tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377939820740020150.post6611546768910518564..comments2024-03-05T04:40:59.039-05:00Comments on STAIRCASE WRITING - Katharine Weber's Writing Journal: L'Esprit D'EscalierKatharine Weberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05933086172475315821noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377939820740020150.post-62654376760327696802009-08-30T04:04:08.002-04:002009-08-30T04:04:08.002-04:00Staircase thoughts are A.A. Milne for me:
Halfway...Staircase thoughts are A.A. Milne for me:<br /><br />Halfway down the stairs <br />Is a stair where I sit: <br />There isn't any other stair quite like it. <br />I'm not at the bottom, <br />I'm not at the top: <br />So this is the stair where I always stop.<br /><br />Halfway up the stairs <br />Isn't up, and isn't down. <br />It isn't in the nursery, it isn't in the town: <br />And all sorts of funny thoughts <br />Run round my head: <br />"It isn't really anywhere! It's somewhere else instead!"Mary Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18358719012981268301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377939820740020150.post-86127127495154617072009-07-12T07:57:10.556-04:002009-07-12T07:57:10.556-04:00Thanks, Debi. I have in fact written a couple of s...Thanks, Debi. I have in fact written a couple of short stories based on the characters in my novels. "Sleeping," which has appeared in a few anthologies and has also been made into a film, is a 500 word adjacent moment to the middle section of Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear, my first novel.Katharine Weberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05933086172475315821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377939820740020150.post-60731189166748079492009-07-12T07:22:39.371-04:002009-07-12T07:22:39.371-04:00I love this, Katharine! Both the general idea of...I love this, Katharine! Both the general idea of staircase writing/wit and your specific examples. <br /><br />Do you ever use these moments as jumping-off points for short stories? I am imagining vignettes involving long-ago characters, resurfacing and allowing us glimpses into their after-novel lives.Debi Harbuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251435964706916444noreply@blogger.com