tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907737240492304428.post8428747899279393178..comments2024-03-18T09:25:56.836-04:00Comments on The Write Conversation: It’s Important to Tell Our Readers a StoryEdie Melsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03902312441667526147noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907737240492304428.post-1128387974632808852019-03-09T14:58:38.295-05:002019-03-09T14:58:38.295-05:00Thanks, Melissa! Enjoy remembering why you started...Thanks, Melissa! Enjoy remembering why you started! Beth K. Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04032849469366266791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907737240492304428.post-22820146236535910872019-03-09T14:29:20.696-05:002019-03-09T14:29:20.696-05:00Good message. Remember why we are sharing the stor...Good message. Remember why we are sharing the story. Thank you.Melissa Hendersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05180284059716992887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907737240492304428.post-88549953037731668442019-03-09T12:49:29.628-05:002019-03-09T12:49:29.628-05:00Good morning, Jim. Yes, we nonfiction writer need ...Good morning, Jim. Yes, we nonfiction writer need to remember the value of stories, too. (I say "we" because I began my writing career as a non-fiction writer and editor. I value both sides of the writing road.) Beth K. Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04032849469366266791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907737240492304428.post-82838147253684635462019-03-09T12:46:36.654-05:002019-03-09T12:46:36.654-05:00Good morning, Jay: I agree with you that I used to...Good morning, Jay: I agree with you that I used to pass by the stories the docents told at battlefields and plantations -- until I realized those stories brought those places to life for me. My grandfather was a tour guide at Gettysburg and a history buff. Here's a story for you: He was reading one of the markers and found an error, which he then reported so that it could be corrected. I've always thought that was so amazing that he was so well-read he spotted an error that no one else had.Beth K. Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04032849469366266791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907737240492304428.post-76700796227669089652019-03-09T09:00:51.459-05:002019-03-09T09:00:51.459-05:00Amen Ms. Beth. There a reason Christ taught in pa...Amen Ms. Beth. There a reason Christ taught in parables ma'am. Even us nonfiction writers need to tell a story. Great post ma'am. God's blessings...Jimhttp://www.jdwininger.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907737240492304428.post-25944608308435012082019-03-09T08:35:01.647-05:002019-03-09T08:35:01.647-05:00Great post, Beth. In an earlier life I would have ...Great post, Beth. In an earlier life I would have said, "Well, duhhhhh... and not read your wise words. I didn't "get" many paintings or appreciate many battlefields or plantations until I heard the stories told by guides docents, family, etc. And it's the story that's the takeaway. I'm seeing this in photogrsphy and poetry, too. We can put dabs of the colors of a rainbow on a canvas, but the artist can make a story of them.<br />Jay Wright; Anderson, SCAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10379140810362137777noreply@blogger.com