tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43905348168571177.post205866914639688587..comments2023-08-20T17:36:35.914+10:00Comments on Soooz Says Stuff: Making readers FEEL emotions. Guest post by author Jean GillSoooz Burkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02390489724415063410noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43905348168571177.post-59966489035789196122013-01-11T03:42:45.899+11:002013-01-11T03:42:45.899+11:00Thanks for the feedback, Kim - I'm sure your w...Thanks for the feedback, Kim - I'm sure your workshops will be rewarding for your students.Jean Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14423822543543008594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43905348168571177.post-35049590814077901242013-01-11T01:06:57.055+11:002013-01-11T01:06:57.055+11:00Jean, my hat's off to you!
You take this new t...Jean, my hat's off to you!<br />You take this new term we use today, Emotional Intelligence, to an entirely new and exciting level!<br />I especially like your workshop ideas and will try this with some of my students because I believe in this type of work.<br />We mai all know what it feels like to see something that "takes our breath (and words away) but to sit with that experience and feeling and then capture it without adjectives, is truly arriving at the essence of its meaning in our lives.<br />Thank you!Kim B. Clarkhttp://www.laughsheal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43905348168571177.post-91192639561399789762013-01-03T18:47:31.444+11:002013-01-03T18:47:31.444+11:00Thank you, Karen Maitland, and the film analogy is...Thank you, Karen Maitland, and the film analogy is very helpful - I'll use that in my writer's workshop! I can get my writers to make the photos come to life and carry on the story.<br /><br />And thank you, Karen Charlton - great to have feedback, and even better when it's positive!Jean Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14423822543543008594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43905348168571177.post-41296649749852903522013-01-03T04:23:00.961+11:002013-01-03T04:23:00.961+11:00I enjoyed it too, Jean - especially the examples y...I enjoyed it too, Jean - especially the examples you gave. <br /><br />'[she]...refused to destroy her mother’s traces. Careful not to catch the edge, she replaced the gold cap.' This says it all for me; those poignant hours going through the belongings of a recently deceased love-one, when every little thing still holds a memory. <br /><br />Yes, I can feel the emotion.<br /><br /> Karen Charltonhttp://www.karencharlton.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43905348168571177.post-89085238792906728402013-01-03T03:58:56.255+11:002013-01-03T03:58:56.255+11:00Great post, Jean. I think you really explained it ...Great post, Jean. I think you really explained it brilliantly. I always think it helps to think of the way great film directors portray an emotional scene when no words are spoken between the characters, no declarations of love or sorrow, but the atmosphere is stiff with the unexpressed emotion conveyed by the way the camera focusses down on a hand holding a cup or a discarded letter lying on a bed,or a door that is left banging in the wind. If we can do that as writers, as you suggest, it will touch readers far more than using the words love or grief. Karen Maitlandhttp://www.karenmaitland.comnoreply@blogger.com