tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post116757755574707161..comments2024-03-28T08:51:47.164-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Writing Short Storiespattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-1167939286581662952007-01-04T14:34:00.000-05:002007-01-04T14:34:00.000-05:00patti, i'm waiting to hear my editor's take on it....patti, i'm waiting to hear my editor's take on it. yikes. the book really has 4 main characters. the other POV people have really small scenes that don't include the main characters. maybe this is an incredibly sloppy and lazy way to write. i'm going to try to be more aware of it from now on.anne frasierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044828332429421657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-1167913909937582142007-01-04T07:31:00.000-05:002007-01-04T07:31:00.000-05:00Balancing 12 must be very difficult, especially re...Balancing 12 must be very difficult, especially remembering the right voice and backstory. It's great that you push yourself. Does your editor urge you to do less? I think I told you that a potential agent advised me to filter everything through one voice. But that may have been because I wasn't convincing.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-1167875743478728672007-01-03T20:55:00.000-05:002007-01-03T20:55:00.000-05:00i have to write multiple viewpoints or i wouldn't ...i have to write multiple viewpoints or i wouldn't be able to finish a book. i can only stand being in a character's head for so long before i get bored. i think i may have gone to far with my latest manuscript. it has around 12 viewpoints. i didn't realize it until it was done. :Danne frasierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044828332429421657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-1167832866865879902007-01-03T09:01:00.000-05:002007-01-03T09:01:00.000-05:00Not taking the fifth is the key.Not taking the fifth is the key.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-1167807931474061812007-01-03T02:05:00.000-05:002007-01-03T02:05:00.000-05:00So is taking four workshops the key, then? Please ...So is taking four workshops the key, then? Please say yes, because I'm sure not taking a fifth.Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12950503302880134095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-1167753956533674662007-01-02T11:05:00.000-05:002007-01-02T11:05:00.000-05:00Yes, but you were an infant in 1997. And I had tak...Yes, but you were an infant in 1997. And I had taken about four workshops and past forty-five by then.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-1167753090792969812007-01-02T10:51:00.000-05:002007-01-02T10:51:00.000-05:00Wow, that's actually pretty impressive Patti. I ha...Wow, that's actually pretty impressive Patti. I had my first play produced in 1997 and my first story published in 2002 and so far the T-shirt from Thuglit is the most I've received by way of payment for a story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-1167702229164484842007-01-01T20:43:00.000-05:002007-01-01T20:43:00.000-05:00The parenting thing is certainly a valid reason. A...The parenting thing is certainly a valid reason. And so it the other as far as I'm concerned. That said, remember I have earned less than $1000 from my writing in seven years. Oh, and free tickets to the North American Auto Show and a tee shirt from Thuglit. Not that there's anything wrong with that. The tee shirt especially.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-1167670768227260012007-01-01T11:59:00.000-05:002007-01-01T11:59:00.000-05:00That's one of the problems I have with sticking wi...That's one of the problems I have with sticking with the novel - I discover something else (character, situation) that interests me and I don't have the will power to deny writing about it. That's why this damn novel is taking so long to write... well, that and the parenting thing. :)Steve Allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747911304010686713noreply@blogger.com