tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28883871.post1341772901358508595..comments2023-06-01T02:48:27.259-07:00Comments on Travels with the Muse: How We Imagine the RealJoyce Yarrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13298746689887039885noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28883871.post-51743658339505777852012-01-04T14:17:53.483-08:002012-01-04T14:17:53.483-08:00I just looked at this thread from a year ago and f...I just looked at this thread from a year ago and found Joyce's comment asking about the Hurricane piece. It's since been published and is online here: http://www.plattevalleyreview.org/Webpages/2011%20start/Creative%20non%20fiction%20A-K/DesPres.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16115877583524038552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28883871.post-16016319965479538772010-12-13T12:38:13.082-08:002010-12-13T12:38:13.082-08:00In The Belvedere Field I've used the intense h...In The Belvedere Field I've used the intense heat of a very sultry summer to highlight the claustrophobic intensity of some of the key scenes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28883871.post-63814680265504115122010-12-12T09:28:16.564-08:002010-12-12T09:28:16.564-08:00Thank you Robert!
I was honored yesterday to be qu...Thank you Robert!<br />I was honored yesterday to be quoted in a review of The Book of Symbols that touches on this very topic. (see 2nd paragraph) - http://bit.ly/h4uZYpJoyce Yarrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13298746689887039885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28883871.post-42801022576135573772010-12-12T08:01:34.945-08:002010-12-12T08:01:34.945-08:00Using the poet's tools, metaphor and simile, i...Using the poet's tools, metaphor and simile, is as critical to good fiction as it is to good poetry. As FayRD commented above, using a violent storm to indicate a swirling internal tempest or a fireplace to indicate burning desire--blatant played off against subtle--can give your reader something extra they sometimes are only aware of subliminally. Joyce, being a poet, does this naturally in her novel, Ask the Dead which we have had the pleasure of publishing both in print and e-book format.<br /><br /> Robert Brown, Publisher<br /> Ampichellis Ebooks<br /> Martin Brown Publishers<br /><br /> 7:51 AMAmpichellis Ebookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11151018687854295308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28883871.post-19576008969367267252010-12-11T09:25:27.246-08:002010-12-11T09:25:27.246-08:00I am posting this comment on behalf of Anne Prathe...I am posting this comment on behalf of Anne Prather: <br />Anne says, "I use material from my journals to fuel imagination and to flesh out my ideas with realistic detail. I keep three types of journal, a diary, a commonplace book, and an introspective journal. I've not been as faithful as I should be at these, but what I do in each contributes enormously to my writing. This November's novel uses blindness as a symbol of justice, intimacy, and goodness. In the novel, I imagine a society in which the blind comprise one-third to one-half of the population and so are very much integrated with their sighted counterparts. <br />Your posts were excellent!" <br />Anne Prather, Ph.D.Joyce Yarrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13298746689887039885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28883871.post-58877600682630501502010-12-10T21:42:12.272-08:002010-12-10T21:42:12.272-08:00@Faye - I'd love to read a few paragraphs of t...@Faye - I'd love to read a few paragraphs of the metaphorical piece you refer too - please feel free to post!<br />Thanks!<br />JoyceJoyce Yarrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13298746689887039885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28883871.post-49413994927892733252010-12-10T16:52:36.067-08:002010-12-10T16:52:36.067-08:00I recently used the image of an impending hurrican...I recently used the image of an impending hurricane as the center of an essay -- and as I wrote, I had to imagine what the hurricane really symbolized to me. The symbolism actually changed several times as I went through different drafts, until I really hit upon what I wanted to say with the metaphor.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16115877583524038552noreply@blogger.com