tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post4326065602120857546..comments2024-03-25T02:15:02.505-07:00Comments on Nancy's Blog: Passion Reduxadminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11442349453021015062noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post-62211002889260231562008-10-08T09:06:00.000-07:002008-10-08T09:06:00.000-07:00Hm, is it possible to have a passion play without ...Hm, is it possible to have a passion play without a point? I seem to recall some.Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08499975976127437276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post-21036412345433578362008-10-07T20:46:00.000-07:002008-10-07T20:46:00.000-07:00And without a point, whence the passion?And without a point, whence the passion?TheOFloinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post-67970703650904840842008-10-07T20:02:00.000-07:002008-10-07T20:02:00.000-07:00Without passion, what's the point?Without passion, what's the point?Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08499975976127437276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post-71846439943388917902008-10-07T08:15:00.000-07:002008-10-07T08:15:00.000-07:00"I hated Waiting for Godot... However, not everyo..."I hated <I>Waiting for Godot</I>... However, not everyone feels this way about Godot."<BR/><BR/>At least not these people:<BR/><BR/>"In the [British] National Theatre’s NT2000 poll, theatre professionals [playwrights, directors, actors, guilds, etc.] voted <I>Waiting for Godot</I> <B>the most significant English language play of the 20th century.</B>"<BR/><BR/>But none of them were very passionate.lifeform666https://www.blogger.com/profile/03338582505961644573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post-2884183047917975252008-10-07T08:06:00.000-07:002008-10-07T08:06:00.000-07:00I have mixed feelings about this. Passion, I thin...I have mixed feelings about this. Passion, I think, merely makes a story easier to write because it makes sitting down and writing it more fun.<BR/><BR/>But I don't believe for a second that the writer must feel something in order for the reader to feel it. It's been my experience that a story coldly and intellectually constructed may well be a better story, and bring out passion in the readers, which is where passion belongs.<BR/><BR/>I don't believe good, interesting character or a compelling plot line comes from passion, but from knowledge. I'd put life experience high on the needed knowledge list.<BR/><BR/>Passion is a good thing. It helps keep a writer motivated. It makes writing fun. But I don't think it has much of anything to do with quality.James A. Ritchiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04707677041485722525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post-89440972129530183192008-10-07T06:05:00.000-07:002008-10-07T06:05:00.000-07:00Nor should we forget that passio, passionis is the...Nor should we forget that <I>passio, passionis</I> is the Latin for suffering.TheOFloinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.com