tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1019954192499088781.post8468781520718749101..comments2019-11-18T05:01:16.454-08:00Comments on So I Write: Face-to-FaceAlicynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01477435209070609631noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1019954192499088781.post-51791589778820857512017-01-21T20:27:15.981-08:002017-01-21T20:27:15.981-08:00Yes, exactly! It's an illusion of community - ...Yes, exactly! It's an illusion of community - again, not that it's bad, but it's not the same as the real thing. It's always been funny to me, too, how one's online presence can seem sometimes very different from how they are in person. <br /><br />Cool! You're very welcome! I'm glad you found it interesting. I did too. It's not a book for everyone because of how different it is, but I think that makes it unique. And I agree entirely about the process - unexpected and bittersweet are accurate words for it. (I'd also recommend Ender's Shadow - I might even have liked it a smidgen better than Ender's Game.) Alicynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01477435209070609631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1019954192499088781.post-88362867297438799012017-01-21T20:17:17.287-08:002017-01-21T20:17:17.287-08:00Thanks, Jollygirl! :) Very true! Thanks, Jollygirl! :) Very true! Alicynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01477435209070609631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1019954192499088781.post-58515307863219188362017-01-21T02:49:46.828-08:002017-01-21T02:49:46.828-08:00This is wonderful! It's true that it's imp...This is wonderful! It's true that it's important to communicate with people face to face!Jollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12420499053256631407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1019954192499088781.post-77707256250078485552017-01-20T23:44:40.894-08:002017-01-20T23:44:40.894-08:00I know what you mean! This past Summer I met someo...I know what you mean! This past Summer I met someone face-to-face that up to then I had never hardly spoken to except through writing. Sometimes you forget what it is you're missing until you have it. I realized even though I liked the person a lot the way we had been communicating, I liked the real version a lot better. Same with my brother during Christmas break. I do spend a lot of time chatting with him (but he's one of those who doesn't come across real well through writing or even talking on the phone or skyping), but when I am with him in person, I remember how much I just like him and miss him. With technology giving you the illusion of fellowship and community without the work of going out the front door, it is so easy to fall into complacency. You just get lazy and quickly forget what the real is like. I've always found I get a buzz after positive face-to-face interactions and end up craving more, but I'm in a bit of a pickle because the people I usually hang out with are more introverted than me...so...to keep them from getting too sick of me, I end up doing a lot of messaging instead of face-to-face conversations. <br /><br />P.S. Read 'Ender's Game'. It was interesting. I can't really decide what I think. I liked how they ended it, but the process was unexpected and kind-of bittersweet. It's interesting comparing that book with the writing for the same-age character in 'To Kill a Mockingbird' (even though they are utterly different), and then trying to remember what I was like when I was six-years-old and older...I guess when you write younger children, you have to really calculate how their life was up to that point and their circumstances. There's a lot of factors...I really liked the introduction I read to it. Told about how the author came to write it, and I really like to read about other writers' journeys. Thanks for the recommendation!Meaghan Rutherfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17144939103660147492noreply@blogger.com