tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26892817.post1842446751474711868..comments2023-10-26T11:55:55.045-04:00Comments on Elf Killing And Other Hobbies: Discovering Your VoiceCelina Summershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08581883122727085849noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26892817.post-16414778237889700062007-03-12T22:09:00.000-04:002007-03-12T22:09:00.000-04:00LMAO! Ah....controversy. My favorite meal.LMAO! Ah....controversy. My favorite meal.Celina Summershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08581883122727085849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26892817.post-20528357589329467962007-03-10T18:54:00.000-05:002007-03-10T18:54:00.000-05:00So would this be bad time to mention that Edding's...So would this be bad time to mention that Edding's characters, with a few exceptions, were one of things I liked *least* about the books I read? Ce'Nedra in particular. I think her demise would have been a great excuse for Eddings to employ the word defenestration a second time. :p<BR/><BR/>It was a funny bit of timing to see Dan's point about the potential dead-end if a writer tries to write the movie in their head without also leveraging what makes writing a different medium as I was just reading an article about one of the potential pitfalls: writers who, in trying to do no more than transcribe the scene in their head, end up with an overabundance of bland "he looked/stared/turned" stage directions in every paragraph. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, not disagreeing with you as I gather that what you meant about seeing the movie in your head was that if the descriptions are strong enough, they'll inspire the image. Rather than the other way around, which can become the trap I was babbling about.<BR/><BR/>Shutting up now. :)Barbara A. Barnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15031633304948114251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26892817.post-71069779388426955542007-03-10T12:10:00.000-05:002007-03-10T12:10:00.000-05:00While I don't necessarily find the same things to ...While I don't necessarily find the same things to appreciate in some of those authors, these are very good things to consider. I think one caveat in regards to seeing the scenes like a movie. I probably don't actually disagree with you, so much as I can see someone coming along and interpreting that to mean that they're trying to emulate a movie completely through words, which is a bit of a dead-end--there are things words can do that no movie could, and vice-versa. So it's important to be aware of that as we look at our own works too--are we taking advantage of the things that make writing unique?<BR/><BR/>Oh, and I'm reading a Faulkner right now...wonder if I should go for 100+ word sentences in my next fantasy story... :)Daniel Ausemahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00478942286366751753noreply@blogger.com