tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post3215432919568740019..comments2024-01-12T00:48:48.031-06:00Comments on Go Teen Writers: A little inspiration from Walt DisneyStephanie Morrillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-58054722849417884862015-11-22T17:51:57.341-06:002015-11-22T17:51:57.341-06:00Awww... that last pic of you and your daughter was...Awww... that last pic of you and your daughter was so cute... you make an adorable mommy:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-24614926170022445212015-11-21T12:21:48.793-06:002015-11-21T12:21:48.793-06:00I'd say it's inspired me to do more. And i...I'd say it's inspired me to do more. And if I'm thinking of what I want or can do I don't even think of fear. :)Keturah Lambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05041749245034077912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-90133829225345366912015-11-20T15:22:29.049-06:002015-11-20T15:22:29.049-06:00YES. This is something I've really seen recent...YES. This is something I've really seen recently. I read a book called A Time to Die, by Nadine Brandes(and the sequel, A Time to Speak), and it was very, very powerful. Through it, a lot of doubts and fears that I had were completely taken away. I have never read a story that touched me as much as these two did.<br />( http://nadinebrandes.com/books/a-time-to-die/ )<br />It's also a wonderfully written, wonderfully developed story, with characters that I could actually care about. I have never related so well to any character as well as I related to Parvin.Carrie-Anne Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02840611324784474990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-82795894353505444772015-11-20T14:46:42.114-06:002015-11-20T14:46:42.114-06:00Oh my goodness, this is so inspirational.
How has...Oh my goodness, this is so inspirational.<br /><br />How has fiction helped me conquer my fears? Well, let's start with reading, I guess. Reading books has helped me realize I'm not alone. That someone understands things I've felt before that I thought were way off the "regular" charts, or even understands an experience I've lived through that I was scared to bring up to anyone. <br /><br />As for writing fiction, I think it's helped me conquer my fear of failure, I think. Or my fear of the unknown. Because let's face it--we all have moments where we are just flat-out scared to death because we literally have no idea what's going to happen next. And those moments have happened so often for me while writing stories that I've finally started to learn that I <i>can</i> talk myself out of those rationally, because I've seen that I <i>can</i> and <i>do</i> get through them.<br /><br />There's probably more things, too, but these are the general things that come to mind. :)<br /><br />Thanks for the post! Glad you had fun!Amanda Fischernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-70968484164801189802015-11-20T08:18:29.423-06:002015-11-20T08:18:29.423-06:00Well-put, Andrea. :)Well-put, Andrea. :)Esther Brooksmith (wisdomcreates)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15010043354045249021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-66385085589021314252015-11-20T07:26:52.646-06:002015-11-20T07:26:52.646-06:00Awww. That's adorable about your stories.
(A...Awww. That's adorable about your stories. <br /><br />(Also . . . the "common sense kicking in" thing . . . that's what happened to me with rollercoasters. Been afraid of them most of my life; one year I decided that I was done being scared and I was going to try one. And then I rode that one three times that year . . . and the next year I rode it twice and another once . . . and then the third year I was back to being scared, so since then I just ride it once to prove I can and stay off rollercoasters the rest of the day.)<br /><br />I'm not sure how reading fiction has helped me conquer my fears, but writing fiction has helped me some, I think, by forcing me to put myself out there a little more.Sarah Penningtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377945004067760298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-37354433805867708262015-11-20T06:11:44.080-06:002015-11-20T06:11:44.080-06:00Ooh, looks like you had fun in Disney! I haven'...Ooh, looks like you had fun in Disney! I haven't been since May this year, and I'm beginning to miss it more and more now I see you've had a great time. (I LOVE Space Mountain, is it similar to Thunder Mountain Railroad?)<br /><br />To answer the question, strangely, it has. Reading fiction has comforted me when I learn about characters who are also dealing with tough stuff (not wanting to go to school, bad friendships, life in general), and I've become more resilient to everything that's happened around me, because all these characters around me definitely have recovered from their hard times. <br /><br />Writing fiction... I've added bits and pieces of me in my characters, all the quirks and random facts about me that make people think I'm 'strange' or 'odd'. I become less scared about being strange in real life when I write about characters who are as weird as me. <br /><br />Huh... I wonders if that makes sense. I'm not sure, haha! Anyway, thanks for this post! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com