Comments on: Letter from L.A.: “It’s Chinatown.” http://lighthouseblog.org/2011/02/11/letter-from-l-a-2/ All the latest news, ideas, and opinions from Denver's Independent Literary Center: lighthousewriters.org Fri, 24 May 2013 03:07:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: andreadupree http://lighthouseblog.org/2011/02/11/letter-from-l-a-2/#comment-2823 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:18:10 +0000 http://lighthouseblog.org/?p=2158#comment-2823 We’ll forever have each other, our top-secret meeting space on WordPress, and enough collected change for a glass of wine. What else do we need? Can’t wait to see you in Grand Lake!

]]> By: Karen http://lighthouseblog.org/2011/02/11/letter-from-l-a-2/#comment-2820 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 16:40:27 +0000 http://lighthouseblog.org/?p=2158#comment-2820 Lane — Yes, come to Grand Lake! Fretters will be made especially welcome.

Andrea — All my posts are for you, which means they’re for me, and I know you’ll know what I mean by that.

]]> By: Lane L. http://lighthouseblog.org/2011/02/11/letter-from-l-a-2/#comment-2819 Sat, 12 Feb 2011 21:37:12 +0000 http://lighthouseblog.org/?p=2158#comment-2819 Okay… that was NOT a “pity party,” more of a “fret fiesta” I’d say. Help is needed, I can admit it , at least the writer in me can :-)

]]> By: Lane L. http://lighthouseblog.org/2011/02/11/letter-from-l-a-2/#comment-2818 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 20:48:55 +0000 http://lighthouseblog.org/?p=2158#comment-2818 I find the same to be true for my two schyzo-franetic-personas as I diligently plug away at my fledgling story #1 (on Chapter 17 of ???). When I am in my creative zone, life is good, birds sing, and beer always seems to be free. I have no problems ripping off page after page after page. I smile a lot. But then, after just so long, the editor in me barks that he has to get his salty mits on something, anything, to finally make sense of it all. Feelings of “how long is this really going to take,” and “you’re not worthy, dude” commonly pop up. I whip myself a lot. And then, because I am writing an historical fiction story, the researcher in me elbows in to capture way too much time and teases both of the others (picture Harrison Ford swinging on a rope sticking his tongue out) …. Ahhhhh!!!!! How do mange the two well enough to finish, let alone the three??????? I would welcome a class on insight-finding or a roadmap-drafting to get thru these woods. Maybe it’s my year to trek to Grand Lake.

]]> By: andreadupree http://lighthouseblog.org/2011/02/11/letter-from-l-a-2/#comment-2817 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 17:53:53 +0000 http://lighthouseblog.org/?p=2158#comment-2817 Ahh, you’re talking to me, aren’t you? It’s exactly that dilemma (usually the brawny editor bullies the writer) that explains all these bruises. And so I do these 1,000 words/day (which I keep telling people is REALLY easy to do if you hold yourself to low standards, which is part of the deal) and get tons of material, and then the editor gets all passive aggressive and feigns migraines and all of that. It’s a sad, sad show. I’d much rather watch Chinatown.

Thanks for this…

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