tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300095395388562446.post5098884005178859024..comments2023-05-11T09:48:33.992-04:00Comments on Christine's Cottage: Good Feeling's GoneUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300095395388562446.post-55733690560583900452010-01-04T22:08:56.249-05:002010-01-04T22:08:56.249-05:00Hello, Richard! Thanks for your perspective. I d...Hello, Richard! Thanks for your perspective. I don't even want to think about the whole "lottery" aspect.Nighfalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01745824744507928211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300095395388562446.post-76766625408435329462010-01-04T16:58:06.937-05:002010-01-04T16:58:06.937-05:00I'd go ahead and "just write the book the...I'd go ahead and "just write the book the way I want to." Sure writers don't get published, but others do; the whole thing is a lottery anyway.Richard Havershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309594787689405779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300095395388562446.post-20520868757297718722009-12-31T04:09:29.131-05:002009-12-31T04:09:29.131-05:00Oh, Ann, I'm a third of the way through the fo...Oh, Ann, I'm a third of the way through the fourth draft. But, thanks! <br /><br />The later chapters are still first draft because I keep going back and trying to fix the earlier ones. Like tugging at the bottom of the bedspread in order to straighten the wrinkles at the top, but that only creates new wrinkles.Nighfalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01745824744507928211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300095395388562446.post-88644484402961183492009-12-31T01:21:25.075-05:002009-12-31T01:21:25.075-05:00Go on and write the rest of the book before you wo...Go on and write the rest of the book before you worry about the first chapter. By the time you get to the end, you may have to change the first chapter, anyway. Or you may find that the first chapter was for you, to get you into the head space you need to be in to write everything that comes after.<br /><br />If you haven't finished at least half of the first draft, don't worry about Ann (bunnygirl)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04938134750150653386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300095395388562446.post-53330699792679484572009-12-30T22:01:05.080-05:002009-12-30T22:01:05.080-05:00Sure, Doug! You can email me if that's easier...Sure, Doug! You can email me if that's easier. My email is hanorja@yahoo.com.Nighfalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01745824744507928211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300095395388562446.post-71728127935604084312009-12-30T21:29:17.074-05:002009-12-30T21:29:17.074-05:00Christine,
I liked what you wrote, but there were ...Christine,<br />I liked what you wrote, but there were a few places that seemed hard for me to read. I've been reading a book called, "The Fire In Fiction."<br /><br />If you would like to see it, I would like to try and rewrite your opening using the tips from the book.<br /><br />If on the other hand you don't think that you would be amused by my efforts, I won't spend my Douglas G Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618565321153140988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300095395388562446.post-40775576041051752422009-12-30T20:30:17.988-05:002009-12-30T20:30:17.988-05:00Bane,
I looked up my old narrator-ish beginning....Bane, <br /><br />I looked up my old narrator-ish beginning. It may have a little more psychic distance than the current version, but what it does have is a distinctive voice. That is what I feel I'm missing the most - the voice.<br /><br />I'm also working on adding Marenya's POV in that first scene, as we discussed.Nighfalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01745824744507928211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300095395388562446.post-67626389579622720972009-12-30T14:01:49.084-05:002009-12-30T14:01:49.084-05:00I hear your frustration big time. I've rewritt...I hear your frustration big time. I've rewritten first chapters on a couple of my pieces just b/c I feel like that's what I was 'supposed' to do. It's hard to know what's 'right' or 'wrong,' particularly given the fluid nature of the publishing industry (one that frequently seems to be a step or two behind the actual pulse of things).<br /><br />Clear your Joshua McCunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17367262185912463258noreply@blogger.com