tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018633413564074437.post4130415459764379152..comments2024-02-02T00:22:18.479-06:00Comments on Okay, Listen Here: Unexpected ThingsStephanie Jones AKA Alicia Hunter Pacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03023631488715031414noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018633413564074437.post-15852098403147823052012-04-25T15:46:51.176-05:002012-04-25T15:46:51.176-05:00Our chapter held a challenge in Feb to write 30,00...Our chapter held a challenge in Feb to write 30,000 words in one month. I found that REALLY forced me to turn off my internal editor and just bang some words out. Scarily enough, IMO that chunk is some of the best writing in the ms to date. And I agree about keeping it fun. If it isn't fun to write, it isn't going to be fun to read. So I try and mix it up with unexpected twists.Joanna Shupehttp://joannashupe.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018633413564074437.post-51794459721576138612012-04-25T08:57:56.926-05:002012-04-25T08:57:56.926-05:00I agree with Patricia...roll with the flow. I love...I agree with Patricia...roll with the flow. I love it when characters surprise me. Great post, Kathy!Patricia Bradleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03382033674042021556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018633413564074437.post-64828538074843711752012-04-24T21:39:43.352-05:002012-04-24T21:39:43.352-05:00Rolling with the flow. I like that Patricia! Kee...Rolling with the flow. I like that Patricia! Keeping the fun in writing can be such an exhausting experience though, can't it?<br /><br />Don't know what I would do without creative freedom. Makes life worth living, don't you think?<br /><br />Thanks for posting today!Katherine Bonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14701961380138616355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018633413564074437.post-32208809698612059582012-04-24T21:00:01.343-05:002012-04-24T21:00:01.343-05:00Just roll with the flow. That's what I'm d...Just roll with the flow. That's what I'm doing now and that makes writing fun. Bucky Sue just popped out of nowhere in The Yard Sale and there she was, a miniature Loretta Lynn. I love creative freedom.Patricia Prestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04538067779006621088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018633413564074437.post-63052015856511481342012-04-24T12:15:19.872-05:002012-04-24T12:15:19.872-05:00That would be a very interesting study, wouldn'...That would be a very interesting study, wouldn't it, Cheryl?Katherine Bonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14701961380138616355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018633413564074437.post-60703235697972578872012-04-24T11:11:11.096-05:002012-04-24T11:11:11.096-05:00I am not a plotter. My characters usually sweep m...I am not a plotter. My characters usually sweep me along for the ride, wherever that may take me. Like Jean, I tend to go on too long so I must not possess that internal editor. The editing usually comes after the hero and heroine tell me what is happening. I listen most of the time, having learned that strong-arm tactics and the delete key will do nothing to change their minds.<br /><br />Gee, wouldn't Freud like to dissect the bunch of us - talking and listening to our imaginary friends? LOLCherylnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018633413564074437.post-71466343228129725072012-04-24T10:35:48.858-05:002012-04-24T10:35:48.858-05:00Aw! Thanks for posting, Lexi. But it is the Alpha...Aw! Thanks for posting, Lexi. But it is the Alpha hero telling me this. Lol! I know what he wanted. And believe me, he wanted it bad. I'm the one who tried to change things but when I tried, the story stalled. He just wouldn't let me move past that point. <br /><br />Once I wrote the scene his way, the story started to flow again. (smacks head and looks for undead monkey to shoot). <br /><br />Should have known better but that choir is so boiterous. (shakes fist) Curse you Pembridge scholars!!!Katherine Bonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14701961380138616355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018633413564074437.post-74483292831837246212012-04-24T10:29:16.400-05:002012-04-24T10:29:16.400-05:00Writing scenes can be like an Easter Egg hunt some...Writing scenes can be like an Easter Egg hunt sometimes. Lol!<br /><br />I admire the way you and Jean work together!Katherine Bonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14701961380138616355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018633413564074437.post-13425303963191760782012-04-24T10:27:07.022-05:002012-04-24T10:27:07.022-05:00Muahahaha! Jean, you crack me up!!!Muahahaha! Jean, you crack me up!!!Katherine Bonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14701961380138616355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018633413564074437.post-23353828724854684362012-04-24T10:04:07.587-05:002012-04-24T10:04:07.587-05:00Sounds like a certain somebody Alpha male hero nee...Sounds like a certain somebody Alpha male hero needs a book of his own! What a wonderful problem to have. ;-) I find it difficult to shut off my internal editor. It's one reason it takes me so long to write a book. Painful, but there it is!Lexihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12732707316352740556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018633413564074437.post-2146503061521785322012-04-24T09:51:51.256-05:002012-04-24T09:51:51.256-05:00Usually, Jean and I believe that if the character ...Usually, Jean and I believe that if the character feels that the scene is important it probably is. <br /><br />We call this the Easter Egg Hunt problem because we once had a scene that was a children's Easter egg hunt that a character (and Jean) wanted to have in the story. I thought it was gratuitous but in the end it ended up being a very important scene we just didn't realize it in the beging. So we have learned to trust our characters, after all it is their story.Stephanie Jones AKA Alicia Hunter Pacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03023631488715031414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018633413564074437.post-81408841642233217002012-04-24T09:01:59.130-05:002012-04-24T09:01:59.130-05:00I don't seem to have one. That's why I go ...I don't seem to have one. That's why I go on too long.Alicia Hunter Pace (aka Jean Hovey and Stephanie Jones)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13844329805282121486noreply@blogger.com