tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post8834704171286963020..comments2023-11-02T05:29:57.954-04:00Comments on From the Heart: Okay, I’ve Got My Pantyhose in a Knot Again by Linda S. GlazAndy Scheer, Hartline Literaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09010440105558099014noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-50269416616919437042014-08-11T13:18:19.249-04:002014-08-11T13:18:19.249-04:00Oh, yes. Colons and semi-colons. But colons are th...Oh, yes. Colons and semi-colons. But colons are the worst for me. I realize they can be used with quotation marks, but for some reason, I find them very intrusive. I want to see same old same old and they always pull me out of the story when they are used. So few use them anymore is probably why. Linda Glazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04374683352435771715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-22555953283703147172014-08-11T13:06:47.441-04:002014-08-11T13:06:47.441-04:00Linda, this is an excellent and timely post as I c...Linda, this is an excellent and timely post as I continue to edit my MS. I've read that the author needs to write in a way that keeps the reader in the story so deeply that they forget about the writer. As I learn more about the rules, I can see why they're needed. I wish I'd read Self-editing for Fiction Writers before I wrote my novel (Now I want to memorize it...).<br /><br />I agree there are times when breaking the rules works for the benefit of the book. <br /><br />I've noticed broken rules, too, in popular novels. It's only distracting if it takes me out of the story (or if I lose track of whose head I'm in).<br /><br />Right now I'm reading a mystery in which the author loves semi-colons. I'm trying to avoid them in my MS. Linda, is it okay if I use the occasional one ( I miss them)?<br /><br />Blessings ~ Wendy ❀ Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-48654432768156740242014-08-11T12:40:07.129-04:002014-08-11T12:40:07.129-04:00The good news is, your writing will probably be th...The good news is, your writing will probably be that much stronger, but I, too, feel like plopping them in now and then, and I do. I try to remember what Terry taught me early on: story trumps all. If the story is so breathtaking that you can't put it down, the little things probably don't matter much.Linda Glazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04374683352435771715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-7536326039635502962014-08-11T12:31:32.491-04:002014-08-11T12:31:32.491-04:00Linda, thanks for posting this. It also annoys me ...Linda, thanks for posting this. It also annoys me when I read a book containing adverbs and tags I've been taught not to use, that I've been judged against for using. Sometimes when I write, I think an adverb would fit, but stay away from using it, since it's a "no-no." I don't understand how the books get published that break the rules, but then I guess everyone's not subject to the same rules.Marilyn Turkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09613157670868692501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-87780774668193844972014-08-11T12:26:14.904-04:002014-08-11T12:26:14.904-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Marilyn Turkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09613157670868692501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-73578905326118433862014-08-11T11:29:05.505-04:002014-08-11T11:29:05.505-04:00Thanks for sharing the link.
As I read through h...Thanks for sharing the link. <br /><br />As I read through her examples it occurred to me that it's easier for me to write one scene per POV. All those lessons and lectures must have sunk in. Yay!<br /><br />Jackie Laytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11921544145225306649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-90771874887618046892014-08-11T11:05:52.939-04:002014-08-11T11:05:52.939-04:00Jackie, here's a very interesting post about O...Jackie, here's a very interesting post about Omn and head hopping, and some of the differences and how it is used successfully. Enjoy! http://kayedacus.com/2011/01/11/debunking-writing-myths-omniscient-pov-is-bad/Linda Glazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04374683352435771715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-70244917377842309132014-08-11T11:01:29.761-04:002014-08-11T11:01:29.761-04:00A lot of female authors who have been around for a...A lot of female authors who have been around for a while do the same thing as that is how she wrote in the beginning, why change? It still works for a good many of them. Mary Higgins Clark is one good example. If it ain't broke, why fix it? And she writes as her readers expect her to.Linda Glazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04374683352435771715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-72058640397109749822014-08-11T10:49:05.894-04:002014-08-11T10:49:05.894-04:00It was a male author. Very interesting.
Both of m...It was a male author. Very interesting.<br /><br />Both of my sons enjoy reading. I may skim through some of their books and study this trend. <br /><br />My youngest son is 21 and prefers real books to e-readers. I don't know if that's normal or not. But it gives me joy to buy books for him. Jackie Laytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11921544145225306649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-7361586974627353092014-08-11T09:49:30.198-04:002014-08-11T09:49:30.198-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Linda Glazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04374683352435771715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-62405656555698586382014-08-11T09:49:19.533-04:002014-08-11T09:49:19.533-04:00Jackie, if the book he recommended was by a male a...Jackie, if the book he recommended was by a male author I will say, men seem to get away with head hopping, omniscient pov much more often than women do, and I think that is in part because most of their novels are plot driven, so they aren't as concerned with staying in a character's head in order to get to now them as well. It's just an opinion, but I've noticed that with a lot of male authors, and I actually enjoy that from time to time.Linda Glazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04374683352435771715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-73312080387422654122014-08-11T09:39:33.754-04:002014-08-11T09:39:33.754-04:00I'm so glad to hear you say this. I recently r...I'm so glad to hear you say this. I recently read a novel by a bestselling author, and I couldn't get over the head-hopping. My husband reads newspapers daily, sports magazines, and all kinds of business articles. It's so rare for him to read fiction and then share a book with me. I didn't want to complain to him, but I was shocked. <br /><br />Do you think readers today don't care about issues we've been taught to be basics?Jackie Laytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11921544145225306649noreply@blogger.com