Hmm. so it's not a logic problem then?
I don't give half a hump if you're innocent or not. So where does that put you?
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Brynn - Apr 01, 2004 6:35:04 pm PST #3895 of 10001
"I'd rather discuss the permutations of swordplay, with an undertone of definite allusion to sex." Beverly, offering an example of when your characters give you 'tude.
sj - Apr 01, 2004 6:37:43 pm PST #3896 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Hmm. so it's not a logic problem then?
I don't know. I didn't think of it when I read the story, but when I was working at the bookstore they kept moving things and it took me a while not to want to immediately go to where things used to be.
erikaj - Apr 03, 2004 8:42:08 am PST #3897 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I talked to the editor at Mouth last night. Good conversation, full of extolling of my virtues(/Lorne) She said I should read this book called "Writing Without Teachers" and if I did I'd never get writer's block again. Which feels like a big "Nuh and uh" from here but what do y'all think? Has anyone here read it?
deborah grabien - Apr 03, 2004 8:43:53 am PST #3898 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
I'm totally the wrong person to ask, love. I've never read any books on how to write - I know there are a couple that are really popular and useful to a lot of people, though.
erikaj - Apr 03, 2004 8:47:59 am PST #3899 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I've read a lot of them, but you know what that means I'm not doing? Writing. So I cut back on them. Cause it feels like warming up frozen crap and reading Bon Appetit at the same time.
Lyra Jane - Apr 03, 2004 8:48:42 am PST #3900 of 10001
Up with the sun
I think you should get the book at the library and see if it feels like it would work for you, erika -- writing is different for every writer, and what's true for the editor might not be true for you.
I haven't heard of the book myself --let me know if it's any good!
erikaj - Apr 03, 2004 9:04:24 am PST #3901 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Yeah, good point, LJ. And besides, I'm a contrarian and a malcontent. The extravagant claims make me want to say "Never? Just watch me." I could talk myself into a writer's block, just to be right. My aniMunch would point and laugh. I'm doing well now, having finished most of my old stuff.(except fic and a new thing that I'm looking stuff up for) Fic is a distracting shiny object, but I also think I learn stuff from doing it.
Kessie - Apr 05, 2004 2:06:45 pm PDT #3902 of 10001
The thing about life is :You can rehearse it all you want,
But nobody else ever sticks to the script. So why bother?
hm i only read one writer book it was a book about writing scripts and i did it to get the format and the styles of the scripts and such ! But i dont think books like this help against writers block! When i have one i mostly sleep a few nights over it and i´ll get an idea some time .
Btw Erika .. did you get any futher with my book or are there lots of mistakes so that it takes longer?
erikaj - Apr 05, 2004 2:51:56 pm PDT #3903 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I'm still working on it...my own work, fanfic, the odd revenge fantasy, have all gotten in the way...probably by Friday? I'm finding it to be a little bit like translating, which is to say that it requires some close attention on my part. And I have a writer friend in town and we have an embarrassingly lengthy e-mail correspondence while we duck deadlines together. Could you send me your e-mail address again, too? I lost track of it somewhere.
erikaj - Apr 05, 2004 4:08:53 pm PDT #3904 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Cereal: I've got some thoughts, Kessie. Pay more attention to your characters and how they interact.At the beginning of the story, Kayla is a 22 yo intern with what reads like a crazy "You're so brilliant...teach me, mold me," crush on Sam(Nothing against those, I still get them. There is no other way to explain my flash of desire for Michael Moore after "Bowling for Columbine" but I digress. Ahem.) And he's her boss. Then they go on the lam together. How does that affect how they live? Think about that. How do they interact at home? At their workplaces? The grocery store? They really are each other's world? How does that feel?