tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3211694578377033092.post6510343787435453004..comments2023-07-18T05:08:54.230-07:00Comments on O'Shaughnessy Writes: Suffering From Genre ConfusionDonna OShaughnessyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266654110280149719noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3211694578377033092.post-10547828369808730002017-04-11T19:07:47.313-07:002017-04-11T19:07:47.313-07:00You're very kind Leigh but just like our homes...You're very kind Leigh but just like our homesteading ventures, the more we do...the more we realize what we don't know how to do. Life is such a frustrating process, isn't it?Donna OShaughnessyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266654110280149719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3211694578377033092.post-63340999314067190112017-04-11T19:05:18.559-07:002017-04-11T19:05:18.559-07:00Excellent advice. It is a struggle of mine Mirka, ...Excellent advice. It is a struggle of mine Mirka, the need to classify, to organize, to label, and it often conflicts with the right brain writer in me. But the older I get the less lists I make and the more spontaneous I become. Another thirty years and I should have this all figured out! Donna OShaughnessyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266654110280149719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3211694578377033092.post-45213425758582240752017-04-11T18:49:43.490-07:002017-04-11T18:49:43.490-07:00Congratulations on that! Obviously you are one tal...Congratulations on that! Obviously you are one talented and multi-faceted writer!Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3211694578377033092.post-67907422191242565552017-04-11T09:09:47.515-07:002017-04-11T09:09:47.515-07:00I think you focus on expression and getting throug...I think you focus on expression and getting through, and worry less about genre, maybe you'll even be a pioneer. Years of school training have made most of us into classifiers. It's what academics know to do. A poet needs to forget some of that. Go, girl!Mirka Breenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00653086859905415156noreply@blogger.com