Lisa’s Comments (group member since Oct 15, 2010)

Lisa’s comments from the Second Wind Publishing group.

I read any book that Oprah recommends. I also read books that friends recommend or that catch my eye as I"m browsing in the library. I will glance at the first few pages of any book I'm thinking of reading and if it catches my interest, I'll read it.

For me, I see my mind wandering if there is a lot of description. I enjoy reading a combination of dialogue and narrative. I find that dialogue is a good way to know what the character is thinking.

At the moment, I am reading Amistad which is a misnomer to say it's about escape. It's about resistance to slavery and is based on a true story.

I don't necessarily agree that all stories are ones of escape. Nevertheless, I am currently writing a book of short stories about a social worker whose clients find themselves in situation where they have to battle the bureaucracy in some way. I suppose you could say they are trying to escape their situations.

Yes, I agree.

Yes, that's true. They get the intangible reward of having lived a life that was meaningful, that they did what they could to leave the world better than they found it. They might have done it with no concrete reward in mind however.

I have to disagree with that statement. Most of the time, people are motivated by their need to survive and thrive. Sometimes, however, people are motivated by something larger than themselves. Examples are conductors on the Underground Railroad, people who helped smuggle Jewish refugees into Palestine, the Civil Rights movement, and many other such movements. Human history would have never advanced without such examples.