As a writer... - CrimeSpace2024-03-28T16:38:19Zhttps://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/as-a-writer?commentId=537324%3AComment%3A360562&feed=yes&xn_auth=noPLOT! If I could just string…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-11-22:537324:Comment:3611872012-11-22T06:09:04.354Ziabanonhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/iabanon
<p>PLOT! If I could just string a story together I could manage everything else eventually. </p>
<p>PLOT! If I could just string a story together I could manage everything else eventually. </p> Write with LESS emotion. Idea…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-11-17:537324:Comment:3606322012-11-17T23:17:46.248ZM.E. Purfieldhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/MEPurfield
<p>Write with LESS emotion. Idealy, for me, the best books are the ones that make me feel. I hate to be spoon fed how the character feels, ef 'em.</p>
<p>Write with LESS emotion. Idealy, for me, the best books are the ones that make me feel. I hate to be spoon fed how the character feels, ef 'em.</p> With prose work: involve the…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-11-15:537324:Comment:3605732012-11-15T02:39:18.245ZJemir Johnsonhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JemirJohnson
<p>With prose work: involve the senses to promote setting without "seeming" as if I'm doing so (Walter Mosley has a particular talent of doing this very thing seamlessly in my opinion). With my comic book scripting: learning how to get more with fewer pages. </p>
<p>With prose work: involve the senses to promote setting without "seeming" as if I'm doing so (Walter Mosley has a particular talent of doing this very thing seamlessly in my opinion). With my comic book scripting: learning how to get more with fewer pages. </p> Two major things: Believable…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-11-14:537324:Comment:3605002012-11-14T22:21:27.331ZJonathan Francescohttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JonathanFrancesco
<p>Two major things: Believable voices and logistical plot devises. I suppose the former is a matter of preference and opinion but I do struggle with the latter. A lot of "get from point A to point B" moments in my stories end up being logistically awkward, or worse. So that's definitely an area I need improvement on.</p>
<p>Two major things: Believable voices and logistical plot devises. I suppose the former is a matter of preference and opinion but I do struggle with the latter. A lot of "get from point A to point B" moments in my stories end up being logistically awkward, or worse. So that's definitely an area I need improvement on.</p> ... find that compelling stor…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-11-14:537324:Comment:3605622012-11-14T11:37:19.281ZKeith Dixonhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Keithyd
<p>... find that compelling story, the 'McGuffin' that people find fascinating. What will make the book stand out from the others on the (virtual) shelf?</p>
<p>To the folks on here who've commented about getting emotion on the page, can I recommend Donald Maass's The Fire in Fiction? I finished it last week and it was very helpful in respect of this issue. He's very good at finding those problems that writers have, discussing them with examples, and then providing exercises to help you flesh…</p>
<p>... find that compelling story, the 'McGuffin' that people find fascinating. What will make the book stand out from the others on the (virtual) shelf?</p>
<p>To the folks on here who've commented about getting emotion on the page, can I recommend Donald Maass's The Fire in Fiction? I finished it last week and it was very helpful in respect of this issue. He's very good at finding those problems that writers have, discussing them with examples, and then providing exercises to help you flesh out/soup up your current work.</p> I mean that plumbers and mech…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-11-13:537324:Comment:3605482012-11-13T14:29:11.516ZI. J. Parkerhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
<p>I mean that plumbers and mechanics make more money than writers. I took this to be your meaning.</p>
<p>I mean that plumbers and mechanics make more money than writers. I took this to be your meaning.</p> What? What?tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-11-12:537324:Comment:3604502012-11-12T22:02:21.948ZConrad Johnsonhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/ConradJohnson
<p>What? What?</p>
<p>What? What?</p> Money instead of fun?tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-11-12:537324:Comment:3602282012-11-12T21:47:26.278ZI. J. Parkerhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
<p>Money instead of fun?</p>
<p>Money instead of fun?</p> For me the visual is easy, it…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-11-12:537324:Comment:3601412012-11-12T21:06:11.331ZBrian Hoffmanhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/BrianHoffman
<p>For me the visual is easy, its doing good narrative and knowing when to use it.</p>
<p>For me the visual is easy, its doing good narrative and knowing when to use it.</p> Studied to have become a plum…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-11-11:537324:Comment:3599422012-11-11T01:01:11.834ZConrad Johnsonhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/ConradJohnson
<p>Studied to have become a plumber or auto mechanic instead.</p>
<p>Studied to have become a plumber or auto mechanic instead.</p>