tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post3858026478997720104..comments2023-11-03T05:49:10.841-04:00Comments on Storytelling Rules: Choosing your hero's friends wiselyMaureen McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-91511970005988334082009-08-21T18:58:05.601-04:002009-08-21T18:58:05.601-04:00Nurse Jackie is someone a lot of people will have ...Nurse Jackie is someone a lot of people will have trouble with, I'm sure... But I'm so fascinated by her, the ethics of what she does, haven't bothered me at all.<br /><br />Mmmm... thinking I need to think about this more and do a blog on it.Maureen McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-27971848316667418382009-08-21T17:52:44.300-04:002009-08-21T17:52:44.300-04:00I haven't seen Nurse Jackie yet. I'll have...I haven't seen Nurse Jackie yet. I'll have to wait for the DVDs, I think. I worry, though. I have to have someone I can root for. How flawed is she?Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803986849921870941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-33827152465272099672009-08-21T15:44:38.236-04:002009-08-21T15:44:38.236-04:00I feel like any interesting small thing that feels...I feel like any interesting small thing that feels extra or not terribly relevant should be played with and left hanging around, because who knows and when so much of our books feel pat and tried and true, the more times we suprise or interest ourselves the fresher we write and the more interesting we are to our readers? Right?<br /><br />Thanks Eileen. You make me feel better about my laziness!!!Molly O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15171236688541657736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-48804868534026560992009-08-21T14:33:37.013-04:002009-08-21T14:33:37.013-04:00That's what's cool about Nurse Jackie, Eil...That's what's cool about Nurse Jackie, Eileen. She's told different little bits of her real life to different people. And the one you assume knows everything... doesn't. LOVE IT.<br /><br />But ultimately, all this has to serve story, right? I mean... no point in adding stuff like this if it doesn't, well, add anything. But so often these smallish things can add a lot.Maureen McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-75863901653293747402009-08-21T13:09:22.088-04:002009-08-21T13:09:22.088-04:00But I think that still works! You can totally writ...But I think that still works! You can totally write the stereotypical gay best friend, but how about if that ISN'T the person she really confesses to. That decision to tell your secret to a near-stranger or someone who doesn't really care about you is a REALLY interesting one. In essence, it's still a secret then, because the people you really care about still don't know.Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803986849921870941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-16564730085221974062009-08-21T12:43:55.921-04:002009-08-21T12:43:55.921-04:00oh man - I've been totally shamed. I've be...oh man - I've been totally shamed. I've been writing the most pat gay best friend that every other romance novel has. Very ashamed.Molly O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15171236688541657736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-31268581192341708652009-08-21T11:42:30.743-04:002009-08-21T11:42:30.743-04:00Very clever, Sinead. And damn you. Yet another thi...Very clever, Sinead. And damn you. Yet another thing to think harder about. :-)<br /><br />I'm finding Nurse Jackie like that, too. Falling in love with this show was a bit of a slow build. If the actors hadn't been so interesting I might not have been so keen to watch after the first episode... but all the little details. WOW. And especially with regard to friends and secrets. LOVE your insight about that.<br /><br />Nurse Jackie is a woman with a very complicated life, riddled with lies. And finding out who knows which lies and who doesn't, in spite of some characters initially being portrayed as confidants, and seeing what lengths she'll go to to protect some of her secrets. I'm hooked.Maureen McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.com