Comments on: Writing from the Boat http://www.poewar.com/writing-from-the-boat/ Writing Career Center Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:51:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Boating Fan http://www.poewar.com/writing-from-the-boat/comment-page-1/#comment-209665 Boating Fan Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:17:14 +0000 http://www.poewar.com/?p=4256#comment-209665 This is a perfect metaphor, Lizzie This is a perfect metaphor, Lizzie

]]> By: Lizzie http://www.poewar.com/writing-from-the-boat/comment-page-1/#comment-195943 Lizzie Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:23:29 +0000 http://www.poewar.com/?p=4256#comment-195943 Thank you everyone for your wonderful comments. Speaking, out is hard, but the payoff comes with the healing it has given. Living with a block for so many years left me with no results in my writing. Don't be afraid to explore your personal self. The voice you write with is who you are. Embrace it! Regards, Lizzie~ Lizzies last blog post..<a href="http://bipolarjourney.com/2008/06/27/displaced-anger/" rel="nofollow">Displaced Anger</a> Thank you everyone for your wonderful comments. Speaking, out is hard, but the payoff comes with the healing it has given. Living with a block for so many years left me with no results in my writing. Don’t be afraid to explore your personal self. The voice you write with is who you are. Embrace it!

Regards,

Lizzie~

Lizzies last blog post..Displaced Anger

]]> By: JoniB http://www.poewar.com/writing-from-the-boat/comment-page-1/#comment-195810 JoniB Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:54:06 +0000 http://www.poewar.com/?p=4256#comment-195810 Lizzie! Thank you! I am in a constant battle against depression. I'm terrified that it will come back - so much so that I am afraid of what comes out of my pen sometimes. You give me hope and because of that, I will continue to write. Lizzie! Thank you! I am in a constant battle against depression. I’m terrified that it will come back – so much so that I am afraid of what comes out of my pen sometimes. You give me hope and because of that, I will continue to write.

]]> By: Rachael http://www.poewar.com/writing-from-the-boat/comment-page-1/#comment-195660 Rachael Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:51:36 +0000 http://www.poewar.com/?p=4256#comment-195660 Lizzie, I wish more writers were blatant about the monster within. I have made similar conversation with non-artists and they think I should just be locked up! I wonder how many have the same problems, but just don't say. RK Rachaels last blog post..<a href="http://kvapartist.blogspot.com/2008/06/poem-published-in-online-e-zine.html" rel="nofollow">Poem Published in Online E-Zine</a> Lizzie,

I wish more writers were blatant about the monster within. I have made similar conversation with non-artists and they think I should just be locked up! I wonder how many have the same problems, but just don’t say.

RK

Rachaels last blog post..Poem Published in Online E-Zine

]]> By: Jeanne Dininni http://www.poewar.com/writing-from-the-boat/comment-page-1/#comment-195653 Jeanne Dininni Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:25:44 +0000 http://www.poewar.com/?p=4256#comment-195653 Lizzie, Your analogy is a powerful one. Thanks so much for sharing so candidly about your experience with bipolar and how it has affected your writing--and your life. Your optimistic philosophy will no doubt serve to encourage others who battle the same demons--and even others who <i>don't</i>. After all, each of us must face our own personal phantoms. Touching post! Jeanne Lizzie,

Your analogy is a powerful one. Thanks so much for sharing so candidly about your experience with bipolar and how it has affected your writing–and your life. Your optimistic philosophy will no doubt serve to encourage others who battle the same demons–and even others who don’t. After all, each of us must face our own personal phantoms.

Touching post!
Jeanne

]]> By: Keep the Boat You Were Given « 1WriteWay http://www.poewar.com/writing-from-the-boat/comment-page-1/#comment-195633 Keep the Boat You Were Given « 1WriteWay Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:08:29 +0000 http://www.poewar.com/?p=4256#comment-195633 [...] is making her “passage through life dragging a diagnosis of bipolar along.”  Her post, Writing from the Boat, is an powerful testament to her inner courage and strength.  The boat metaphor comes from a scene [...] [...] is making her “passage through life dragging a diagnosis of bipolar along.”  Her post, Writing from the Boat, is an powerful testament to her inner courage and strength.  The boat metaphor comes from a scene [...]

]]> By: Leigh http://www.poewar.com/writing-from-the-boat/comment-page-1/#comment-195586 Leigh Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:05:52 +0000 http://www.poewar.com/?p=4256#comment-195586 Lizzie, what a lovely metaphor. All my mere words can do is echo other posters': Bless your heart for posting about your battles with the abyss, the monster that is bipolar illness. As another poster said, you can be 100% certain your story has both deeply affected and helped your readers--what more could a writer (or a human being, for that matter) ask for? Best wishes, Leigh Lizzie, what a lovely metaphor. All my mere words can do is echo other posters’: Bless your heart for posting about your battles with the abyss, the monster that is bipolar illness. As another poster said, you can be 100% certain your story has both deeply affected and helped your readers–what more could a writer (or a human being, for that matter) ask for?

Best wishes,
Leigh

]]> By: Yuwanda Black http://www.poewar.com/writing-from-the-boat/comment-page-1/#comment-195580 Yuwanda Black Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:29:02 +0000 http://www.poewar.com/?p=4256#comment-195580 Lizzie: How brave of you to share your journey in such a public way. I'm sure you're helping many who don't have the courage you do. Love this line: "I have to accept the boat I have been given and embrace its familiar comfort." Beautiful. Yuwanda Blacks last blog post..<a href="http://inkwelleditorial.blogspot.com/2008/06/have-freelance-writing-rates.html" rel="nofollow">Have Freelance Writing Rates Degenerated into an Elitist/Classist War?</a> Lizzie:

How brave of you to share your journey in such a public way. I’m sure you’re helping many who don’t have the courage you do.

Love this line: “I have to accept the boat I have been given and embrace its familiar comfort.”

Beautiful.

Yuwanda Blacks last blog post..Have Freelance Writing Rates Degenerated into an Elitist/Classist War?

]]> By: Morgan http://www.poewar.com/writing-from-the-boat/comment-page-1/#comment-195574 Morgan Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:17:30 +0000 http://www.poewar.com/?p=4256#comment-195574 Lizzie, thank you for sharing your story. I think there is still so much misunderstanding and stigma out there attached to mental illness that when someone like you steps forward, it sheds a light on it for everyone as well as helping to take away the stigma. Your courage in writing this will help someone else. You can be sure of that. Keep writing! Morgans last blog post..<a href="http://redravencircle.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/guest-blog/" rel="nofollow">Guest Blog</a> Lizzie, thank you for sharing your story. I think there is still so much misunderstanding and stigma out there attached to mental illness that when someone like you steps forward, it sheds a light on it for everyone as well as helping to take away the stigma. Your courage in writing this will help someone else. You can be sure of that.

Keep writing!

Morgans last blog post..Guest Blog

]]> By: Marie Ann Bailey http://www.poewar.com/writing-from-the-boat/comment-page-1/#comment-195569 Marie Ann Bailey Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:39:25 +0000 http://www.poewar.com/?p=4256#comment-195569 Lizzie, I am awed both by your courage to speak openly on the web about your illness, and by the strength within you made obvious by your writing. I love your metaphor of the boat (and that you use movie metaphors to discuss your illness). Some people may think that you are "skirting" the issue, but, to me, your metaphors are a way to take control, to express your experience in a form that makes sense to you. Have you ever read the memoir The Center Cannot Hold by Elyn R. Saks? Dr. Saks suffers from schizophrenia and her journey toward mastering her illness is both harrowing and inspiring. She is a wonderful writer like you and makes great use of metaphors to describe what her illness is like. I highly recommend it. Again, thank you for your post. Marie Ann Baileys last blog post..<a href="http://1writeway.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/sustainable-writing/" rel="nofollow">Sustainable Writing</a> Lizzie, I am awed both by your courage to speak openly on the web about your illness, and by the strength within you made obvious by your writing. I love your metaphor of the boat (and that you use movie metaphors to discuss your illness). Some people may think that you are “skirting” the issue, but, to me, your metaphors are a way to take control, to express your experience in a form that makes sense to you. Have you ever read the memoir The Center Cannot Hold by Elyn R. Saks? Dr. Saks suffers from schizophrenia and her journey toward mastering her illness is both harrowing and inspiring. She is a wonderful writer like you and makes great use of metaphors to describe what her illness is like. I highly recommend it.

Again, thank you for your post.

Marie Ann Baileys last blog post..Sustainable Writing

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