tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post5375967045427017310..comments2023-11-03T05:49:10.841-04:00Comments on Storytelling Rules: Impending DOOOOOOOMMMMM!Maureen McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-34483106131330393402007-09-16T12:09:00.000-04:002007-09-16T12:09:00.000-04:00Boy that comment was incoherent... I might think a...Boy that comment was incoherent... I might think about this some more and use it as my DWT post this week.Maureen McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-5546530826277385772007-09-16T12:08:00.000-04:002007-09-16T12:08:00.000-04:00This is interesting... but maybe it just comes dow...This is interesting... but maybe it just comes down to conflict once again. Creating a sense of impending doom may be simply one way of creating conflict?<BR/><BR/>And on the whether the reader knows or the character... That depends on POV, I think. It is all different if you write in first person (like Emily Giffen does in your example). That's why I think it's smart to consider what the story is and who will know what when before deciding whether to write in first person or third... Just like writers decide which POV character to put a scene in in 3rd person narratives, it's important to think of the implications of whether the reader or the character will know things first in 1st person. That's why the present vs past tense decision is so important in 1st person books, IMHO.Maureen McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-20092126630962483742007-09-14T09:18:00.000-04:002007-09-14T09:18:00.000-04:00Hey Maya! I didn't come up with that word - no sir...Hey Maya! I didn't come up with that word - no sir. Not smart enough.Molly O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15171236688541657736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-1646139655224978242007-09-13T16:15:00.000-04:002007-09-13T16:15:00.000-04:00bypassing your intriguing main point which i'm sti...bypassing your intriguing main point which i'm still mulling, i'm going to focus on a detail:<BR/><BR/>excellent word, 'hingent'. is it yours, molly? i am itching to include it in my semi regular posts on new word creations and i like to attribute accurately.<BR/><BR/>mayaM.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07498466631016466048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-78613069291467165962007-09-13T13:54:00.000-04:002007-09-13T13:54:00.000-04:00Hey Alli! I really do think it depends on the stor...Hey Alli! I really do think it depends on the story -- but a certain element of that - say, knowing the heroine's internal conflict and how the hero is going to stomp all over that - can usually help any romance.Molly O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15171236688541657736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-62436993611340818622007-09-13T11:18:00.000-04:002007-09-13T11:18:00.000-04:00Great post, Molly (I'm a writing buddy of Maureen'...Great post, Molly (I'm a writing buddy of Maureen's and lurk around DWT a lot!). I often wondered if knowing it is inevitable the poop will hit the an dampens a story. But as you described it, knowing this can make you turn the pages.Alli Sinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363202163419352155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-79848946087408323092007-09-11T13:21:00.000-04:002007-09-11T13:21:00.000-04:00Yeah - it is about getting that fan meets poop sce...Yeah - it is about getting that fan meets poop scene just right - but if you do get it - it's so satisfying. <BR/><BR/>Thanks Christine! Glad it works for you too!Molly O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15171236688541657736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-44773741821055784042007-09-11T10:57:00.000-04:002007-09-11T10:57:00.000-04:00That is a brilliant way of describing it Molly! It...That is a brilliant way of describing it Molly! It is all about the impending doom, and waiting to see how the characters are going to react when it finally happens. <BR/><BR/>I'm going to write that and put it above my desk.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12777733587200293442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-24214228674821584762007-09-10T21:01:00.000-04:002007-09-10T21:01:00.000-04:00I really, really agree about the impending doom. T...I really, really agree about the impending doom. The reader can know what's about to happen, can anticipate the shit hitting the fan, can even guess the secret the writer is trying to keep, as long as the scene where all is revealed is really, really satisfying. <BR/>So when the shit does hit the fan, that scene, has to be fantastic. <BR/><BR/>Ps. You didn't give me a bad critique. I had the reveal too late, and then I moved it too early.. <BR/><BR/>Now I know.. It was a good session last night, or are we thinking that cause it was all our stuff?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com