tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post3265583985858159167..comments2024-03-04T12:44:00.261+00:00Comments on Debi Alper: The Rule BreakerDebihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09600815804658702077noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-89365840128855830922011-03-16T01:24:43.117+00:002011-03-16T01:24:43.117+00:00Thanks a lot for a bunch of good tips. I look forw...Thanks a lot for a bunch of good tips. I look forward to reading more on the topic in the future. Keep up the good work! This blog is going to be great resource. Love reading it.kid Shoeshttp://www.lots-wholesale.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-43674367368871758832011-02-28T10:58:15.080+00:002011-02-28T10:58:15.080+00:00A brilliant example of what I'm talking about,...A brilliant example of what I'm talking about, Vanessa. You were taught the conventions first - then you went ahead and rejected them, obviously very effectively in your case.Debihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600815804658702077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-40831254566993610852011-02-27T11:04:18.815+00:002011-02-27T11:04:18.815+00:00I was taught never to start a piece of fiction wit...I was taught never to start a piece of fiction with direct speech, as there is, 99% of the time, a more efficient way to do it. <br />I was taught to take care with flashbacks, keep them to a minimum, and if possible avoid any direct speech in said flashbacks. And certainly, to have grammatically correct sentences... <br /><br />My novel "The Coward's Tale' starts with a line of dialogue.<br />It is written in future, conditional and present tenses. Apart from the flashbacks...<br />There are long long flashbacks related in direct speech.<br /><br /><br />it works. I love your analogy about crossing the road!!Vanessa Gebbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09088301040602803489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-75709191512691743742011-02-25T15:22:41.042+00:002011-02-25T15:22:41.042+00:00By all means - I look forward to hearing how it go...By all means - I look forward to hearing how it goes!Claire Kinghttp://www.claire-king.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-44158148102206592112011-02-25T10:44:01.386+00:002011-02-25T10:44:01.386+00:00Fab, Claire. I may well quote this if it's ok...Fab, Claire. I may well quote this if it's ok with you.Debihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600815804658702077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-55985385492721874482011-02-24T06:23:13.015+00:002011-02-24T06:23:13.015+00:00It seems a lot of people have been tackling this l...It seems a lot of people have been tackling this lately! I'm not one for rules (as you've seen) but If I were going to be tackling this subject it would be more couched in what to do than not to do. That is, I think we should be writing consciously -choosing the POV because of what we want it to do, likewise the tense, likewise the palette of colours we use - everything with a purpose. So the best we can do is educate ourselves on what effect certain ways of writing have on the reader so we build the resources available to us.Claire Kinghttp://www.claire-king.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-40883459280564750052011-02-17T00:32:38.615+00:002011-02-17T00:32:38.615+00:00Sue - you should know by now that I love your writ...Sue - you should know by now that I love your writing. But you're right in that you do have to think about whose voice the story is being told in and whose eyes we see the action through, even when writing in the third person.<br /><br />Queenie - another fab writer! Yes again. Show not tell has been duly added to the list already. It's a good 'un - in a full length novel it's not possible to show everything. The trick is in deciding which things need to be shown and which can be told. <br /><br />And I really wish you could be there too ...Debihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600815804658702077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-32929870677101849292011-02-16T16:55:29.989+00:002011-02-16T16:55:29.989+00:00One that springs to mind is the golden rule of ...One that springs to mind is the golden rule of 'show don't tell' - sometimes you need a bit of narrative summary, especially in longer works.<br /><br />Wish I could get to York :-(Queeniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06988379866736219329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-132652155556331962011-02-16T16:36:15.951+00:002011-02-16T16:36:15.951+00:00I need to take your workshop! I get hung up on nar...I need to take your workshop! I get hung up on narrative voice when it's 3rd person. I keep asking so who is this person who's talking? Maybe I read too much Anthony Trollope, but I keep thinking the narrator needs to be a separate person who's sitting across from me telling me a story....That's why I always seem to write in 1st person these days.Sue Guineyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13556228394020314560noreply@blogger.com