Comments - New Life - CrimeSpace2024-03-28T22:11:37Zhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=537324%3ABlogPost%3A111546&xn_auth=noThe enemy is time. Remember h…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-01-06:537324:Comment:1116002008-01-06T17:25:09.614ZMari Sloanhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Mari
The enemy is time. Remember how, when we were children, days were centuries? Now days are minutes, and minutes fly by so quickly that just when I seem to have begun, I have something else I need to do. It takes twice as long to get started and then it is never finished to my satisfaction. AKKKK!
The enemy is time. Remember how, when we were children, days were centuries? Now days are minutes, and minutes fly by so quickly that just when I seem to have begun, I have something else I need to do. It takes twice as long to get started and then it is never finished to my satisfaction. AKKKK! How true about short stories,…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-01-06:537324:Comment:1115962008-01-06T17:12:23.112ZLeann Sweeneyhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/leannrs
How true about short stories, Mari. I haven't written one in several years because for me, even though I finish, I never really finish--for exactly the reason you mentioned. I don't know the characters well enough. So I keep revising and revising. Ones that were published actually often made me cringe. I would say, "I needed a better word here, a better thought there." Yup. You are so right!
How true about short stories, Mari. I haven't written one in several years because for me, even though I finish, I never really finish--for exactly the reason you mentioned. I don't know the characters well enough. So I keep revising and revising. Ones that were published actually often made me cringe. I would say, "I needed a better word here, a better thought there." Yup. You are so right! What a beautiful little girl!…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-01-06:537324:Comment:1115902008-01-06T16:56:22.891ZMari Sloanhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Mari
What a beautiful little girl! My heart would leave with her, too. I understand how it takes time to get attached to a new character, who becomes a part of your life in ways you can't imagine. To me that is the problem with writing short stories. They are over too soon to actually know your characters the way that you can when they are around for a year or so.
What a beautiful little girl! My heart would leave with her, too. I understand how it takes time to get attached to a new character, who becomes a part of your life in ways you can't imagine. To me that is the problem with writing short stories. They are over too soon to actually know your characters the way that you can when they are around for a year or so.