Comments on: Corpus Libris http://www.deblund.com/blog/2009/03/corpus-libris/ Slices from a wordy life Tue, 03 Aug 2010 03:17:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: admin http://www.deblund.com/blog/2009/03/corpus-libris/comment-page-1/#comment-7 admin Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:39:16 +0000 http://www.deblund.com/blog/?p=176#comment-7 I love that! Yes, all good stories have Heart. The hard hat is for all those accidents that can happen -- like when your tools take on a life of their own, or a chunk of what you're building tumbles down on you. Even rollicking, rhyming, good-timing picture books need Heart. Several years ago when I got a new computer, my son pulled my "Where's the Heart?" note off the old monitor and put it on the new one. I can't imagine getting better validation that what I do is important. My advice to writers -- Keep that hard hat on when looking up paralyzes you, but yes, yes, give your creations Heart. I love that! Yes, all good stories have Heart. The hard hat is for all those accidents that can happen — like when your tools take on a life of their own, or a chunk of what you’re building tumbles down on you.

Even rollicking, rhyming, good-timing picture books need Heart. Several years ago when I got a new computer, my son pulled my “Where’s the Heart?” note off the old monitor and put it on the new one. I can’t imagine getting better validation that what I do is important.

My advice to writers — Keep that hard hat on when looking up paralyzes you, but yes, yes, give your creations Heart.

]]> By: Swati http://www.deblund.com/blog/2009/03/corpus-libris/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Swati Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:11:48 +0000 http://www.deblund.com/blog/?p=176#comment-6 A hard hat? :) Hmm, maybe a hard hat on a soft heart then! A hard hat? :) Hmm, maybe a hard hat on a soft heart then!

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