tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post5506774216534675089..comments2023-09-22T18:24:22.356+01:00Comments on Lexi Revellian: The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out...Lexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14404818053292364819noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-90510663415483679772008-08-27T20:05:00.000+01:002008-08-27T20:05:00.000+01:00Hi, Lisa-Marya, thanks for dropping by.I don't thi...Hi, Lisa-Marya, thanks for dropping by.<BR/><BR/>I don't think I've completed a saleable book yet - perhaps I will in the future.Lexihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404818053292364819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-25112792921498885922008-08-27T19:31:00.000+01:002008-08-27T19:31:00.000+01:00Hi - I agree with that. Lexi I'm admiring your sit...Hi - I agree with that. Lexi I'm admiring your sites. Now thatI'm not book-fiddling, it's good to look around. Can't think why you're not published yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-12409843040201825232008-08-16T10:09:00.000+01:002008-08-16T10:09:00.000+01:00Minty is dead keen for me to write a scene where R...Minty is dead keen for me to write a scene where Ric and Caz go to a nightclub. <BR/><BR/>I may well do this, but I was explaining to her there has to be a point to it; it has to move the story on, and change the situation somehow, or it will simply make the novel sag, however amusing it is. <BR/><BR/>I realized recently I have a problem with some literary fiction, where you get to the end of chapter one, and all that has happened is the heroine has got out of bed, or gone for a walk. All very beautifully written, but I know what getting out of bed is like. I want something to happen.Lexihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404818053292364819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-38384425748309004412008-08-15T21:43:00.000+01:002008-08-15T21:43:00.000+01:00Maybe we just need to accept that there are writer...Maybe we just need to accept that there are writers who do the Off the Track a Bit Rambling Thing and it delights their readers and then there are writers who Grab You By the Nostrils and Pull You Through the Story and You're Happy but Breathless at the End.<BR/><BR/>I suppose I had better do my own bit of rambling now.Alan Hutchesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03880999192085868408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-16205341620875643922008-08-15T20:53:00.000+01:002008-08-15T20:53:00.000+01:00How do you tell? That's the trick innit! I'd say, ...How do you tell? That's the trick innit! I'd say, trust your instincts. You know - or at least have a good idea of - what works and what shouldn't be there.<BR/><BR/>I agree with Plumboz - they need sorting.<BR/><BR/>I think I'm more like you, Lexi, in that I'm quite to the point in my writing. There are definitely times where asides (shall we call them that?) do wonders for a story. They might hold up the plot BUT they are important and become a part of the plot themselves, therefore, often, essential. If that makes sense.<BR/><BR/>Waffle waffle.<BR/><BR/>NikNik Perringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07426321804560400335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-15415450470037101872008-08-15T20:30:00.000+01:002008-08-15T20:30:00.000+01:00I'm more on the obese side, meself.Little tidbits ...I'm more on the obese side, meself.<BR/><BR/>Little tidbits just tumble on to the page and it takes a good bit of sorting to locate the really choice ones. They don't always keep the story moving briskly along, but if they are choice, and not boring, who am I to banish them?Alan Hutchesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03880999192085868408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-41666184062747381692008-08-15T20:20:00.000+01:002008-08-15T20:20:00.000+01:00Yes, but how do you tell the difference? On balan...Yes, but how do you tell the difference? <BR/><BR/>On balance, I tend to put bits in I'm unsure about, since I write concisely; my narrative tends towards skinny rather than obese.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the good wishes.Lexihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404818053292364819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-85079766734684814592008-08-15T19:10:00.000+01:002008-08-15T19:10:00.000+01:00I agree - good advice, Lexi.But, as with everythin...I agree - good advice, Lexi.<BR/><BR/>But, as with everything writing, I'd say this wasn't a strict rule; there are plenty of times where an aside or seemingly unimportant detail can be quite the contrary - that's what can give a story its spark or a character depth.<BR/><BR/>Sounds like you're making terrific progress with the new story - long may it continue!<BR/><BR/>NikNik Perringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07426321804560400335noreply@blogger.com