tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post6061195705947789512..comments2023-08-25T18:09:09.834-07:00Comments on Wrote By Rote: Zorro (Elements of Memoir) #AtoZChallengeArlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-82794083473276344842015-05-01T07:51:15.988-07:002015-05-01T07:51:15.988-07:00Whether you write a memoir or not, good points wer...Whether you write a memoir or not, good points were made for good storytelling. Ann Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17759967601352382204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-42178656823743965682015-04-30T14:20:33.187-07:002015-04-30T14:20:33.187-07:00Thanks for all the great memoir advice you've ...Thanks for all the great memoir advice you've given during the Challenge. I learned a lot and many of your posts have inspired me to get busy -- to get back to the memoir that I've put on the back burner for too long. Thanks for that! <br />Hard to believe we're at the end. I'm going to miss this challenge but I'm thrilled to have met so many wonderful people and to have discovered some amazing, funny, informative and interesting blogs. Great event Lee!<br />Michele at <a href="http://angelsbark.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">Angels Bark</a>Michele at Angels Bark https://www.blogger.com/profile/15891713963440451090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-53762317902897766092015-04-30T07:02:46.305-07:002015-04-30T07:02:46.305-07:00I believe that voice develops more so than being c...I believe that voice develops more so than being created by the writer. I think it does require some conscious effort to create a voice, but too much of that effort might make the writing seem unnatural. <br /><br />Lee<br />Arlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-17662499821545845572015-04-30T07:00:08.023-07:002015-04-30T07:00:08.023-07:00I like the personal touch of the direct storytelle...I like the personal touch of the direct storyteller. It's like being there with the person as they relate their narrative.<br /><br />Lee<br />Arlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-28555382178720167382015-04-30T06:58:42.435-07:002015-04-30T06:58:42.435-07:00For some of the letters it takes some real stretch...For some of the letters it takes some real stretching! I think voice is something that comes through repeated writing and a certain conscious effort. I think I use a "reporting" style as well, but I like that style.<br /><br />Lee<br />Arlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-10865393652924280022015-04-30T06:56:56.619-07:002015-04-30T06:56:56.619-07:00I do believe that TV Zorro was played by Guy Willi...I do believe that TV Zorro was played by Guy Williams. Never knew he was in <i>Lost in Space</i>, but I didn't know many of the actors names except for Billy Mumy and who could forget a strange name like that.<br /><br />Lee<br />Arlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-79295446717197084982015-04-30T06:55:14.062-07:002015-04-30T06:55:14.062-07:00Hilary, the voice in your blog writing is very dis...Hilary, the voice in your blog writing is very distinctive. Thanks for contributing your part to the success of A to Z 2015.<br /><br />LeeArlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-86028923047672930392015-04-30T06:44:30.522-07:002015-04-30T06:44:30.522-07:00I think your writing voice is your character, but ...I think your writing voice is your character, but it's difficult to write truly as yourself until you have been writing for some time. Reading through anthologies of poems I can recognise the authors easily, especially as nowadays i know many of them, and they do indeed sounds like themselves. <br /><br />I've also done 'Zorro' - but a completely different subject! <br /><br />Liz http://www.lizbrownleepoet.com (this is my blog, don't try going via the Blogger link!)Liz Brownleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00391982640958944942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-76364415427559819182015-04-30T04:41:47.666-07:002015-04-30T04:41:47.666-07:00I don't remember the Disney Zoro to well, but ...I don't remember the Disney Zoro to well, but I loved the Zoro movies with Antonio Banderas! Since I write as a personal blogger, I do most of my posts as if I were speaking directly to someone I know. Regaling them with a story, or trying to explain to them how I feel. <br /><br />~ We made it!!! ~<br />Visit me at: <a href="http://lifefaithincaneyhead.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Life & Faith in Caneyhead</a><br />I am Ensign B of <a href="http://authorstephentremp.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Tremps' Troops</a><br />with the <a href="http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/p/a-to-z-challenge-sign-uplist-2015.html" rel="nofollow">A to Z Challenge</a><br />Barbara In Caneyheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06053601327400989802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-7240661531448880532015-04-30T04:40:21.351-07:002015-04-30T04:40:21.351-07:00What an interesting analogy. In reading over my ol...What an interesting analogy. In reading over my old posts, I sometimes detect a distinct voice, usually when the topic was more interesting to me, I suppose. Other times I sound like a reporter stating "just the facts, Ma'am." So maybe I haven't really developed a true "Z" yet. <br />~Visiting from AtoZWendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-22961305369134082872015-04-30T03:53:16.045-07:002015-04-30T03:53:16.045-07:00Is that the Zorro that starred Guy Williams who we...Is that the Zorro that starred Guy Williams who went on to be in Lost in Space? And yes, I recognize some authors' work as soon as I read it. Stephen King - very descriptive, builds up the story and characters for 800 pages then kills everyone off in the last 10 and never tells you what happened to the survivors. And Anne Rice...she uses the word 'preternatural' on every single page. JoJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18165375435543044068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-77586034586176544952015-04-30T02:39:35.612-07:002015-04-30T02:39:35.612-07:00Hi Lee - Zorro never entered my realm of tv watchi...Hi Lee - Zorro never entered my realm of tv watching in the UK - but my brothers might have done. Slashing is a technique that needs to be learnt .. and by some bloggers!: but I have my voice and that appears to appeal - thankfully.<br /><br />Well done on all your blogs and for starting off the A-Z - which has a wonderful following each year .. cheers to you and your helpers all - HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.com