tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688207620251526295.post8337221490366408823..comments2024-03-29T04:27:23.545-06:00Comments on Hiawatha House: How Much of the Story is FactRedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688207620251526295.post-138662163801900402015-01-09T06:44:04.688-07:002015-01-09T06:44:04.688-07:00I enjoyed this post a lot! A while back I posted a...I enjoyed this post a lot! A while back I posted about my mom and dad flying to New York in the 1950's and being at Times Square on New Year's Eve and then the snow storm that came and delayed their flight home...which was all true. I vividly remember the time! My sister who is three years older than me read my post, called me and said, where the heck was I when all this happened!?Henny Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05958386938311591314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688207620251526295.post-2555144068700634472015-01-08T22:30:27.325-07:002015-01-08T22:30:27.325-07:00Oh yes! Memories of experiences vary according to...Oh yes! Memories of experiences vary according to the teller. Definitely. I was compiling the war time memories of my mother and her three sisters and it was incredible to hear the variations on the same crisis they encountered.Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07461569436322815787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688207620251526295.post-63749520201071619262015-01-08T11:35:04.168-07:002015-01-08T11:35:04.168-07:00I think what you have experience in life is the cl...I think what you have experience in life is the clue here..from youth to eldery.<br />The same experience I think will always differ from person to person.Its nothing to do about it.thats why we humans are so beautiful and different:)<br /><br />Thank you for writing this Red:)<br /><br />Greetings AnitaAnitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16296393166114580709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688207620251526295.post-17833602287706541762015-01-08T00:20:25.643-07:002015-01-08T00:20:25.643-07:00It has happened to me too.
When I try to recollect...It has happened to me too.<br />When I try to recollect things which happened long ago, and think its all accurate, some one else points out that "it was not like that"Haddockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11573906991666088642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688207620251526295.post-88806165401243105172015-01-07T20:47:59.887-07:002015-01-07T20:47:59.887-07:00For every person, perception is reality, but perc...For every person, perception is reality, but perceptions vary.Linda Reederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07665601809156707572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688207620251526295.post-42914014379276247402015-01-07T20:39:56.004-07:002015-01-07T20:39:56.004-07:00Autobiographical fiction sounds like a valid genre...Autobiographical fiction sounds like a valid genre to me.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688207620251526295.post-29015152575022941042015-01-07T20:38:57.365-07:002015-01-07T20:38:57.365-07:00I like your rule ...research, research, research!I like your rule ...research, research, research!Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688207620251526295.post-49824714863622289882015-01-07T20:37:23.794-07:002015-01-07T20:37:23.794-07:00Thanks for visiting Hiawatha House. I like your po...Thanks for visiting Hiawatha House. I like your point that many of us are too wordy. Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688207620251526295.post-31421704270775366602015-01-07T20:36:14.004-07:002015-01-07T20:36:14.004-07:00Your last question calls for a complete college cl...Your last question calls for a complete college class or maybe has been part of many college classes.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688207620251526295.post-17789073364995049662015-01-07T20:32:38.281-07:002015-01-07T20:32:38.281-07:00Differences in communication of males and females ...Differences in communication of males and females is another whole topic on it's own.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688207620251526295.post-57752357959488632182015-01-07T20:31:34.869-07:002015-01-07T20:31:34.869-07:00I'm sure it was an excellent learning situatio...I'm sure it was an excellent learning situation. Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688207620251526295.post-12372547458488276692015-01-07T20:30:20.592-07:002015-01-07T20:30:20.592-07:00Viewing was one part of the middle school curricul...Viewing was one part of the middle school curriculum and it was a challenge for me to teach it.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688207620251526295.post-42043718726794247952015-01-07T20:29:21.543-07:002015-01-07T20:29:21.543-07:00No doubt about it that writing can be very therape...No doubt about it that writing can be very therapeutic.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688207620251526295.post-13329361785369288382015-01-07T20:28:21.380-07:002015-01-07T20:28:21.380-07:00We must also have some filters that take out some ...We must also have some filters that take out some detail.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688207620251526295.post-14375102018124278222015-01-07T20:27:30.196-07:002015-01-07T20:27:30.196-07:00I guess I've never sat down and thought about ...I guess I've never sat down and thought about this situation before.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688207620251526295.post-66422593340828827792015-01-07T20:26:17.164-07:002015-01-07T20:26:17.164-07:00Maybe we're not half as smart as we think we a...Maybe we're not half as smart as we think we are?Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688207620251526295.post-23089601490392965352015-01-07T20:25:31.931-07:002015-01-07T20:25:31.931-07:00Good point about police investigations.Good point about police investigations.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688207620251526295.post-56477181422222943072015-01-07T20:24:55.540-07:002015-01-07T20:24:55.540-07:00In sports, sometimes the refs don't agree. I&#...In sports, sometimes the refs don't agree. I'm afraid I don't follow sports at all.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688207620251526295.post-72987374109940314652015-01-07T20:23:12.121-07:002015-01-07T20:23:12.121-07:0010% wouldn't surprise me but it's scary.10% wouldn't surprise me but it's scary.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688207620251526295.post-2865619812360178672015-01-07T20:22:20.816-07:002015-01-07T20:22:20.816-07:00Thanks. I have a brother 15 years younger and of c...Thanks. I have a brother 15 years younger and of course we don't have a lot to talk about when it comes to family experiences.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688207620251526295.post-80126897671367728762015-01-07T20:21:04.868-07:002015-01-07T20:21:04.868-07:00It's a bit scary but very interesting. Most pe...It's a bit scary but very interesting. Most people go about their business thinking everybody else has the same perception in their head.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688207620251526295.post-40284811577599664862015-01-07T11:07:00.399-07:002015-01-07T11:07:00.399-07:00You ask a question I've long struggled with. W...You ask a question I've long struggled with. When I read my stories to my mother she often says, "I don't remember that." And when my wife edits my stories she often asks, "How much of this is true?" As story tellers, I think we should be given some lead way here. My goal is to entertain, not recite a dictionary of events. Although my stories are 85-95% true, I tend to think of them as "autobiographical fiction."stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688207620251526295.post-49911970934937931582015-01-07T09:14:38.742-07:002015-01-07T09:14:38.742-07:00I think the details of the event change many times...I think the details of the event change many times from one person to the next. It all depends on who is telling the story. When I was in elementary school we played a game called "broken telephone" (similar to what you did with your students). A word was whispered from student to student, and by the time we got to the last student who was supposed to repeat what was said, the word was totally different from what was started. A valuable lesson learned. Don't always believe what you hear/read/see. Always check multiple sources, do your own investigation, research, research, research...Plowing Through Life (Martha)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06547318824997712369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688207620251526295.post-8177734951238475292015-01-07T08:34:30.015-07:002015-01-07T08:34:30.015-07:00Enjoyed you post -- my first visit here -- follwed...Enjoyed you post -- my first visit here -- follwed DJan. Anyway, your writing exercise reminded me of how I began my writing classes for adults over 50.<br /><br />The first night they showed up with books they wrote that were published and magazine and newspaper stories. I told them I would give them an assignment that could be and was done by a single student of mine who finished the story in less than one dozen words. <br /><br />Each person write down how you tie your shoelace. And you must pass it to a stranger sitting in the room. Then the stranger will stand and read what you wrote on how to tie a shoe lace in a bow knot. The person who does it must then read it while a student in class follows the directions to see if you included all the details from picking up the ends of the laces...<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03907775548207024225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688207620251526295.post-22279648033197123122015-01-07T07:09:13.029-07:002015-01-07T07:09:13.029-07:00I am sometimes amazed at the difference in percept...I am sometimes amazed at the difference in perception of events in the past with my sister, who is two years younger than me. All the things you list make us remember differently, I'm convinced. And yes, you are a good storyteller, but what is reality? That's the question. :-)DJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.com