tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157905786947425443.post343839468505428658..comments2023-10-29T04:09:42.109-04:00Comments on The Edit Cafe: While You Were SleepingJoAnnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16027015583205497259noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157905786947425443.post-51968524732299686512007-11-16T11:23:00.000-05:002007-11-16T11:23:00.000-05:00Wow. I never thought of it like that. What a great...Wow. I never thought of it like that. What a great way to flesh out our charaters and give the reader a look at someone who isn't flat on the page.<BR/><BR/>Thanks Becky. Oh, and from Baxter (my 10-month-old mini Schnauzer), he wants Bingly to know he's jealous of those fabulous walks in the country. He's a city dog with nothing but squirrels to chase. Maybe we need to take a doggie road trip!:D<BR/><BR/>Kathleen Y'BarboAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157905786947425443.post-86893384942269177792007-11-15T11:25:00.000-05:002007-11-15T11:25:00.000-05:00I'm just at that place in my WIP where I feel like...I'm just at that place in my WIP where I feel like I've made a breakthrough in my characters where that one perfect quirk or emotional scar comes into focus and I can really give them a personal voice. I love that. Your post reminds me of how important that deep knowledge of characters is.<BR/>AND<BR/>As for what goes on in the dark...<BR/>It's hunting season here.<BR/>We don't hunt. My husband is a farmer and his idea of fun in his down time is coming INSIDE not staying out.<BR/>But lots and LOTS of hunters around. So, last Saturday night I came home from being gone all day and there was a doe hanging in a tree by our house. Hmmmmmm.....<BR/>Okay. I knew some hunters were around that knew us, figured they'd used our tree is all.<BR/>So, early the next morning I look out and TADA the doe is now a buck.<BR/>I stared at that buck for a long time. Had I missed those antlers last night?????<BR/>Finally my husband came in and said the hunter had bagged his buck early in the morning, taken the doe down and put the buck up.<BR/>(Buck up? Do you suppose that's where that saying came from? Anyway, moving on...)<BR/>But I had a very odd, almost out of body experience as I tried to force what I'd seen with my own eyes to conform to what I knew could not be....Mary Connealyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09598386111251769803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157905786947425443.post-88595809520261240972007-11-15T08:43:00.000-05:002007-11-15T08:43:00.000-05:00Thanks for the reminder to continually look at the...Thanks for the reminder to continually look at the whole picture, not just what's up front but also what's in the background that's motivating the character and what's molded her into the person she is.<BR/><BR/>Praying for Kristy.Vickie McDonoughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698966142886006577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157905786947425443.post-75658077181994364272007-11-14T23:12:00.000-05:002007-11-14T23:12:00.000-05:00I enjoyed this post Becky. Reading about the bucks...I enjoyed this post Becky. Reading about the bucks and fawns painted a picture in my mind I won't soon forget. Your thoughts on the way we write were right on! I don't think I'll forget this lesson anytime soon, either. Thanks.Rhonda Gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381590968914554470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157905786947425443.post-23196241334042714022007-11-14T22:48:00.000-05:002007-11-14T22:48:00.000-05:00Becky, I appreciate the posts that give insight in...Becky, I appreciate the posts that give insight into improving our writing. I don't often comment, but I do read every post. I have so much to learn and I am always trying to improve.<BR/>Mildred ColvinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157905786947425443.post-32827401171480178552007-11-14T15:56:00.000-05:002007-11-14T15:56:00.000-05:00Thanks for commenting, Rachel. Good perspective fr...Thanks for commenting, Rachel. Good perspective from a content editor.Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11161967996164905671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157905786947425443.post-73815257119809424182007-11-14T15:19:00.000-05:002007-11-14T15:19:00.000-05:00Good post, Becky! A lot of times in the comments I...Good post, Becky! A lot of times in the comments I make in my content reviews, those hidden issues are what cause questions and concerns in story logic. I can tell when an author hasn't completely thought the situation through. I can tell when she has, too. It makes for a much happier review! :-)<BR/><BR/>Rachel OvertonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com