tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post6125471182054194748..comments2024-03-27T10:02:56.747-04:00Comments on Fiction University: What Doesn’t Work? Learning from the Mistakes of Even the (gasp!) Greats Janice Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356672149097741248noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-55821635325747297122020-11-16T06:41:50.730-05:002020-11-16T06:41:50.730-05:00Ugh! My editor told me one of the relationships in...Ugh! My editor told me one of the relationships in my novel wasn’t working...and now I understand why—it really doesn’t push the story line forward at all. And it appears I’ve done the “Lost Love” one too! Better to catch it before I query though. Thank you.PPH Pet Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05477855770695349989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-8087716548584711242020-09-08T05:44:18.533-04:002020-09-08T05:44:18.533-04:00You have me rethinking my current short story - th...You have me rethinking my current short story - thanks.Cathy Cadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10892981881229769512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-86356052014701327622020-08-29T03:36:16.593-04:002020-08-29T03:36:16.593-04:00Sorry, I should have been clearer - I was referrin...Sorry, I should have been clearer - I was referring to section 2, about the kid :)Sasha Andersonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-29299396473309693352020-08-27T21:41:58.057-04:002020-08-27T21:41:58.057-04:00It’s ‘telling’ because not once does the reader ge...It’s ‘telling’ because not once does the reader get to experience what he feels, or how it has impacted him. He just tells us that she’s the one he never got over. Accepting that at face value doesn’t constitute investment in the relationship Bonnie Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02813024239481434223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-59930034730996438292020-08-27T05:01:09.844-04:002020-08-27T05:01:09.844-04:00"It’s lazy tell not show." I think I'..."It’s lazy tell not show." I think I'm a bit confused here. How do we know it's telling if we can't see the actual text of the book? Is 'telling' synonymous with 'lazy writing'? And does that include 'laziness' in terms of concept, plot, character et cetera, rather than just word choice? Thanks!Sasha Andersonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-4307825179984811912020-08-25T14:14:52.935-04:002020-08-25T14:14:52.935-04:00Thanks, James Thanks, James Bonnie Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02813024239481434223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-66824035037975231802020-08-25T11:56:04.079-04:002020-08-25T11:56:04.079-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Bonnie Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02813024239481434223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-87289627120071068522020-08-25T11:35:53.021-04:002020-08-25T11:35:53.021-04:00Great!Great!jamesridleyyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18115587852456281676noreply@blogger.com