tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085694.post5543167691691532336..comments2023-11-02T21:46:26.482+13:00Comments on Violet goes green, sort of: Writing what I knowViolethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10547452802344363142noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085694.post-63585218000398947742007-10-20T20:02:00.000+13:002007-10-20T20:02:00.000+13:00angela: ha ha! I don't know if it'd be easier, be...angela: ha ha! I don't know if it'd be easier, because you still have to make it interesting to read :-)Violethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547452802344363142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085694.post-29029570925428743862007-10-20T02:58:00.000+13:002007-10-20T02:58:00.000+13:00I think the whole writing thing is hard no matter ...I think the whole writing thing is hard no matter what background a person has. I think it is easier o write from animal perspectives. They are pretty easy to determine what they are thinking. Plus if you are wrong they won't get mad at youAngelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02786127130691625566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085694.post-6434724087667767352007-10-19T12:07:00.000+13:002007-10-19T12:07:00.000+13:00mtnw: a Cantonese Jackie Collins? It's an interes...mtnw: a Cantonese Jackie Collins? It's an interesting idea...<BR/><BR/>nigel: yeah, Margaret Atwood does it really well!Violethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547452802344363142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085694.post-86768217758197856282007-10-19T07:55:00.000+13:002007-10-19T07:55:00.000+13:00Oh, men are easy to write for, just make us venal ...Oh, men are easy to write for, just make us venal and not too smart.Watson Woodworth https://www.blogger.com/profile/18056045044039701907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085694.post-16005213486585236762007-10-18T13:54:00.000+13:002007-10-18T13:54:00.000+13:00Maybe it just means you are a multi faceted person...Maybe it just means you are a multi faceted person and being Chinese is just one part of your identity? Also, if you are only onto to your second short story it might be a little bit early to conclude that you are never going to write about Chinese New Zealanders. You may yet write a best selling multi volume saga about a Chinese New Zealand dynasty (and when you do I'd like a first edition autographed please:).Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04797661728002935006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085694.post-66054487587150598082007-10-18T12:54:00.000+13:002007-10-18T12:54:00.000+13:00I reckon it'd be even harder to write from a diffe...I reckon it'd be even harder to write from a different gender POV!Violethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547452802344363142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085694.post-4646949982133289242007-10-18T12:46:00.000+13:002007-10-18T12:46:00.000+13:00As an Anglo American I have so far not tried to wr...As an Anglo American I have so far not tried to write in a different ethnic perspective for fear of recreating Franklin from the Peanuts comics. <BR/>Perhaps I could start with different national POV's first.Watson Woodworth https://www.blogger.com/profile/18056045044039701907noreply@blogger.com