tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523176879771875815.post3313867494694653449..comments2023-04-27T04:30:40.440-05:00Comments on Digging Out of Distraction: Fictional PeopleChristinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05383099148014297450noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523176879771875815.post-59882462646283159032010-01-11T17:01:41.902-06:002010-01-11T17:01:41.902-06:00Yeah, the meaner the better! Well, first we tie th...Yeah, the meaner the better! Well, first we tie things up with a bow, and then we unravel it. I think our peeps are good people, but they are flawed. The trick is moving them through the story without losing the reader.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05383099148014297450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523176879771875815.post-8208832264851134072010-01-11T13:05:11.220-06:002010-01-11T13:05:11.220-06:00Great post. I finally let my dad read COY, and one...Great post. I finally let my dad read COY, and one of his comments (they were mostly good, cuz he's my dad, but...) was that my characters were all so nice. He also mentioned that another scene needed more emotion.<br /><br />He was right, but I still sometimes have trouble seeing it. I told him to wait until Floater was done. Nonstop mean people. ;-)Gwen Hernandezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01394401588845644494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523176879771875815.post-66541526836538777462010-01-11T06:49:27.456-06:002010-01-11T06:49:27.456-06:00And M.V..... you can be a recluse... some of the t...And M.V..... you can be a recluse... some of the time ;)Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05383099148014297450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523176879771875815.post-87375034205028257972010-01-11T06:48:46.176-06:002010-01-11T06:48:46.176-06:00Ellen, I love that exercise. I am going to use it ...Ellen, I love that exercise. I am going to use it in my writing. What a great way to remember the past. I'd add smells as well. So many memories are sense memories. The smell of popcorn, a sulphuric acid cloud near a mining town, a special cookie/cake or pie only your mom/grandma/whoever baked, chlorine in the summer mingling with suntan lotion...Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05383099148014297450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523176879771875815.post-50440827622256038632010-01-11T04:22:04.762-06:002010-01-11T04:22:04.762-06:00Thanks for this post, Christine, you make a really...Thanks for this post, Christine, you make a really good point.<br /><br />I was at a writing workshop once in college and a visiting poet asked us all to think about, and write about, the sounds that would have been around us in our earliest life. That wa sthe first time I realised one of my relatives has quite a unique way of expressing himself - and you can bet I'm going to be using that sometime!Ellen Brickleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01184391430927483100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523176879771875815.post-25968594322197522822010-01-10T23:48:05.929-06:002010-01-10T23:48:05.929-06:00Martha, thanks! I wish I could call the insight my...Martha, thanks! I wish I could call the insight my own, but I feel Donald Maass and Eloise J have the corner on that idea. I had the great pleasure of hearing EJ speak at the RWA conference and she truly hit a nerve for me.<br /><br />Mine your emotions. Good and bad... Oh tough to do... but the characters breath to life when we do it!Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05383099148014297450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523176879771875815.post-17943997740952015122010-01-10T22:48:01.147-06:002010-01-10T22:48:01.147-06:00This is a fabulous post, Christine. I know that if...This is a fabulous post, Christine. I know that if it weren't for my real world, the fictional one would fade away. All of my inspiration and motivation comes from the here and now... and those I've come to both love and despise. <br /><br />Great insight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523176879771875815.post-70255397802001461162010-01-10T22:12:01.447-06:002010-01-10T22:12:01.447-06:00Mary, one of my CPs write Middle Grade fiction (pu...Mary, one of my CPs write Middle Grade fiction (published 2 books) and is also writing women's fiction. She has such a great voice... mom of three boys.<br /><br />I think you're on the right track! I'd start a journal ... ;)Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05383099148014297450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523176879771875815.post-4193875722930006532010-01-10T21:45:28.114-06:002010-01-10T21:45:28.114-06:00Interesting post, Christine. One of the reasons I&...Interesting post, Christine. One of the reasons I'm toying with middle grade fiction is because all day I'm hearing the experiences, cares and concerns of 9-10 year olds. You bet I know their voices. ;)Mary Curryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04173540875518117671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523176879771875815.post-83756044717804576622010-01-10T21:36:47.962-06:002010-01-10T21:36:47.962-06:00You know I am soooo making a character out of Ms. ...You know I am soooo making a character out of Ms. B.<br />She is soooo cool. And a real true life god you want to love her character.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05383099148014297450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523176879771875815.post-82654574069309075722010-01-10T21:22:26.707-06:002010-01-10T21:22:26.707-06:00What? I can't be a recluse!
I was hoping I wou...What? I can't be a recluse!<br />I was hoping I would turn into a raving solitary writer...<br />*sigh*<br />You know, that is so true what you are saying. <br /><br />I loved that you listened to "Aunt B"...I see a lovely character there.<br />Back to my own internal insanity...M.V.Freemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11680136284255619758noreply@blogger.com