tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post8958335445925134667..comments2024-03-28T16:46:13.756-04:00Comments on Writers Who Kill: Jim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-51295909654260775732013-06-25T13:54:00.019-04:002013-06-25T13:54:00.019-04:00I discovered that my muse likes a small coffee and...I discovered that my muse likes a small coffee and medium fruit cup at Chick-fil-a. $4.00 even total(in my location) and she can have coffee refills! Got the idea for the story on the first visit, then finished a draft last night.Paula Gail Bensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08843350597811462936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-75721716440771007412013-06-25T12:39:00.159-04:002013-06-25T12:39:00.159-04:00My muse lives in my dreams. I wake up in the middl...My muse lives in my dreams. I wake up in the middle of the night or first thing in the morning with a "great" idea. <br /><br />Thanks for the tip about Thursday dollar bakery item day at Panera. Maybe my muse will visit if I'm eating a croissant.Kara Cerisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16484336785514235707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-3354902638402415642013-06-25T11:37:33.999-04:002013-06-25T11:37:33.999-04:00I like Panera, but I can't write with people a...I like Panera, but I can't write with people around. I need to be alone and most of my ideas come on walks in the woods or when I read something in the newspaper or elsewhere that sparks some idea. I'm a pantser, too. I have my plot idea, and at least a few characters planned, but from then on like weeds the plot and characters just keep growing.Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-56090542721755051032013-06-25T11:29:01.162-04:002013-06-25T11:29:01.162-04:00I've never been in a Panera Bread. I was in a ...I've never been in a Panera Bread. I was in a Starbucks once, when a former boyfriend insisted that everybody should at least go there once. I guess the equivalent around here is the good old boys who sit on chairs in front of the (non-chain) convenience store where I get a newspaper. Or maybe the McDonald's out by the highway that gets WIFI. Sometimes. I don't have a laptop anyhow.<br /><br /><br />But I fully get how a minor character can take on a relvance of his/her own the writer didn't anticipate. Sometimes you just have to let them grow into their own place. Or sometimes give them a nod on this manuscript and promise them a more prominent position in the next one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-43329137669336226252013-06-25T10:13:33.075-04:002013-06-25T10:13:33.075-04:00My muse loves to travel. She seems especially hap...My muse loves to travel. She seems especially happy after we've been some place new.Warren Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789270258599769915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-60182058600419308762013-06-25T10:06:30.626-04:002013-06-25T10:06:30.626-04:00My muse appears from the ether, brought forward by...My muse appears from the ether, brought forward by long walks, hot showers, swinging in a hammock chair. I think hard and then let it rest. Or sometimes I don’t think at all and some exogenous event triggers her to present me with a gift.<br /><br />I’m a patient bugger and always pleased when insight appears.<br /><br />~ Jim<br />Jim Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-42600827001054997082013-06-25T09:48:49.813-04:002013-06-25T09:48:49.813-04:00My diva must live at the Ritz. Every time she show...My diva must live at the Ritz. Every time she shows up, she demands a glass of champagne! There I am thinking up plots and she waltzes in thinking she can take over. Now, I don't mind the help, but her bar bills are steep. Can't she be a cheap date? But then, when she does take over her plots are insidiously wicked and her characters are better than I could think up. I'd try Panera Bread, but since they don't have a bar, I doubt I'll run into her. BTW--last time she was here, she told me about Tom LeVay--seems that he hangs out at a barre too!E. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.com