tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918800617954487311.post363190645071007935..comments2024-03-22T23:59:37.332-07:00Comments on Les Edgerton on Writing: Les Edgertonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17997858985904932554noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918800617954487311.post-13582081331980875362023-03-09T23:49:50.887-08:002023-03-09T23:49:50.887-08:00write about her "black experience." I wa...write about her "black experience." I was dumbfounded, especially since the young student told me she could care less about her so-called "black experience," feeling that all she'd ever had was an "American <a href="https://lovelanguagetest.hashnode.dev/love-language-test-1" rel="nofollow">love language test</a> citizen experience," and what she really enjoyed reading and writing about was fantasy. But, she now had doubts. I told her that I thought this teacher's advice was the silliest I'd ever heard. What does it matter if she was black or white... or green or purple? Write what you want to write, I told her. If Samuel Delany had had a teacher like this woman had and told him he should only write aboutlovelanguagetesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16461906277081297931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918800617954487311.post-66102994201158968282010-07-15T08:29:42.556-07:002010-07-15T08:29:42.556-07:00O_O! I was looking through, wondering why you were...O_O! I was looking through, wondering why you weren't posting as much anymore (busy, I know) and saw a post from 2008. I'm thinking, "Dangit, how come he didn't tell me he had a blog then?" Yeah. I actually said that out loud. Then I saw this.Tiffanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17111064354616483882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918800617954487311.post-19616267696573473582010-03-24T10:49:30.486-07:002010-03-24T10:49:30.486-07:00Travener, thanks for the post. And, after a hiatus...Travener, thanks for the post. And, after a hiatus of many months, I've taken your advice and started it up again. Hope you return!Les Edgertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17997858985904932554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918800617954487311.post-36574265261037901452009-09-08T07:35:12.470-07:002009-09-08T07:35:12.470-07:00Good point. Write what you want to write, not wha...Good point. Write what you want to write, not what other people think you should write. That's the only way to be authentic.<br /><br />Speaking of which, you should write more blog posts (if you want to!).Travenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07457806399543939000noreply@blogger.com