tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835785233541439590.post2311327202201370724..comments2023-10-09T04:48:51.981-07:00Comments on SFR Brigade: Depression's UpsideUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835785233541439590.post-42669548311469002822010-04-24T12:49:15.064-07:002010-04-24T12:49:15.064-07:00Great post! Sometimes I think depression and writi...Great post! Sometimes I think depression and writing go hand in hand.Susan Macateehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07476340887041053638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835785233541439590.post-11416368940144672322010-04-23T17:07:52.097-07:002010-04-23T17:07:52.097-07:00This is precisely why I refuse to be medicated. It...This is precisely why I refuse to be medicated. It would take the edge off. Ha! Take that, pharmacy giants!Sandra Stixrudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02422701621985748579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835785233541439590.post-5808164186463640552010-04-23T09:23:58.947-07:002010-04-23T09:23:58.947-07:00Lordy. I *do* get bonus points for the neuroses? W...Lordy. I *do* get bonus points for the neuroses? Who knew.Marcella Burnardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05061631584953668058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835785233541439590.post-58473131569204642672010-04-23T09:13:02.865-07:002010-04-23T09:13:02.865-07:00Thanks for your comments, guys, and glad you found...Thanks for your comments, guys, and glad you found the post interesting. <br /><br />I was deep in my first real depression when I came up with the idea and wrote a draft for my first novel. At the time, I remember working on it was the only thing that made day-to-day life tolerable -- sort of like therapy. I had to completely rewrite that first draft, because I later saw I had written a heroine who often had to be taken care of by her friends (imagine!). <br /><br />But difficult as that period of depression was, I credit it with helping to create the focus I needed to develop the idea.Sharon Lynn Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11886205665048406062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835785233541439590.post-9344359609018456692010-04-23T08:20:25.980-07:002010-04-23T08:20:25.980-07:00Thanks so much for posting this. Perfect timing an...Thanks so much for posting this. Perfect timing and so in tune with what writers deal with.Rae Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18401577264246893702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835785233541439590.post-35417491210394978972010-04-23T05:57:02.359-07:002010-04-23T05:57:02.359-07:00If you only saw the smile faces, bobbing bluebirds...If you only saw the smile faces, bobbing bluebirds, pretty skies, I would think picture books for children would be a good calling. The stories that have me spellbound have characters that I can relate to, and they are the most flawed, unhappy bastards that can be. In order to find that balance so you don't shift your depression to the reader, creating the perfect HEA or HFN ending, you might as well take the half empty cup and use every drop.Arlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13009609859622288428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835785233541439590.post-46511636502033231452010-04-23T03:40:46.581-07:002010-04-23T03:40:46.581-07:00Thanks for posting this good info on depression, S...Thanks for posting this good info on depression, Sharon. As writers, I think we all suffer setbacks and self-doubt from time to time. I came to realze that meltdowns are just part of the writing process. Although distressing at the time, these bouts actually help me improve by making me focus on how, what and why I write.<br /><br />Thanks for the link!L. A. Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01198035351359321392noreply@blogger.com