tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post4845930777069065019..comments2023-11-03T05:49:10.841-04:00Comments on Storytelling Rules: Things I've learned after writing this book...Maureen McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-47626999539923661902011-09-04T01:45:58.790-04:002011-09-04T01:45:58.790-04:00Oh my god - this disjointed book is KILLING ME!!! ...Oh my god - this disjointed book is KILLING ME!!! Or maybe it's the burnout Sinead was talking about - whatever it is I know the giant break i've taken right in the middle of the book is going to kick my behind once I sit down to start working on it again. kick. my. behind. <br /><br />All of my sentences start with he and she - I am a bad writer. Miss you guys.Molly O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15171236688541657736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-3145777061033391742011-09-01T15:40:28.512-04:002011-09-01T15:40:28.512-04:00consistency is so important for me as well. And wh...consistency is so important for me as well. And who doesn't love a great sentence fragment? <br /><br />Me, I write unfinished scenes, and once I've figured out the way a book unfolds, I have a hard time re-imaginining it another way, so I really have to work harder on getting it right the first time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-13741440270600345102011-09-01T12:08:02.740-04:002011-09-01T12:08:02.740-04:001. Totally true. Totally. I think the more consist...1. Totally true. Totally. I think the more consistently I write, the more consistently my subconscious is working on the book, too. Plot problems are being solved, dialogue is being written and layers are being added even while I"m doing dishes or editing investigator reports at my day job.<br /><br />3. Oh, just just just. Every freaking frakking sentence. It's always there. I just hate it!<br /><br /><br />6. I'm not nearly linear enough. I know things need to happen, but I don't know when. <br /><br />4. I've become way too fond of the double dash. <br /><br />5. I had a moment like this yesterday! It was awesome! <br /><br />7. Thinking about GMC can stall me from writing for days.Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803986849921870941noreply@blogger.com