tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156528823270353530.post8218454342595968971..comments2024-03-04T12:10:55.298+08:00Comments on Emily Paull | Writer, Editor & Book Reviewer: Dear Writer Revisited: Letter SevenEmily Paullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03483043817609949536noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156528823270353530.post-61920121425299951162013-09-15T19:47:19.099+08:002013-09-15T19:47:19.099+08:00Thanks Emily. I'm glad you enjoyed reading the...Thanks Emily. I'm glad you enjoyed reading the post. Well-timed for your seventh lesson! <br /><br />I did a course last year -- Freefall, with Barbara Turner-Vasselago. Barbara really encouraged us to just write as it came, and if something was painful or sad or had energy, to go 'fearwards'. It find that good advice and the words flow. You can always tidy them up before showing anyone -- or you don't even have to show them.<br /><br />Barbara also believes that it's best to give really emotional things time to 'compost' before writing about them. I imagine the piece on my sister that I posted today would have been far different if I'd written it 25 years ago, soon after her death. If things are too recent, I find it hard to step out of the story. I'm still too emotional. (Especially if I'm angry!)<br /><br />Great going with these exercises -- I'm enjoying reading them! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05313139983430962088noreply@blogger.com