It's about time - CrimeSpace2024-03-29T11:23:05Zhttp://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/it-s-about-time?commentId=537324%3AComment%3A397331&feed=yes&xn_auth=noMark,
I'm not sure that it ma…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2014-10-03:537324:Comment:3974662014-10-03T10:17:42.910ZLiam Savillehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/LiamSaville
<p>Mark,</p>
<p>I'm not sure that it makes it harder, it certainly helps with the research of procedures and such. You do have to put your "Hollywood hat" on though, as if it was told like it really happened I'm sure half the readers would be put to sleep. </p>
<p>Interestingly, I recall reading through an early draft of an interview scene I wrote for my current WIP, I ended up having to cut half of it, and add a whole stack of narrative as it read like a…</p>
<p>Mark,</p>
<p>I'm not sure that it makes it harder, it certainly helps with the research of procedures and such. You do have to put your "Hollywood hat" on though, as if it was told like it really happened I'm sure half the readers would be put to sleep. </p>
<p>Interestingly, I recall reading through an early draft of an interview scene I wrote for my current WIP, I ended up having to cut half of it, and add a whole stack of narrative as it read like a transcript.</p>
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<p>Liam</p>
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<p></p> Thank you Liam.
I sometimes…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2014-10-03:537324:Comment:3975712014-10-03T08:29:38.354ZMark Roopehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/MarkRoope
<p>Thank you Liam. </p>
<p>I sometimes wonder if it is actually harder to write crime when you know the procedures. Sometimes you have to ignore them or change them to make the book flow more freely.</p>
<p>It is also good to be able to have a bit of escapism and allow characters to be able to do and say anything without ending up in the crap (again) as I always seemed to do.</p>
<p>Also it gives me chance to make some of the people I knew out and out prats or baddies and other friends can take…</p>
<p>Thank you Liam. </p>
<p>I sometimes wonder if it is actually harder to write crime when you know the procedures. Sometimes you have to ignore them or change them to make the book flow more freely.</p>
<p>It is also good to be able to have a bit of escapism and allow characters to be able to do and say anything without ending up in the crap (again) as I always seemed to do.</p>
<p>Also it gives me chance to make some of the people I knew out and out prats or baddies and other friends can take on goodies roles. They will all know who I am referring to but obviously names have been changed to protect the not so innocent.</p> Mark,
From one ex cop to anot…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2014-10-03:537324:Comment:3978622014-10-03T06:49:32.694ZLiam Savillehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/LiamSaville
<p>Mark,</p>
<p>From one ex cop to another, let me say welcome. My poison is mostly military crime, but the regular variety also creeps in from time to time.</p>
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<p>Liam</p>
<p>Mark,</p>
<p>From one ex cop to another, let me say welcome. My poison is mostly military crime, but the regular variety also creeps in from time to time.</p>
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<p>Liam</p> If you looked at those partic…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2014-09-24:537324:Comment:3973372014-09-24T19:25:15.700ZMark Roopehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/MarkRoope
<p>If you looked at those particular images Jeanie you will see they are all famous images but I am also in every one.. Just a bit of fun... find Wally!</p>
<p>If you looked at those particular images Jeanie you will see they are all famous images but I am also in every one.. Just a bit of fun... find Wally!</p> Oh. Some people are just nuts!tag:crimespace.ning.com,2014-09-24:537324:Comment:3971372014-09-24T19:19:01.291ZI. J. Parkerhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
<p>Oh. Some people are just nuts!</p>
<p>Oh. Some people are just nuts!</p> I.J. sure seems clever to me…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2014-09-24:537324:Comment:3973362014-09-24T19:18:55.581ZJeanie Clemmenshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JeanieClemmens
<p>I.J. sure seems clever to me and I'll give her a chance to reply as soon as I tell you, Mark, that I really liked the blog. The photos were great, too, but the first one of the sailor kissing a girl looked suspiciously like one from a magazine cover in 1945. Phooey on weathermen - I've been drenched by predicted "clear skies" while riding on a motorcycle as we returned from bike night (more than once). </p>
<p>I.J. sure seems clever to me and I'll give her a chance to reply as soon as I tell you, Mark, that I really liked the blog. The photos were great, too, but the first one of the sailor kissing a girl looked suspiciously like one from a magazine cover in 1945. Phooey on weathermen - I've been drenched by predicted "clear skies" while riding on a motorcycle as we returned from bike night (more than once). </p> Mark is a member of the crime…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2014-09-24:537324:Comment:3973352014-09-24T19:08:54.962ZJ. E. Seymourhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JESeymour
<p>Mark is a member of the crime fiction group on Linked In, as am I. There was a long and heated discussion on that group about writing in first person, with one person trying to tell the rest of us that we had no idea what "real" first person POV was. :-)</p>
<p>Mark is a member of the crime fiction group on Linked In, as am I. There was a long and heated discussion on that group about writing in first person, with one person trying to tell the rest of us that we had no idea what "real" first person POV was. :-)</p> Helps you really concider the…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2014-09-24:537324:Comment:3974432014-09-24T18:33:00.836ZMark Roopehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/MarkRoope
<p>Helps you really concider the story your writing getting the beat right, characters, sub plots and things like that. It is a very steep learning curve to start with but worth persevering with. I wish I could just write but I need to have a bit of a story and ending in my head (or on paper first). It will no don't change numerous times along the way but years of being methodical are hard to change.</p>
<p>Helps you really concider the story your writing getting the beat right, characters, sub plots and things like that. It is a very steep learning curve to start with but worth persevering with. I wish I could just write but I need to have a bit of a story and ending in my head (or on paper first). It will no don't change numerous times along the way but years of being methodical are hard to change.</p> As opposed to being a cold ca…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2014-09-24:537324:Comment:3971312014-09-24T18:30:49.478ZI. J. Parkerhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
<p>As opposed to being a cold case? Like some of us?</p>
<p>As opposed to being a cold case? Like some of us?</p> I don't know about smell and…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2014-09-24:537324:Comment:3973342014-09-24T18:29:42.933ZI. J. Parkerhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
<p>I don't know about smell and taste, but these days I tend to look in only if someone has posted. There was a time when I tried to get things going, but people ar just very busy.</p>
<p>I don't know about smell and taste, but these days I tend to look in only if someone has posted. There was a time when I tried to get things going, but people ar just very busy.</p>