tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19111384.post4758334228830229795..comments2024-03-24T17:06:47.135-04:00Comments on Story Bones: Long awaited VP Posts - emotional side upSteve Buchheithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999709767641212586noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19111384.post-24458600016594105222009-10-20T20:06:21.721-04:002009-10-20T20:06:21.721-04:00Dr. Phil, that's good to know. I know I've...Dr. Phil, that's good to know. I know I've never followed the "normal" track. For VP is usually Wednesday when the breakdown occurs, but I think I was so blown going into the week that I was left unfazed by the amount of work. <br /><br />Mer, I think that you're on to something. This isn't the first creative venture I've made, so it might be that while the views are different, the mile markers are similar. I still experience occasional moments of, "Oh, so that's what my instructors were talking about." Maybe it'll be the same with this.Steve Buchheithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12999709767641212586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19111384.post-19678949147265092112009-10-20T14:05:44.599-04:002009-10-20T14:05:44.599-04:00I haven't gone through what's supposed to ...I haven't gone through what's supposed to be a big transformative workshop--Milford is much lower-key, and peer-led, and that's the closest I've come. So, I'm gonna talk out my butt here.<br /><br />I find that my epiphanies come in smaller doses. I'm not sure how much we think alike, but I rarely read stuff you've written and think, "Steve and I are from different planets," so maybe we have some similarities... but I go for realizations on a smaller scale, fine-tuning my orientations by degrees rather than spinning around 180 at any given time. Part of this is work ethic, part of it is the work that's already been done. When I got serious about writhing, <i>I got serious</i>. It happened long ago, and I didn't start attending conventions and workshops until after the epiphany.<br /><br />So, possibly you already got serious. And possibly, you already knew kinda exactly how much writing would take and demand, because you had a fine arts background. Possibly, you are just too wise already to be seized by epiphanies.<br /><br />I don't think that means VP was a waste in any way, though; there are a multitude of reasons to hit a workshop like that, and epiphanies are really not the reason I would go to one. I'm incredibly jealous of all the people you got to meet and spend time with, for example. Tomorrow's writers today and all that jazz. :)Mer Haskellhttp://www.merriehaskell.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19111384.post-51543272854342014932009-10-20T14:02:12.665-04:002009-10-20T14:02:12.665-04:00Everyone's mileage varies. I've met a lot...Everyone's mileage varies. I've met a lot of people who've done the Clarion thing (as I have) or Odyssey or VP. Sometimes the epiphany comes early -- and yet you are too frozen in place to apply what you've learned. Sometimes you wander on -- and discover an epiphany much later and realize that Yes, you are the sum of all your parts.<br /><br />Worrying about it is of no use. It's like the mythical Clarion Week 4 breakdown. Doesn't always happen that way. (grin) But expecting it doesn't make it happen either.<br /><br />Dr. PhilDr. Phil (Physics)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11943336276878704753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19111384.post-66343079051142011012009-10-20T12:24:28.038-04:002009-10-20T12:24:28.038-04:00Julia, thanks for sharing. I've downloaded th...Julia, thanks for sharing. I've downloaded the file Brent posted and am going to listen through them. Maybe it'll hit me then.<br /><br />Cat, that's also part of why I said yes to a writers retreat this weekend. I've seen where people come out of workshops like this and don't write for months and I wanted something to kick start me back into writing mode. Maybe it'll come this weekend as I relate some of the experiences.<br /><br />And by all means link away. I think I have about two more posts about VP that I want to get up. This was just the first. There's a fourth post that's related, but only tangentially and isn't about VP experience.Steve Buchheithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12999709767641212586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19111384.post-11522512162571995102009-10-20T09:23:28.331-04:002009-10-20T09:23:28.331-04:00And, it's very possible that you've contin...And, it's very possible that you've continued busy, and just haven't had your epiphany moment. You may get it when you're writing.<br /><br />There is, of course, nothing wrong with not having an epiphany moment. Perhaps it is just enough to have made those connections.<br /><br />I am linking to these posts. Would you like to be linked to?<br /><br />CathAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19111384.post-61996358109122067832009-10-20T00:03:03.280-04:002009-10-20T00:03:03.280-04:00I've spent the week since VP just trying to de...I've spent the week since VP just trying to decompress and process the experience, personally. I just today started re-listening to the critiques I got and trying to make sense of them. I'm a slow reader and a slow writer, so this is just how it goes.<br /><br />My introvert meter was out of red and into, I don't know, magenta or something by the time I left the island. This last week I've slept a bunch and done stuff only with family. So, basically, just saying you're not alone. One of these days I will actually post about my VP experience, and put my pictures up...Julia Rioshttp://www.juliarios.comnoreply@blogger.com