tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post4106631917902232440..comments2024-03-26T13:47:55.472-07:00Comments on Blessed Are The Pure Of Heart: No Shades of GreyAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-79903675215697599922013-09-08T22:03:55.408-07:002013-09-08T22:03:55.408-07:00Amen to that! One of the best comments I ever hear...Amen to that! One of the best comments I ever heard was that "free love is priced right". The 60s were a disaster in that regard (and in a lot of other ways, as well).<br /><br />I think you're on the right track in describing the emotional response of your characters. It's uplifting; describing the physical act is demeaning.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-88045068500123014802013-09-08T13:23:11.259-07:002013-09-08T13:23:11.259-07:00I agree wholeheartedly with this post. I refuse to...I agree wholeheartedly with this post. I refuse to read the Fifty Shades books and I am anything but a prude. To me, the so-called sexual revolution of the 1960s has brought nothing but pain. I am a writer and my characters do make love (not have sex), but they are in committed relationships on the way to marriage. However, when I write the scenes where they make love I describe my characters' emotions more than the physical act. To me that is just more real.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12717377886814462260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-50036276552848488082013-09-04T22:16:19.251-07:002013-09-04T22:16:19.251-07:00Absolutely true, Becky.
I think we gave up a lot ...Absolutely true, Becky.<br /><br />I think we gave up a lot when decency standards were abandoned in favor of 'free speech'. Before, authors and screenwriters had to really understand romance to be able to tell and effective story. Now, well...you get characters that you sometimes can't respect.<br /><br />What modern film can top 'Casablanca' for romance? (I'll allow that "You've Got Mail" comes close.)Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-42302021890945126752013-09-04T11:16:27.746-07:002013-09-04T11:16:27.746-07:00Kevin and I stand with you and Barbara. It's a...Kevin and I stand with you and Barbara. It's amazing how sacred something becomes when you stop peeking in everyone else's windows. <br /><br />BlessingsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com