tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048985128503615518.post5467224969941963253..comments2023-10-07T05:06:24.692-07:00Comments on Capturing Joy: A Tale of Two Manuscripts...Patty Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00085225715086624172noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048985128503615518.post-25146920063680598662008-03-15T07:04:00.000-07:002008-03-15T07:04:00.000-07:00Oh Margaret, you're so right. I spent the entire n...Oh Margaret, you're so right. I spent the entire night having nightmares about dear Ainsley. I'm planning to spend the whole day going over ideas for this story. Actually, it should be alot of fun. <BR/>I haven't had much free time lately...<BR/>Thanks, Vivian, on your suggestions. The critique group is wonderful. I've read the comments and all are encouraging yet no one is afraid to state the problems. I like that.<BR/>I'm wondering how you feel about critiquing a WIP before it's done? Laura and I feel it's hard to do. I wrote my first novel, start to finish, without a single person looking at it. Ah, what fun it was!<BR/>Maybe a good idea for a new post...<BR/>Thanks all!<BR/>PattyPatty Palmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00085225715086624172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048985128503615518.post-61723572974783472822008-03-14T21:30:00.000-07:002008-03-14T21:30:00.000-07:00Your friend Maggie is still struggling but she's f...Your friend Maggie is still struggling but she's finding a few solutions. Write Away by Elizabeth George is helping. This book is a comprehensive overview of George's writing process and the elements of fiction. Maggie is liking it.<BR/><BR/>As for Maggie's friend, Patty...she just has to get used to the beginning stages of writing again. The last few years have been spent with Greenwood Girls revising and refining it into a strong ms. In the process Patty has become an educated writer with high expectations. Now Patty is starting over. Ainsley is eager to tell her story, and Patty has to be a patient writer. <BR/><BR/>Good luck, Miss P.Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10516515730638489037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048985128503615518.post-3481463287706444042008-03-14T14:43:00.000-07:002008-03-14T14:43:00.000-07:00When you start putting together your critiques, se...When you start putting together your critiques, see if they fall into a pattern. Then start revising. You may discover the best way to tell the story from there. One of my pieces started out from the point of view of the female protagonist and then once I started revising, I realized that the voice would be better from a different character's point of view. <BR/><BR/>As for whether you tell the story as it's happening or after it happened, it's hard to say. I have a feeling Ainsley will tell you, though. You'll be able to tell by her voice. Good luck! It's a good story!Vivian Mahoneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285339307161020541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048985128503615518.post-57726464691132478712008-03-13T19:46:00.000-07:002008-03-13T19:46:00.000-07:00Ouch on the shoes! How many times I've done that. ...Ouch on the shoes! How many times I've done that. I wore a pair to NY SCBWI once and I swear by the end of the day, I wanted to cry with each step I took.<BR/>Have fun writing!PJ Hooverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02602205868934777662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048985128503615518.post-54556859412316674172008-03-13T19:04:00.000-07:002008-03-13T19:04:00.000-07:00Hey!!! I so know what you mean about tenses. I wro...Hey!!! I so know what you mean about tenses. I wrote the entire first draft of my current novel from two POVs. And for whatever reason wrote the girl first person present and the boy third person past. Wierd, I know...but that's just how it came out. As I revised I turned both POVs to first person present and I think it works well. I think the reason I wrote the boy in the third person to start with is because his POV made me a little nervous. I never wrote from the POV of a boy before. Let alone a boy ALIEN! Yeesh!<BR/><BR/>Go with the flow and tighten it up in revision. If I got hung up on that I never would have written my first draft.<BR/><BR/>Excited that you are jamming on your WIP. As for those shoes....I feel your pain. My high flying heels wounded me SO bad Joe had to give me a piggy back ride from the club into the Taxi and then from the Taxi up to the room:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com