Comments on: “Notes from the Tilt-A-Whirl” – Book review

By: LisaNotes

LisaNotes — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 18:16:48 +0000

In reply to floyd.

“trying to forge their fingerprint of prose”
Nicely said. We all have different styles. Some we like; some we don’t. I’m not opposed to reading challenging ones, but I guess I have to be in the right mood or at least have a good reason to try. Maybe I’ll attempt this book in another season and who knows: maybe then I’ll love how it bounces around. 🙂

By: LisaNotes

LisaNotes — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 18:13:04 +0000

In reply to Barbara H.. I definitely have those kind of mixed-up thoughts too. And often. But one reason I write is to straighten them up so they make sense, at least to me. Granted, I'm sure the author did tons of editing to get his words like he wanted them. But yeah, I prefer more structure too. :-)

By: floyd

floyd — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 14:20:31 +0000

My mind tends to work in the same way, but for me, part of the discipline of sharing in words is being able to organize the thoughts in a structure. Some very popular Christian authors and political conservative authors with that same style, or the stop and start style trying to forge their fingerprint of prose, wear me out. I’ve sat closed more than one…

By: Barbara H.

Barbara H. — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 00:52:27 +0000

I don’t think this sounds like something I’d like…I prefer more structure. 🙂 I do have to admit my thoughts may be tilt-a-whirlish sometimes but I like to put them in some kind of order when I express them. I do like the way you shared from it, though, and gleaned some nuggets from it.

By: Lisa notes...

Lisa notes... — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 20:54:58 +0000

In reply to Rick Dawson.

Ha. I have a lot of days like that too, Rick. Ironically, this week has been one upturned laundry basket atop another. Maybe that’s why I didn’t like the book–I get enough craziness in real life and in my head. And I don’t think that would make very interesting reading for anybody else. 🙂

By: Rick Dawson

Rick Dawson — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 20:30:06 +0000

My chuckle – without having read the book, but purely based on what you shared – is that I have many days like that in a row. Thoughts that seem to tumble as if out of a laundry basket, needing to be sorted, and yet left atop the bed while some other task takes precedence. Today, in fact, is one of those days. I don’t know whether or not I would like the book, but I love how you shared from it. Thanks, Lisa!

🙂