So today's post is about sense of wonder. It was a delight when I first came across a description that matched that inchoate feeling in me, and of course then, inevitably, I discovered that different people meant different things by it. Or they mentioned things that evoked a sense of dread, or question, or nothing at all in me. Mostly I'm curious ( Read more... )

A conversation about writing advice, and defining sense of wonder, caused me to think about this topic.

What bring sense of wonder to your mind? Anyone got definitions, or some examples?

This isn't quite a Bittercon since I swiped the topic from ConDor's program list (this weekend in San Diego, and I hope to go down for Saturday and Sunday) but.  When I see "Is Sense of Wonder Dead?" I don't want to see potshots taken at current genre books under the header of "Oh, it's all just the same old same old."  I guess that could be an ( Read more... )