tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post5580842853649016652..comments2024-03-28T18:40:05.789-04:00Comments on Writers Who Kill: With or Without a ParachuteJim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-14855036302674231202011-07-15T11:16:45.309-04:002011-07-15T11:16:45.309-04:00My favorite point is when I get to the end of the ...My favorite point is when I get to the end of the middle. The middle is my Waterloo. I'd like to skip to the end--I always see that clearly. It's getting there that's hard. <br /><br />By the way, I'm going to research white clover for my area. Fabulous idea! About skydiving? Maybe for two million I'd think about it, but I doubt if I'd do it even then. ;-)Ellis Vidlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11918353154644739285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-51718750722493964072011-07-14T21:29:12.328-04:002011-07-14T21:29:12.328-04:00Just when I think the story is finally finished, a...Just when I think the story is finally finished, a new idea hits. It may send the story in a new direction or just add a little depth to it.Kara Cerisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16484336785514235707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-52406693886289927852011-07-14T15:15:26.580-04:002011-07-14T15:15:26.580-04:00Elaine and Warren, take off and faith, or crawling...Elaine and Warren, take off and faith, or crawling inch by inch, skydiving or gardening, who knows what will happen for certain. Plants I never planted grow and flourish and shrubs I babysat shrivel and die.Pauline Alldredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00847008019331163905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-60963179070538718282011-07-14T14:57:43.466-04:002011-07-14T14:57:43.466-04:00Hi Patricia, I find the most interesting developme...Hi Patricia, I find the most interesting developments happen unexpectedly, after sleep or when I think the story is finished but it isn't.Pauline Alldredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00847008019331163905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-15462302849381616922011-07-14T11:14:03.631-04:002011-07-14T11:14:03.631-04:00I'm a pantser and although I have a vague outl...I'm a pantser and although I have a vague outline in my head of where I think the story will go, it may veer in a different direction. And I let it do that. I get my ideas many times when I'm thinking over my book in bed in the middle of the night and then start writing about it the next day. I like to be open to something different happening than what I'd originally planned.Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11512099085568969698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-52479738879921420742011-07-14T10:23:38.151-04:002011-07-14T10:23:38.151-04:00Of course sometimes the plane lands and you're...Of course sometimes the plane lands and you're still on board. Some stories soar. Other crawl painfully onward inch by inch, When I start a new story I never know which will happenWarren Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789270258599769915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-87325238967242757662011-07-14T08:01:18.650-04:002011-07-14T08:01:18.650-04:00I see the parachute analogy in two ways.
Yes-the ...I see the parachute analogy in two ways.<br /><br />Yes-the take-off and lift, when you find an interesting and unexpected way to advance your story and it changes everything. The dead middle is revived, springing the reader toward the conclusion.<br /><br />I also find standing behind your words a leap of faith, knowing that the way you wrote the story is the way it should be. Having that faith in yourself-your words is a grace-I'm getting there.E. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.com