tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post1828837998436721861..comments2023-11-02T05:29:57.954-04:00Comments on From the Heart: By The Time You Read by Linda S. GlazAndy Scheer, Hartline Literaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09010440105558099014noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-18017750890353008362013-02-19T08:13:02.651-05:002013-02-19T08:13:02.651-05:00It always happens when an actor wants to move on, ...It always happens when an actor wants to move on, but it still makes a person sit up and shout, "Huh? What just happened?" and unless his long lost identical twin returns just as she's about to marry the second "love of her life" then we won't see Matthew again. Ah, the life of actors and writers!!!Linda Glazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04374683352435771715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-58180039652556834912013-02-18T13:42:07.027-05:002013-02-18T13:42:07.027-05:00I will admit this only in writing: I've not se...I will admit this only in writing: I've not seen Downton Abbey, but I empathize with everyone's angst. I'm a huge NCIS fan (Gibbs, anyone?) and several years ago when they killed off one of the main characters, Kate, I felt mortally wounded. Almost gave up the whole show. How could they? No one would ever replace her. <br /><br />Well, life went on as life does, and yes she was replaced but not really. Not totally, and connections to beloved Kate have shown up in several shows since.<br /><br />Hopefully for the DA lovers, there will be life after Matthew.Davalyn Spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07790903623368896086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-5657537896179248882013-02-18T11:36:04.145-05:002013-02-18T11:36:04.145-05:00We bought Season Three when it became available on...We bought Season Three when it became available on DVD last month, so I had already seen the last episode and was wondering how everyone would react. I didn't know the actor wanted to leave, and I'm glad we don't have that problem as novelists. I felt jipped! For our family, he was one of our favorite characters, and I'm guessing he was a favorite with most viewers. If all the writer wanted to provide was some tension or angst, that could have been done in so many different ways. But killing him? Not fair to the viewer/reader.Meghan Carverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12171644527417702921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-90046244272375365762013-02-18T11:22:27.993-05:002013-02-18T11:22:27.993-05:00I think it must be terribly difficult for the writ...I think it must be terribly difficult for the writer (Julian Fellowes in this case) to labor over the development of a believable and engaging character and then have to drop him from the story because the character wants to leave the story. This happens to fiction writers who have characters take charge of their stories, but probably when the author and character are alone in a room with only a keyboard between them, and with more time to discuss the matter and lay down a red carpet for the farewell walk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-68308468096108615602013-02-18T11:16:10.021-05:002013-02-18T11:16:10.021-05:00All I can say is that the actor playing Matthew cl...All I can say is that the actor playing Matthew clearly wanted out of his contract. I mean, that was just a cheap shot ending. I was disappointed, not that they killed him off, but that they made it so cliche. And after doing everything else so well!Sarah Thomashttp://www.sarahanneloudinthomas.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-86059168608803407442013-02-18T10:52:03.343-05:002013-02-18T10:52:03.343-05:00Brag moment-I managed to tell a whole chunk of bac...Brag moment-I managed to tell a whole chunk of back story and set up a life or death confrontation by using one small scene with a shopkeeper, who we never met before and is only mentioned one other time in the story.<br /><br /> And I named her after a friend of mine who evangelizes her people for Christ. Hey, she saved the heroine ;) Jennifer Majorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12696261499182486196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-39017169225437988292013-02-18T10:06:27.919-05:002013-02-18T10:06:27.919-05:00I couldn't agree more, Jennifer. And yes, they...I couldn't agree more, Jennifer. And yes, they'll still tune in. I, too, like closure. It doesn't have to be every teeny detail, but I like the overall questions to be answered. And I don't even mind an extraneous character or two IF they serve a purpose, even if it's just a sprinkle of salt to intensify another character. Couldn't agree more on genres that don't push the edge. I LOVE for there to be more characters than simply him and her! And I like additional povs as well. As long as it adds significantly to the story.Linda Glazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04374683352435771715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-6471578622810075372013-02-18T09:54:33.964-05:002013-02-18T09:54:33.964-05:00After this line "What do you like to read? L...After this line "What do you like to read? Like to write? Happy or sad, righteous or bad?" I had "or by comma when the feeling's not as strong".<br />Can I get an 'amen' for Schoolhouse Rock? <br />Yeah, I know, "SQUIRREL!"<br /><br /><br />People are angry for poor Matthew, but umm, you know he's FAKE,right? And everyone knows the viewers will return to see what happens to poor Mary and the baby! And is he really dead? Or did he lose the ability to blink?<br /><br />Myself and a few writer friends are lamenting the rigidity of certain genres in relation to their formulaic constraints.<br />I write historical fiction, with a deeply painful and emotionally taxing love story. I daresay, it is not quite the perfectly predictable romance, simply because of the subject matter. <br />That being said, I prefer closure, so I try to tie up the loose ends. I dislike encountering characters who serve no purpose. The adage "make each word count" should, in my humble opinion, be said as well for characters.Jennifer Majorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12696261499182486196noreply@blogger.com