tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post8181199063238418007..comments2024-01-01T18:42:01.363-08:00Comments on International Christian Fiction Writers: Tragedy and Fiction -LeAnne HardyLisa Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11358581487206184033noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-58489955912908866162010-03-07T15:39:34.070-08:002010-03-07T15:39:34.070-08:00A very thought provoking post, LeAnne. Just before...A very thought provoking post, LeAnne. Just before reading it I had read a post on a loop from a mother whose son has just returned from Haiti. She shared some of the horrors he saw in a medical clinic and had to deal with. It wasn't graphic writing by any means, but the pictures in my mind are still vivid of the dreadful suffering there. We do need to show these in our books and our example - as always - has to be the way the scriptures show as well as tell the affects of horror. Of course, the 'trick' is just how we can do that without being graphic but still have enough to bring the emotion needed from the reader of the written page.Mary Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12603850711168486457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-66411177797556633472010-03-07T15:21:32.624-08:002010-03-07T15:21:32.624-08:00I think you are right, Alice, that it is the chara...I think you are right, Alice, that it is the character's emotional reaction we are looking for rather than graphic carnage.LeAnne Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11433010038077925237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-34765765076969003422010-03-06T16:45:20.612-08:002010-03-06T16:45:20.612-08:00I think rooting our fiction in real events is a gr...I think rooting our fiction in real events is a great way to draw attention to those events and perhaps do some good. What i object to is long graphic descriptions of carnage or cruelty used to shock and horrify the reader merely for the sake of shock and horror. Sometimes a very simple statement of fact is all that's required to set the scene. The fictional character's emotional reaction to that scene is what makes the historic event relevant.Alice Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00218095053108888830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-80047897163005515982010-03-06T15:35:05.206-08:002010-03-06T15:35:05.206-08:00LeAnne, great post! You raise some big questions. ...LeAnne, great post! You raise some big questions. I think fiction can offer unique insights into tragic situations in a way non-fiction can't, because we walk in the viewpoint character's shoes.Narellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07665380446283721576noreply@blogger.com