tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post2019369798691237939..comments2023-11-03T05:49:10.841-04:00Comments on Storytelling Rules: Identity, Essence and Trilogy Story ArcsMaureen McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-3261132723080493662011-08-04T12:54:49.754-04:002011-08-04T12:54:49.754-04:00That was some good brainstorming. It's always ...That was some good brainstorming. It's always fun to brainstorm your books. we'll throw random ideas at you and somehow you find a way to make them sound smart, when really, you're the smart one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-15064376853429309242011-08-04T12:07:11.460-04:002011-08-04T12:07:11.460-04:00Nice. I often use his plotting outline when I'...Nice. I often use his plotting outline when I'm writing a synopsis. I've never heard him speak, though.<br /><br />I really like this identity/essence thing. I need to spend some time thinking about that. I mean, how often do we have to face that we aren't who we want to be? Sometimes it feels like every freaking day . . .Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803986849921870941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-55402456588985983242011-08-03T14:20:48.445-04:002011-08-03T14:20:48.445-04:00Eileen, both Hauge and Snyder have some great insi...Eileen, both Hauge and Snyder have some great insights into combining external plots with character arcs. My problem with "plotty" books like the ones I'm writing now, is to not ignore the internal journey.<br /><br />The identity/essence thing is so smart. He does a great workshop for romance writers. Where I don't agree with everything he has to say about romances, (like there must be a big misunderstanding. Really??), I loved when he said that the love interest is the one person who sees the other character's essence, even when he/she is still in his/her identity stage. I thought that was kind of beautiful.Maureen McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-4620481996974786512011-08-03T13:55:08.478-04:002011-08-03T13:55:08.478-04:00OH . . . that is fascinating. I'm going to be ...OH . . . that is fascinating. I'm going to be gnawing on that all day until I can get to my laptop and my WIP. I can do that with every single freaking character in that book. They all start out thinking their one thing and becoming another. Some of them turn back into the thing they thought they were, but others become something totally new.Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803986849921870941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-19538961362207980562011-08-03T12:48:30.573-04:002011-08-03T12:48:30.573-04:00that was some good brainstorming - my favorite was...that was some good brainstorming - my favorite was when I brainstormed all the stuff you'd already thought of.<br /><br />but I love this arc you've got going and I think as you write it will help keep her poignant and interesting not just in a "watch out for crazed mind reading freaks" but in a "who am I? and what do I want?" kind of way. Good stuff.Molly O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15171236688541657736noreply@blogger.com