tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34178755.post1796140849987396758..comments2023-05-03T04:28:16.339-05:00Comments on <center>Jumping off cliffs</center>: FridayMary O. Paddockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04097124493453341534noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34178755.post-41641087763510880872007-08-27T15:47:00.000-05:002007-08-27T15:47:00.000-05:00Thanks, Mary, that's a good bit of advice that I n...Thanks, Mary, that's a good bit of advice that I needed to hear. I operate the same way and was afraid I was doing something wrong.Big Plain Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12299253344634152655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34178755.post-50209617142566353982007-08-25T17:37:00.000-05:002007-08-25T17:37:00.000-05:00All my teachers were tough (but fair) in their own...All my teachers were tough (but fair) in their own way and I have nothing but the highest regard for all of them, so much so that I have kept in contact with several of them over the years. Each time I go back to my hometown, I make it a point to go back to my old High School and see my English teacher (who's now the Principal)- sometimes we even get together for lunch if circumstances permit.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure why, but this generation of kids seems (at times) to treat teachers as if they're the enemy. Some of today's teachers are quite young I will admit, and their duties often go way beyond just teaching too, but I have no doubt that they only want to do the same thing that the teachers of my generation in tandem with my parents, did, which is simply to teach and prepare kid(s) for the real world.<BR/><BR/>So many kids today have no idea of what it can be like outside of the insular, me-oriented world they live in, and as a consequence, are ill-prepared to face the world.<BR/><BR/>So, kids, stop treating parents (and teachers) as an enemy who is trying to 'spoil your fun' and treat them for what they really are, some of the best friends you're ever likely to have at that early age.Scottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10532475769646281689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34178755.post-63176299891059035712007-08-25T10:00:00.000-05:002007-08-25T10:00:00.000-05:00Hi CD,I've been published just enough to have this...Hi CD,<BR/>I've been published just enough to have this much shakey confidence: I tell a good story. I don't ever reconsider plots. I never doubt the story, just the delivery. I do consider details, I do edit (heavily) and I do leave holes that need attention and sometimes I need to remove characters who've wandered in off the street and don't really have a place. I do all of this to make sure I'm telling the story that I have in my head. <BR/><BR/>It's what we writers do, right?Mary O. Paddockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04097124493453341534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34178755.post-83151591674391422762007-08-24T19:17:00.000-05:002007-08-24T19:17:00.000-05:00It's always good to see another parent actually ma...It's always good to see another parent actually make a point to their teenager.<BR/><BR/>The beginning of your post has me curious, though, at what point do you reconsider your plot?Big Plain Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12299253344634152655noreply@blogger.com