tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post7546721864350601545..comments2023-11-03T05:49:10.841-04:00Comments on Storytelling Rules: An inability to follow instructionsMaureen McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-86843822810758930872011-06-08T01:48:59.822-04:002011-06-08T01:48:59.822-04:00I love spaghetti and meatballs. I'd wouldn'...I love spaghetti and meatballs. I'd wouldn't be sad. Fat perhaps, but not sad.Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803986849921870941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-10779036254799966732011-06-07T16:28:44.009-04:002011-06-07T16:28:44.009-04:00LOL.LOL.Maureen McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-36979475106891664552011-06-07T15:02:52.744-04:002011-06-07T15:02:52.744-04:00First of all - you sewed a purse lining? Amazing! ...First of all - you sewed a purse lining? Amazing! I can't tell you the number of things in my house that I've kept thinking sooner or later I would fix them - it's embarassing. <br /><br />But yes - I am totally with you. Cooking is that way for me - I love recipies, I love magazines and books I love picking them out, buying the ingredients and then not following them. I excel at not following them. But without the recipie it would be spaghetti and meatballs every night - which is just sad.Molly O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15171236688541657736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-13048982167545307952011-06-07T14:04:28.669-04:002011-06-07T14:04:28.669-04:00How about we just switch to stitched? When in doub...How about we just switch to stitched? When in doubt, rewrite, right?Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803986849921870941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-84025196140729931452011-06-07T11:49:54.191-04:002011-06-07T11:49:54.191-04:00sewed? s/b sewn, right? or am I getting caught up ...sewed? s/b sewn, right? or am I getting caught up in yet another English vs American difference. Sewn.Maureen McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-58020278596342762222011-06-07T11:48:37.715-04:002011-06-07T11:48:37.715-04:00As someone who's ripped out as many seams as s...As someone who's ripped out as many seams as she's sewed, I think I'm mostly like you.<br /><br />But for me it kind of depends on the task. I think for some things (knitting?) I have learned the benefit of following the instructions carefully, or at least keeping track of my modifications to the instructions.<br /><br />While I was like you to some extent with writing, I almost wish I'd been slightly MORE like that. I wish I hadn't let myself get bogged down in the how to's quite as quickly as I did.<br /><br />But I think that's why I was drawn to genre writing initially, too. I liked the idea of having a map, even if it was a loose one.Maureen McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-58249973865156514722011-06-07T10:31:37.197-04:002011-06-07T10:31:37.197-04:00I need a sense of where I should head as well. It&...I need a sense of where I should head as well. It's why I gravitate towards genre writing. The roadmap is there, even though I rarely follow it the way I should. <br /><br />Sewing and cooking, I'm useless there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-38441177966048163932011-06-07T09:39:24.859-04:002011-06-07T09:39:24.859-04:00I'm like you Eileen. I need a sense of what I&...I'm like you Eileen. I need a sense of what I'm going to do, but then I rarely follow any set pattern in doing it.<br /><br />Cooking for me is watching something on the Food Channel - thinking I can do it - and throwing a lot of stuff into a pot with no measurement or anything.<br /><br />Sometimes it tastes great. Sometimes it's crap. You just never know.<br /><br />Sort of like my writing too I guess.Stephanie Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448686465587131952noreply@blogger.com