-mirrors/#comment-2662 Verbivore at The Reading Writer Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:35:00 +0000 http://incurablelogophilia.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/writers-as-mirrors/#comment-2662 Juliette - my books are horribly scarred with stickies and pencil scribbling. I wish it could be avoided but oh well! :-) Juliette – my books are horribly scarred with stickies and pencil scribbling. I wish it could be avoided but oh well! :-)

]]> By: Juliette http://incurablelogophilia.wordpress.com/2008/03/22/writers-as-mirrors/#comment-2657 Juliette Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:33:00 +0000 http://incurablelogophilia.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/writers-as-mirrors/#comment-2657 Yes Verbivore! So well reasoned and written. I do so recognise exactly what you wrote in paragraph two. Thank you for expressing and analysing that moment of discovery. Those are precisely the bits that send me reaching for my stickies. Yes Verbivore! So well reasoned and written. I do so recognise exactly what you wrote in paragraph two. Thank you for expressing and analysing that moment of discovery. Those are precisely the bits that send me reaching for my stickies.

]]> By: verbivore http://incurablelogophilia.wordpress.com/2008/03/22/writers-as-mirrors/#comment-2656 verbivore Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:38:00 +0000 http://incurablelogophilia.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/writers-as-mirrors/#comment-2656 Oh no, not much at all ;-) Oh no, not much at all ;-)

]]> By: Angela Young http://incurablelogophilia.wordpress.com/2008/03/22/writers-as-mirrors/#comment-2655 Angela Young Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:15:00 +0000 http://incurablelogophilia.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/writers-as-mirrors/#comment-2655 I so agree. The best fiction is written on several levels, has several layers (and mirrors) and as well as telling a good story in beautiful language, it also gives me a glimpse of a world I had not known about before. And it can be reread without boredom.<br/><br/>Not much to ask of us writers, really, is it ... ? I so agree. The best fiction is written on several levels, has several layers (and mirrors) and as well as telling a good story in beautiful language, it also gives me a glimpse of a world I had not known about before. And it can be reread without boredom.

Not much to ask of us writers, really, is it … ?

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