Blogging Around

I first commented on Leanne's blog. She wrote about how she doesn't really like her short story, and is basically writing it just for the grade. She wishes she wrote something that she liked and felt confident about. Here's what I said:

Leanne-
I feel EXACTLY the same way. I'm extremely disappointed with my story, too! :[. When I first started writing it, I thought I had a good idea. But then my original plan seemed wrong, and every plan I came up with and have come up with since then seems wrong. It's very disappointing for me, since I really do enjoy writing, and I was looking forward to producing a good story. When I read it, though, I am embarrassed for myself, because it's pretty awful. I'm waiting for a stroke of inspiration that will make me the next Hemingway, or Coetzee, or Bronte, but right now, I just remind myself of a mediocre middle school writer. I hope that changes. Good luck with your story! Just know that there's someone in the same boat as you. :]

Next, I commented on Tessa's blog. She wrote a "What If?" blog, speculating about what it would be like if people lost the ability to love. Here's my comment:

Wow, Tess. What a scary thought! I can't imagine what the world would be like if we lost the ability to love. So much of the future I have imagined for myself (and I'm sure it's similar to the future almost everybody else has imagined for themselves) revolves around love of all different kinds. Really, though, how would the world function without love? If a person cannot love, are they evil? Or are they just empty? Either possibility is ghastly to think about. I think about in Harry Potter, and how people who have received the Dementor's Kiss are described. "Worse than death", they say. I think it would be worse than death, to live unfeelingly. That's not exactly what your post was about, of course, but living without love, whether the emptiness is filled with evil or with nothing, is something very frightening to think about. I am hoping that love is a mechanism that can't be broken, because it is so essential to people and society. Great post!