tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049654549567033617.post1498697283883909732..comments2024-03-01T14:08:44.282-07:00Comments on Cowboys and Dragons at the Cafe: What's it like?Marne Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05981717156518711702noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049654549567033617.post-13542091613714464432011-07-01T17:27:38.580-06:002011-07-01T17:27:38.580-06:00I read or heard somewhere that Agatha Christie tir...I read or heard somewhere that Agatha Christie tired to frame her husband for her own murder. She disappeared and left some sort of incriminating evidence, her husband was even arrested. But, someone spotted her and her plan fell apart. Maybe she was trying to murder her husband by having the State execute him. So, you have a point. <br /><br />I know I borrow personality traits from people Mike Ruchhoefthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05934081309679385340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049654549567033617.post-59866031899253358572011-07-01T09:00:19.698-06:002011-07-01T09:00:19.698-06:00It has been said that many authors write thinly ve...It has been said that many authors write thinly veiled, romanticized versions of their own lives.<br /><br />Even the mighty James Bond was a "Gary Stu" for Ian Fleming, rooted in his own experiences as a WWII-era British Naval Intelligence Officer.<br /><br />So what does this say about authors who write vampire and werewolf tales? As your story becomes more popular, the odds increase Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049654549567033617.post-72890127982759129962011-06-27T17:34:41.971-06:002011-06-27T17:34:41.971-06:00You've got a cool title too; kind of sums up w...You've got a cool title too; kind of sums up what we are afflicted with.<br /><br />Our title came from our crit group. We are all overt the place as far a genres. Fantasy and Western Historical Romance are two of the many and we meet at a coffee shop sometimes so, Cowboys and Dragons at the Cafe. Plus, I already had a short story I could post that fit, bonus.<br /><br />See you at FWO.Mike Ruchhoefthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05934081309679385340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049654549567033617.post-62093745501442508282011-06-27T07:15:04.189-06:002011-06-27T07:15:04.189-06:00We talked about something similar on one of the fo...We talked about something similar on one of the forums I'm part of. The question was, "Are you a Method Writer or Technical Writer?" It was funny how many of us were actors, either currently or in the past, so we knew what method acting and technical acting were.<br /><br />For me, I'm more Technical. I do imagine things in my head. I can see my characters, hear their voicesThe Acceptable Schizophrenichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08952469244932841194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049654549567033617.post-26603508852382801782011-06-23T12:35:50.461-06:002011-06-23T12:35:50.461-06:00Speaking as a reader, sometimes the author gets it...Speaking as a reader, sometimes the author gets it wrong. I've been reading a series of novels with psychic characters. The most recent episode has the characters being able to sense "dreamlight." In the real world, her concept of how this works is slightly ridiculous. I can just barely suspend disbelief to enjoy the story. If it gets anymore ludicrous, then I'll probably stop Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02228827774140351030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049654549567033617.post-63725000687212999652011-06-22T17:48:49.616-06:002011-06-22T17:48:49.616-06:00I don't really act things out or visualise the...I don't really act things out or visualise them as drama, but I do try to imagine what they feel like. I'd say it takes a mixture of learning facts to ground the description, extrapolating from the closest equivalent in my experience, and a huge dollop of empathy and imagination.Nyki Blatchleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18123210232718956595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049654549567033617.post-17454190864718135732011-06-21T17:56:07.223-06:002011-06-21T17:56:07.223-06:00Novels are POV bound where plays and screenplays a...Novels are POV bound where plays and screenplays are not. That is why you have to imagine yourself as the POV character otherwise you are merely an observer. Watching a roller coaster is far different from riding one. <br /><br />And my brain only feels like a threadbare dishcloth some of the time, the rest it feels like a woven potholder that has lost its knot.Mike Ruchhoefthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05934081309679385340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049654549567033617.post-60863565186286385622011-06-21T11:20:08.935-06:002011-06-21T11:20:08.935-06:00Great post. I especially liked the line about you...Great post. I especially liked the line about your brain being a thread bare dishcloth. What we have experienced in life can be translated to fit nearly everything we write. Oh yes, my imagination gets a work out.<br />Nancy<br /><a href="http://nrwilliams.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">N. R. Williams, The Treasures of Carmelidrium</a>N. R. Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02174506528962095858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049654549567033617.post-17842021796726577192011-06-21T10:49:33.761-06:002011-06-21T10:49:33.761-06:00Like Mike, I see the blocking/acting-it-out used o...Like Mike, I see the blocking/acting-it-out used often in a different form (screenwriting), but less so with novel writing (maybe because the novel tends to be more POV-bound?).<br /><br />Interesting to hear about tactics others use...Hektor Karlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08908146663251226473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049654549567033617.post-71231845421959063002011-06-20T21:08:54.576-06:002011-06-20T21:08:54.576-06:00I've written a few plays and worked out some o...I've written a few plays and worked out some of the blocking that way but never did it for a novel. However, I have made crit partners get up and act out something that they wrote so I could show them something.Mike Ruchhoefthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05934081309679385340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049654549567033617.post-89342334208897636662011-06-20T20:38:10.062-06:002011-06-20T20:38:10.062-06:00I sometimes have to act out emotional scenes. I...I sometimes have to act out emotional scenes. I'll do blocking (stage direction) as if I were doing a play to try and figure out how my characters should move in a fight or during an argument. It helps for dialogue too. <br /><br />Yeah, there's some stuff I put my characters through that I'll never experience. I have no idea what it feels like to get shot by an arrow, but I can use Luanne G. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15762881276976395955noreply@blogger.com