tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907737240492304428.post6957314571697182703..comments2024-03-29T09:08:53.181-04:00Comments on The Write Conversation: Subtext for Writers, Part 2 - How It's Done RightEdie Melsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03902312441667526147noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907737240492304428.post-88275555744798359042019-02-25T21:36:55.510-05:002019-02-25T21:36:55.510-05:00Hi, Nonna! I'm sorry to be late replying to yo...Hi, Nonna! I'm sorry to be late replying to your post. And I'm sorry you thought I was maligning Southern women specifically, when I was really trying to be very general about a time period, not a location. You're right, of course. Few women of any time period, location, or any other persuasion sit around bemoaning their fate. Most of them/us get things done.<br /><br />Thanks for the post! Sarah (Sally) Hamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14889092448437938032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907737240492304428.post-43404554114449490202019-02-05T13:25:16.831-05:002019-02-05T13:25:16.831-05:00I loved the reference to GWTW. I have to skip man...I loved the reference to GWTW. I have to skip many parts when I re-read it for the umpteenth time because of the overt racism. However, as the daughter and grand-daughter of Southern women, I must object strenuously to your speculation that other Southern women would have bemoaned their fate and done nothing. Southern women have always been strong and resourceful. There's is the iron hand in the velvet glove. I believe it was Stephen Vincent Benet who wrote that the Confederacy was propped up by ladies' ivory fans. It's unlikely that the Confederacy would have continued on its misguided path had it not been for those brave, stubborn and totally wrongheaded women. The book and film succeeded in the South, not because Scarlett was an anomaly, but because Southern women recognized their own mother's and grandmother's strength and determination in Scarlett.Nonnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08328726907132790664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907737240492304428.post-47908683221573629322019-01-06T16:54:53.958-05:002019-01-06T16:54:53.958-05:00Sally, I love this post. I love it even more as yo...Sally, I love this post. I love it even more as you used GWTW for examples. Nicely done. I use subtext with my characters to explore why they are the way they are. Particularly with dialogue and inner dialogue, those "flash in the pan" moments really clarify a lot.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11664011241804942648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907737240492304428.post-82758361301749379782019-01-02T10:09:25.513-05:002019-01-02T10:09:25.513-05:00Another great post to start the year. Thanks, Sall...Another great post to start the year. Thanks, Sally. Gave me lots to think about. Ingmar Albizuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01329625581962664673noreply@blogger.com