tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post7054773799602735369..comments2024-03-27T10:02:56.747-04:00Comments on Fiction University: Getting What's in Your Head into the StoryJanice Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356672149097741248noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-58279128739911426022014-11-18T06:37:07.444-05:002014-11-18T06:37:07.444-05:00Happy to help. :)Happy to help. :)Janice Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02356672149097741248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-53992126804969448352014-11-09T23:50:36.314-05:002014-11-09T23:50:36.314-05:00Janice, this is one of the (many) things I struggl...Janice, this is one of the (many) things I struggle with. Ideas are of course wonderful and perfect in my head, but then I definitely struggle with getting that onto the page. Thanks for the great tips.Julie Musilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02150454913885915017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-23015925502136015292013-03-23T16:30:47.164-04:002013-03-23T16:30:47.164-04:00Hi Janice,
Aw, yes. Great tips as always. :-)Hi Janice,<br />Aw, yes. Great tips as always. :-)Tracy Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11829493307148654507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-74213370573068643702013-03-23T10:11:11.541-04:002013-03-23T10:11:11.541-04:00Posting a comment for someone who had trouble gett...Posting a comment for someone who had trouble getting inbto the comments section and email me instead...<br /><br />Sylvia wrote: <br /><br />liebjabberings said: After a while, I can't tell if something is there - because I've read my own words too many times.<br /><br />This is just one of my problems that goes hand in hand with what Janice is saying. That "too many times" comes from editing and re-editing a hundred times plus. I see what I expect to be there.<br />Also, for the stuff that's in my head, for me a big part of that comes from writing out backstory and then using/not using it in the story.<br /><br />As someone else mentioned, my unique perspective plays into, too. A thing or thought might be so common in my family or friend groups that I treat it like something from the collective conscious.<br /><br />This is something I have to work on. I'm glad to know I'm in good company!<br /><br />Sylvia A. Nash<br />Janice Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02356672149097741248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-78862342177739734222013-03-23T09:36:10.671-04:002013-03-23T09:36:10.671-04:00Excellent advice. I'm revising my WIP, so this...Excellent advice. I'm revising my WIP, so this came at the right time!LinWashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13041832821260168483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-50406072551968934692013-03-23T08:08:53.279-04:002013-03-23T08:08:53.279-04:00Liejabberings, thanks for the link! Fresh readers ...Liejabberings, thanks for the link! Fresh readers are so valuable. That's one reason why having non-writer beta readers are so helpful. <br /><br />Rachel, lol At least it's nice to know I'd have been missed. (Ironically, I almost DID skip Friday's post. Was a crazy week) I'm a talking heads girl, too. :) My first drafts tend to be more dialog and less description. <br /><br />Julie, I both love and hate when that happens, hehe. Nice to catch it, but then you wonder what it was you were trying to do and if it was something really cool.<br /><br /><br />Janice Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02356672149097741248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-77539457677775671022013-03-22T16:16:42.081-04:002013-03-22T16:16:42.081-04:00Love this! I was revising this morning and got to ...Love this! I was revising this morning and got to a part where I thought, what the heck is this? What did I mean? Yep, time to clarify :)Julie Musilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02150454913885915017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-45036100744173456162013-03-22T15:20:37.510-04:002013-03-22T15:20:37.510-04:00First, let me say that I got my days of the week m...First, let me say that I got my days of the week mixed up. Last night, I refreshed your blog two or three times, with a growing sense of panic. "No Friday post?! But...but...!" Then I realized that it was, in fact, Thursday and I was being impatient. I'm quite grateful that it's Friday now!<br /><br />I definitely go with talking heads in white rooms. Thank you, I'll go change the wall colors now!Rachel6https://www.blogger.com/profile/15138745237488029817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-27758393870491783222013-03-22T11:41:59.628-04:002013-03-22T11:41:59.628-04:00You started with the critical bit: feedback.
Afte...You started with the critical bit: feedback.<br /><br />After a while, I can't tell if something is there - because I've read my own words too many times.<br /><br />Feedback is hard to get without new blood: and so the input from an absolutely new reader is invaluable. I did a post on an example a while back (http://liebjabberings.wordpress.com/2013/01/24/feedback-the-priceless-gift/), and have exchanged comments with new readers to great learning on my part.<br /><br />Even if they're wrong - and I could show them where and how - the point is that I confused a READER, and the reader took a chance and TOLD me.<br /><br />I should send flowers. A heartfelt 'thank you' is the next best thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-31214824078231697652013-03-22T10:37:18.042-04:002013-03-22T10:37:18.042-04:00Ahhhhh, THANK you!Ahhhhh, THANK you!BSBRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02520510454417941553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-38209694101092450512010-02-05T03:14:42.276-05:002010-02-05T03:14:42.276-05:00I always find myself doing that with description. ...I always find myself doing that with description. Thanks for the tip.Writer Hippiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16855991535429960042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-16630350974536341402010-02-04T16:36:09.261-05:002010-02-04T16:36:09.261-05:00I think the same also applies in general, since ev...I think the same also applies in general, since everyone brings their own bias, knowledge, and presuppositions to a work. Those things can change a reader's comprehension of a work.<br /><br />For example, I watched <em>Twilight</em> with a friend who knew the story and her two sisters who didn't. One of the sisters who didn't kept asking me for explanations throughout the movie. She knew nothing about the movie or about vampire lore in general--with meant that a lot of the obvious 'hints' throughout the movie thoroughly confused her.<br /><br />As a written example, take Ilona Andrews' Kate Daniels series. I've guessed at the identity of Kate's dad since book 1 and had it confirmed in book 2. Reading comments in her blog, some readers didn't have a clue about the dad's identity even after book 2.<br /><br />But sometimes in those books, I miss something, particularly in emotional flow. A few times, I've gotten confused because I was reading the narrator through a different emotional lens than she actually had. What the narrator says when she's frustrated matches what I'd say when I'm angry, so I read it wrong. Not the authors' faults, that.Carradeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-57671236282876243502010-02-04T15:23:34.694-05:002010-02-04T15:23:34.694-05:00Great post. White 'sa lovely color, but if th...Great post. White 'sa lovely color, but if the entire house is painted with it, it 'snot going to be a very exciting house.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-84996974981520719152010-02-04T12:42:07.582-05:002010-02-04T12:42:07.582-05:00I'm going to need these tips when I complete m...I'm going to need these tips when I complete my WIP next month. Thanks!Glen Akinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09647296775230237162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-45027943400364572002010-02-04T07:58:59.765-05:002010-02-04T07:58:59.765-05:00That's an excellent idea! Thanks for the tips,...That's an excellent idea! Thanks for the tips, when I start to revise I'll use it!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03667521490706435608noreply@blogger.com