tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874155205423552780.post3244397339849021981..comments2014-12-31T13:17:49.358-08:00Comments on Poets Are Lame (and other stuff Mike Finley taught me): Finding Your AngleAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02748441484232139833noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874155205423552780.post-6489095999286531922013-01-04T03:25:21.829-08:002013-01-04T03:25:21.829-08:00And your answer must be from the point of view of ...And your answer must be from the point of view of a pet...<br /><br />I think most of us write from our own beleaguered point of view, because that is how we're puzzling things out. How can you describe that woman except from what she stirred in you, sitting on the bench? The question to me always is, how do you make that sketch a good one, one that express both your experience and something that everyone can sign on to? The more you write about a thing, the more likely it is you will stumble, quite accidentally, on this universal idea. Then you clear away all the clutter around it.Mike Finley ~ Big Vanillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09944010073428661081noreply@blogger.com