tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629757467521843286.post760584790170740301..comments2023-10-26T10:23:13.539-04:00Comments on Shauna Roberts: Evoking a sense of wonderShauna Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03871768714926149114noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629757467521843286.post-19384199335837645632008-11-03T10:24:00.000-05:002008-11-03T10:24:00.000-05:00Good post. I need to review my writing and look a...Good post. I need to review my writing and look at the wonder aspect. <BR/><BR/>It's funny how many things a writer needs to think about, and people think it's such an easy thing to do. it's actually very complicated and really requires thinking in different ways. Thanks for the post.Virginia Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16641613214603672322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629757467521843286.post-60934876512246051072008-10-31T17:58:00.000-04:002008-10-31T17:58:00.000-04:00Julie/VV, I think you're right. I can see many of ...<B>Julie/VV</B>, I think you're right. I can see many of the elements I listed in your photographs. Do you purposely look for those things?<BR/><BR/><B>CARLEEN</B>, that was a memorable moment for me too. I remember more about seeing "Star Wars" for the first time than about my wedding reception. Those images were fantastic.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, <B>BILLY</B>. I'm glad the post was useful to you.Shauna Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03871768714926149114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629757467521843286.post-44652737571716903862008-10-31T15:05:00.000-04:002008-10-31T15:05:00.000-04:00I can get behind every one of these, and I love yo...I can get behind every one of these, and I love your point that there are no seminars on creating wonder. I especially like exaggeration, wonders yet to be discovered, and the road not taken. This is an excellent post that I am printing out. It's a great guide with sage advice for anyone who wants to put a little "magical realism" into play. Bravo!WHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14815646433314236886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629757467521843286.post-51860170309079477192008-10-30T21:32:00.000-04:002008-10-30T21:32:00.000-04:00Your list makes me think of 2 comments about Star ...Your list makes me think of 2 comments about Star Wars. My father said, "I'd never seen anything like it." It blew his mind. And my husband's father was blown away because of a rust bucket space ship. He said he'd been waiting his whole life to see a beater ship.Carleen Bricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01433203126527081458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629757467521843286.post-40566249855554776502008-10-30T14:39:00.000-04:002008-10-30T14:39:00.000-04:00....Strange, we were in unusual weather conditions.......Strange, we were in unusual weather conditions for photography yesterday, and some of the resulting shots fall within the parameters of what you have described in the post. <BR/><BR/>Suspect my sense of wonder has migrated from fiction to the visual arts as well, though partly through assigning a low priority to reading fiction for one reason or another - time pressure, mostly.virtualjourneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10653404509129835617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629757467521843286.post-20419402437993913592008-10-29T18:44:00.000-04:002008-10-29T18:44:00.000-04:00LANA, you do something similar with your art, righ...<B>LANA</B>, you do something similar with your art, right? I don't know the right arty terms, but you've used paints with a pearly sheen and other special paints to create special effects, and many of your paintings have an otherworldly feel. You created that mood on purpose with techniques you knew, right?Shauna Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03871768714926149114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629757467521843286.post-45253531626838431342008-10-29T18:20:00.000-04:002008-10-29T18:20:00.000-04:00Good advice here. I don't know that I'd ha...Good advice here. I don't know that I'd have anything to add, but I'm no writer & unfortunately I'm not much into fiction these days.Lana Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06975996208260144558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629757467521843286.post-54489917178773928722008-10-29T16:05:00.000-04:002008-10-29T16:05:00.000-04:00CHARLES, I feel exactly the same way, and that's w...<B>CHARLES</B>, I feel exactly the same way, and that's why I love speculative fiction so much. <EM>Cold in the Light</EM> was a good example of a book in which wonder followed wonder, right until the end.<BR/><BR/><B>STEVE</B>, I view this list as a first pass of a work in progress. The themes overlap so much, there must be a more elegant (in the mathematical sense) way to list them. I wrote this up because I'm starting a new book soon and wanted a checklist to keep near my computer. I'm glad you enjoyed the Gilgamesh examples. <BR/><BR/><B>STEVE M.</B>, I'm blushing. Thanks!Shauna Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03871768714926149114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629757467521843286.post-4709075404612951452008-10-29T03:15:00.000-04:002008-10-29T03:15:00.000-04:00Wow. What a great, thought-provoking post!Wow. What a great, thought-provoking post!Steve Malleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17561234111786788616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629757467521843286.post-77142491138161869822008-10-29T00:22:00.000-04:002008-10-29T00:22:00.000-04:00Thank you, Shauna, for this list. I wasn't sure h...Thank you, Shauna, for this list. I wasn't sure how you were going to put together this post, but the list of themes with examples works well. I especially appreciate your use of the Epic of Gilgamesh. I listened to the Stephen Mitchell translation recently, and was entranced by it.<BR/><BR/>Now to go through my WIP and try to see how well I've projected a sense of wonder.steve on the slow trainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18257811143869341854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629757467521843286.post-36421268095730442072008-10-28T22:43:00.000-04:002008-10-28T22:43:00.000-04:00This is a great list, and worth some consideration...This is a great list, and worth some consideration. This is also why I like so much the kind of literarture you're sampling here. I don't get excited when I read about something that is very familiar to me. But to think that the next turn in a path might reveal some wonder is a powerful thing. In a way, it's kind of like gambling, where the next "roll" of the dice could be the winner. The next page of a book of speculative fiction could have wonder there. Or beauty. Or both at once.<BR/><BR/>Ps, thanks so much for including a passage from "Cold in the Light." Much appreciated.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com