tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925401174378785919.post2998659797411660880..comments2023-12-29T11:39:14.271-06:00Comments on 4RV Reading, Writing, & Art News: INFLUENCES UPON OUR WRITINGVivian Zabelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06129178812565073972noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925401174378785919.post-56566317945630924852012-07-26T14:08:47.767-05:002012-07-26T14:08:47.767-05:00I like that last line. It is definitely true. Than...I like that last line. It is definitely true. Thanks for sharing this great excerpt.Katie Hineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03279118592523922756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925401174378785919.post-71655589886054941572012-07-26T10:52:48.062-05:002012-07-26T10:52:48.062-05:00Katie, terrific article. One thing I notice about ...Katie, terrific article. One thing I notice about my own writing is my father's attitudes coming. He conveyed to me more strongly than any particular liberal/conservative bias, to respect other people's beliefs. I would class myself as a liberal, and one of the characters in my current work-in-progress is a conservative. I had mentally pegged him as a "bad guy," but he wrote himself as conservative but open minded and accepting of other points of view.<br /><br />Shades of Dad in the bit below -<br /><br />"Mr. Meyers had no right to call me a sinner," I said when we moved a ways off but before we rejoined Mrs. Chambers, Alan, and Nancy.<br /><br />Captain Chambers sighed. "He shouldn't treat you disrespectfully, but he's as entitled to his opinion as you are to yours."<br /><br />"But he's wrong."<br /><br />Captain Chambers nodded. "Maybe. But while you're free to form your own opinions, you need to respect the right of other people to disagree."<br /><br />I grunted. "But how do you decide who's right?"<br /><br />Captain Chambers smiled. "Truth is something you figure out for yourself."Margaret Fielandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12639464925210908450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925401174378785919.post-58062090981412104182012-07-25T13:50:44.638-05:002012-07-25T13:50:44.638-05:00I'm very easily pegged.I'm very easily pegged.Rena Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02328844122193024220noreply@blogger.com