tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post3848812828381348028..comments2024-01-18T05:37:22.292-05:00Comments on lisa and laura write: On Writinglisa and laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18144863275895761642noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-43460141132452843332011-04-11T13:52:54.655-04:002011-04-11T13:52:54.655-04:00@KatieAnderson,
It's like this metaphor for T...@KatieAnderson,<br /><br />It's like this metaphor for The Real Housewives just GETS me. You know? You + it = genius.<br /><br />"OMG, Camille!"emily j. griffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14631458226460231452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-76434169720129188212011-04-06T19:02:02.088-04:002011-04-06T19:02:02.088-04:00Lack of description is my ultimate nemesis!Lack of description is my ultimate nemesis!Jemi Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02214408467456320167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-7967988662965727962011-04-06T17:23:10.697-04:002011-04-06T17:23:10.697-04:00Pacing and structure. I want to vomit it all out ...Pacing and structure. I want to vomit it all out and then find I have to go back and make it make sense.Little Ms Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00034349274576201531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-72046947395601983932011-04-06T16:56:41.809-04:002011-04-06T16:56:41.809-04:00Pacing is the WORST!! Mainly because by the time y...Pacing is the WORST!! Mainly because by the time you know a story backwards and forwards, it's impossible to see the pace. Impossible. You have to trust crit partners blindly, because golly, who can tell? <br />...<br />This is something I've been struggling with. If you couldn't tell. :)Bethany Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12829932931010851406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-21546792931069565202011-04-06T16:22:40.554-04:002011-04-06T16:22:40.554-04:00I'm in the same boat as y'all, actually. (...I'm in the same boat as y'all, actually. (Except for the fact that there's only one of me.) <br /><br />The first step is admitting you have a problem, so I think I'm doing pretty good considering. ;)<br /><br />I know I need to work on my showing and character development if I want to get pubbed. And I've never wanted anything so badly in all my life. <br /><br />Timely post, ladies!Tere Kirklandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13562750950130316280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-65088260746775596352011-04-06T15:44:21.565-04:002011-04-06T15:44:21.565-04:00Plot heavy, character light.
I'm like the lit...Plot heavy, character light.<br /><br />I'm like the literary equivalent of light beer but I'm working on it.Marsha Sigmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11095210839900479297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-71170260551334367732011-04-06T15:01:48.619-04:002011-04-06T15:01:48.619-04:00I'm with Josh, description is definitely the h...I'm with Josh, description is definitely the hardest thing for me to write. <br />I don't like reading too much description when I get involved in a novel; it bores me. <br />So, when I write I tend to leave a lot of description out, but people do need some description. . . It is just something I'm going to have to work on more.Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00203042451637474168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-79063779556739458722011-04-06T14:21:14.629-04:002011-04-06T14:21:14.629-04:00Don't study to hard there is always room for m...Don't study to hard there is always room for mtv and way bad reality shows :)Kerri Cuevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13305892536084882077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-7999776238055185092011-04-06T14:16:37.412-04:002011-04-06T14:16:37.412-04:00Know exactly how you feel. Been trying to get thro...Know exactly how you feel. Been trying to get through a section, and all I can think is WHY IS THIS SO HARD?! :P Guess I'm rusty on this whole writing thing.<br /><br />Happy researching!Krispyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09492607213249874138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-40593494543044596532011-04-06T13:38:21.526-04:002011-04-06T13:38:21.526-04:00The thing my cps get me on the most right now is n...The thing my cps get me on the most right now is not enough description. I'm all over the action and dialog, but by keeping up the pacing, I tend to not give readers enough to ground them in the place. I definitely need to work on that.Sherrie Petersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11670339498152684137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-6804324941662748322011-04-06T12:19:11.528-04:002011-04-06T12:19:11.528-04:00I'd share them all, but it would take up more ...I'd share them all, but it would take up more space then possible. Character, plot development and pacing. Voice. Using setting effectively. The good news: this stuff can be learned! Go team go!<br /><br />P.S. I'd love to hear what you guys learn along the way. :)Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01901886302578503906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-33098223599119559652011-04-06T12:13:49.404-04:002011-04-06T12:13:49.404-04:00I'm pretty much an underwriter. I usually hav...I'm pretty much an underwriter. I usually have to add lots of stuff in revision for things to make sense.<br /><br />Shelleystoryqueenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07039684494823420722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-74885772988383984722011-04-06T11:57:44.777-04:002011-04-06T11:57:44.777-04:00Pacing is a problem. I just figured this out rece...Pacing is a problem. I just figured this out recently, as in like a week ago. <br /><br />I need to remember Stephen King's advice about first writing a book for yourself and then writing it again for someone else. I have a tendency to "finish" and then sing la-la to myself and forget that there are other people out there who want the story to, you know, move the hell along.Cynthia Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14595677706434920552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-1997765578603953232011-04-06T11:42:30.480-04:002011-04-06T11:42:30.480-04:00argh, this is me. Underwriting is tough, and the o...argh, this is me. Underwriting is tough, and the only thing that helps me is to put the story away for like a month, so I'll forget it. Then I see all sorts of thin spots...<br /><br />Critters to the rescue! :o) <3LTMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05239077455322030275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-13766404014177374602011-04-06T11:36:39.504-04:002011-04-06T11:36:39.504-04:00THANK YOU! It makes my day to hear that you guys s...THANK YOU! It makes my day to hear that you guys struggled with those issues, because I think you did it brilliantly. There's hope for me! :-)Shannon O'Donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17299313309059235876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-59842470162693382522011-04-06T11:04:51.272-04:002011-04-06T11:04:51.272-04:00Plotting and pacing for me. I outline, but when I ...Plotting and pacing for me. I outline, but when I add things at someone's suggestion, or my plot takes a slight detour, my pacing apparently slows. Darn it. <br /><br />I know someone who is published by a teensy press so he thinks he doesn't have to learn anything new about the craft of writing. So glad you girls have a different mentality. :D<br /><br />(PS your book has finally been shipped to me. But they didn't ship it with City of Fallen Angels (I preordered them together) so who know why they couldn't have shipped it two weeks ago)Stinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11415189347501942340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-5855957050697475762011-04-06T09:35:26.224-04:002011-04-06T09:35:26.224-04:00Achilles Heel: everything!Achilles Heel: everything!Caroline Starr Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04597510685273079757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-21375942506148804672011-04-06T08:36:23.367-04:002011-04-06T08:36:23.367-04:00Pacing was always a hard one for me. I think I...Pacing was always a hard one for me. I think I've gotten better at it now and I'm a total outliner, which helps.Creepy Query Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18115161057496086972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-40799327563252794922011-04-06T08:32:48.354-04:002011-04-06T08:32:48.354-04:00I think that as a writer my difficulty is descript...I think that as a writer my difficulty is description. I just don't have the words to describe what a person looks like or the features that a person has. I also am lacking in grammar yuck. <br />BTW my blog is all about characterization the psychology of it and how to get into the mind of our characters. I think helping a character change and showing that change is in understanding what makes the character change,what makes people change. Showing change needs to look real and believable and the better we understand why we change the better we will be able to describe it.Author Joshua Hoythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01256754228034053632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-88234299372072396342011-04-06T08:23:24.353-04:002011-04-06T08:23:24.353-04:00Fascinating post! I'm right there with you. Ye...Fascinating post! I'm right there with you. Yesterday I was actually watching LOADS of reality shows on Bravo and thinking, "Ok. They give us probably ten minutes of these people's day, but it's a crucial ten minutes. The ten that makes me feel like I know them and want to know more. Then they skip onto the next thing. And so on."<br /><br />That might not make sense, but I am now trying to envision my characters as a reality TV show in which I am the cameraman, showing my readers my characters lives in tiny bits.<br /><br />I have also decided to attempt (for first drafts) to actually show TOO much, with the understanding that I will CUT in the second draft. I write pretty pacey, so I am trying to get anything and everything out there and then later decide what my readers (tv viewers) will want to hang on to.<br /><br />I dunno. Just a new way of approaching a project. <br /><br />GOOD LUCK!Katie Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08067504634291164972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-89845742131585253722011-04-06T08:20:30.550-04:002011-04-06T08:20:30.550-04:00I have those two same weaknesses in my writing too...I have those two same weaknesses in my writing too. Sometimes I forget my MC is not a camera lens, but rather should act and react. Plots are great, but pacing as to allow character development... well, I haven't learned to get it right in later drafts as you have.<br /><br />Good luck in research/learning land, ladies! Please share your knowledge when you get around to it!Jackeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03351019926958000627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-25251314889159491082011-04-06T08:14:49.539-04:002011-04-06T08:14:49.539-04:00Personally I prefer a story to build slowly, like ...Personally I prefer a story to build slowly, like a good mix tape, or the set list at a concert. It probably comes from reading so much fantasy, but that's just how I like it.<br /><br />My biggest Achilles' heel is over-writing when it comes to description, and giving my young characters thoughts, dialogue, and ideas that are too grown up for them. So yeah, I have like four heels.Matthew MacNishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03264738483763244969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-36000417412591951732011-04-06T07:15:52.863-04:002011-04-06T07:15:52.863-04:00I'm constantly working on all those areas. The...I'm constantly working on all those areas. The biggest learning tool for me is studying books I like.Laura Paulinghttp://www.laurapauling.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-91100121356131840482011-04-06T07:02:51.635-04:002011-04-06T07:02:51.635-04:00I agree with J.L. It is so encouraging to see pub...I agree with J.L. It is so encouraging to see published authors still looking to improve. And, perhaps more importantly, admitting to it.<br /><br />Character development is tricky for me. I know who they are, how come you don't?Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07471888892825724116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-61303256431157951092011-04-06T06:37:32.795-04:002011-04-06T06:37:32.795-04:00Pacing is the thing I have to work on the most -- ...Pacing is the thing I have to work on the most -- at least it seems to be the thing I end up revising the most. Also (judging by my agent's feedback) making sure stakes are high enough for the main character in the early part of the story. Letting things snowball is okay, but I need to start out with more than a flake!Dianne K. Salernihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459839567235304842noreply@blogger.com