tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22893097.post7034649966900298458..comments2024-01-25T23:10:44.269+11:00Comments on Lili Wilkinson isn't here...: The Story Machinelilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03362725678748958671noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22893097.post-44828909600864533912008-09-30T01:20:00.000+10:002008-09-30T01:20:00.000+10:00By the way--Tag. I hope you'll play Eight Random T...By the way--<BR/>Tag. I hope you'll play Eight Random Things blog tag with us, because you are interesting. Click on my link for more info.<BR/>Thanks,<BR/>KPfrom the royal fortress meadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16852577062316137854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22893097.post-60588368701364960022008-09-30T00:20:00.000+10:002008-09-30T00:20:00.000+10:00I agree with you, the article was ignorant, at bes...I agree with you, the article was ignorant, at best, and ignored the core element of love for story. <BR/><BR/>It seems the people bemoaning the state of reading and technology are the same ones who use technology (like Leapfrog 'self-reading' books or the 'jump-start' video games) in place of actually sitting and reading to children. Or sitting and talking with a child/young person about their story choices (I like fantasy novels, but not every single one ever written).<BR/>KPfrom the royal fortress meadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16852577062316137854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22893097.post-5441062263785654752008-09-25T10:25:00.000+10:002008-09-25T10:25:00.000+10:00spends several paragraphs pointing out that some f...<I>spends several paragraphs pointing out that some fanfic has lots of spelling mistakes</I><BR/><BR/>In my experience as an editor, I can tell you that lots of 'real' writers can't spell either. But that doesn't make their writing any less brilliant.<BR/><BR/>And the rest of the article: daft.<BR/><BR/>Your post: spot on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22893097.post-20839884130241130052008-09-25T05:49:00.000+10:002008-09-25T05:49:00.000+10:00Wonderful post. The writer of the New York Times c...Wonderful post. The writer of the New York Times conveniently forgot that stories were once passed around by bards and storytellers--a decidedly oral tradition and not a writen one. As you said, feeding the story comes from many sources and we stifle creativity if we limit it to only one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22893097.post-33699429088672434342008-09-24T20:22:00.000+10:002008-09-24T20:22:00.000+10:00This is an excellent piece of rantology. I think i...This is an excellent piece of rantology. <BR/><BR/>I think it is really lucky that we have people like you, ones with a 'profile' (ooh-er), standing up and saying this kind of thing, because there are an awful lot of loud-voiced gibbons out there who just. don't. get it. We need to hear more from the likes of you and less from the likes of them.Jellyfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16623436371729176163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22893097.post-91753043194233870312008-09-24T18:51:00.000+10:002008-09-24T18:51:00.000+10:00I attended a seminar a little while back at which ...I attended a seminar a little while back at which the presenter (whose name I can't remember) said, "a book is just a prop for telling a story".<BR/><BR/>As are so many other things, as you mentioned.<BR/><BR/>Wonderful post, thank you.jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05810173741865066905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22893097.post-71743169421466383082008-09-24T17:33:00.000+10:002008-09-24T17:33:00.000+10:00Thank you for this post! It is excellent and ratio...Thank you for this post! It is excellent and rational.<BR/><BR/>RohanAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12218270647214741037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22893097.post-34595797348437807542008-09-24T16:38:00.000+10:002008-09-24T16:38:00.000+10:00Lili,A wonderful rant. Made me think of all those...Lili,<BR/><BR/>A wonderful rant. Made me think of all those nights I spent huddled over the ducted heating with an X-Men comic in my hands and a look of total absorption plastered on my twelve year old face. I dined on servings of comics and pulp fiction (Edgar Rice Burroughs, Robert E Howard...) and all the while my palate was being prepared for whatever was next. I eventually went on to teach Shakespeare to senior students which probably earns me some credibility in somebody's eyes, but that's not the thing. What's important is I was permitted to read whatever I could find and that freedom to choose my reading matter without any conditions placed upon the medium encouraged my appetite.<BR/><BR/>Nothing has changed for today's kids except the menu is considerably longer and more diverse. Not only can they read online, on iPods, Kindles, phones etc. but they can also easily produce their own works and deliver them to a massive audience. Today's kids can also be involved in a new sort of critical literacy via the crucible of debate that messageboards give rise to, and in expressing their point of view, they grow as writers, readers and communicators, contributing to - as you say - the story machine. (I wonder if Dana Gioia has ever put forth her views in that context?) <BR/><BR/>Oh dear. I've ranted too. <BR/><BR/>Thanks - a most enjoyable post.Paul Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06963483606333186654noreply@blogger.com