tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post4285007592337227235..comments2023-11-03T05:49:10.841-04:00Comments on Storytelling Rules: Scattered Brain Mine IsMaureen McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-90524535233272626722010-06-21T00:26:58.827-04:002010-06-21T00:26:58.827-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.prashanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04583385332262124749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-5280447616722388102010-06-09T16:52:11.679-04:002010-06-09T16:52:11.679-04:00it seems like the thinking about thinking scenes i...it seems like the thinking about thinking scenes is what is killing us!!Molly O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15171236688541657736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-22931632616255661822010-06-09T13:32:01.111-04:002010-06-09T13:32:01.111-04:00Great topic to ponder... I'm revising my ms no...Great topic to ponder... I'm revising my ms now and I'm starting to overthink it - tempted to delete all of those thinking scenes because I tend to add too many. But then I have to stop myself because it needs some thinking scenes - lol! Ack!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-35286481172480899212010-06-09T13:04:15.044-04:002010-06-09T13:04:15.044-04:00I with you on the type and see what lands on the p...I with you on the type and see what lands on the page. For me, those scenes rarely work and only when I've edited them to perfection... and then rewritten them..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-57023818168643173892010-06-09T12:24:56.004-04:002010-06-09T12:24:56.004-04:00Glad I'm not the only one.
Reflecting about i...Glad I'm not the only one.<br /><br />Reflecting about it more, I think the more I've thought a scene through before I start writing scenes like that, the better off I am... But on the other hand, some of the real magic happens when I do let my fingers do the thinking... but some of the real crap, too...<br /><br />Magic or crap. Some days you just have to type and see which lands on the page.Maureen McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-54552486197624163662010-06-09T12:12:25.163-04:002010-06-09T12:12:25.163-04:00oh, it's hard. Those scenes are the hardest - ...oh, it's hard. Those scenes are the hardest - I can usually (in rewrites) find a way to get rid of the scene, but those scenes I can't get rid of, I have to write them, and write them too long, and make it a mess before I even know what the point is - where B is to A. And then once I have that I have to edit with that in mind, and then it usually changes again. They're terrible scenes to write.Molly O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15171236688541657736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-43222686572856787182010-06-09T12:02:27.044-04:002010-06-09T12:02:27.044-04:00Oh, sweetie, you are my non-linear sister! I know ...Oh, sweetie, you are my non-linear sister! I know just what you mean. Add to that that my characters often get distracted even in the middle of an action scene, by, oh, I don't know, maybe something shiny? I'm all over the map when it comes to linear narrative. It would be fabulous if it came out in the right order the first time. I'd love that, too!Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803986849921870941noreply@blogger.com