tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post7453248798343482441..comments2024-03-28T16:21:30.329-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Rising Damppattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-64924569457982231142008-09-09T08:53:00.000-04:002008-09-09T08:53:00.000-04:00Now I mostly read crime fiction and I do like PI a...Now I mostly read crime fiction and I do like PI and hard-boiled stuff especially but I find it hard to write it because it often succeeds on plot more than character. What I like to read and what I feel I can write aren't necessarily the same. But it's true, if you don't respect the conventions of the genre, you'll never do well in writing them.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-79128519951577001222008-09-08T23:12:00.000-04:002008-09-08T23:12:00.000-04:00I think I didn't make clear what I mean. If you d...I think I didn't make clear what I mean. If you don't like reading all action and dialogue you shouldn't try to write that way. If PI novels bore you don't try to write one, etc.Sandra Scoppettonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00149336752789641751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-24686633348919209632008-09-08T17:32:00.000-04:002008-09-08T17:32:00.000-04:00Oh, boy, Sandra. But there is no place that would ...Oh, boy, Sandra. But there is no place that would publish what I'd really like to write. Not in the ss market anyway. I could go back to the lit magazines but I couldn't murder anyone. If you do, they say try genre markets.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-48832675304728760712008-09-08T17:06:00.000-04:002008-09-08T17:06:00.000-04:00I've said this before but I'm saying it again.NEVE...I've said this before but I'm saying it again.<BR/><BR/>NEVER WRITE WHAT YOU CAN'T READ.Sandra Scoppettonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00149336752789641751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-67382113968942231632008-09-08T16:22:00.000-04:002008-09-08T16:22:00.000-04:00Thanks, Clair. Just took five hundred more words o...Thanks, Clair. Just took five hundred more words out of it. Starting to seem better.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-15303509982108477842008-09-08T15:53:00.000-04:002008-09-08T15:53:00.000-04:00You might try the Absolute Write Water Cooler-- th...You might try the Absolute Write Water Cooler-- there's a share your work forum there. You'll get feedback from all types (and there's no meeting times, which I like.) http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/<BR/><BR/>Caveat-- you should hang around and be part of the community a bit to get the most of the critiques (no drive-by critiques). <BR/><BR/>Just my two cents.Clair D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18081744733758211094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-71608519009605155172008-09-08T12:52:00.000-04:002008-09-08T12:52:00.000-04:00My muse is a contrarian, so it's not always easy f...My muse is a contrarian, so it's not always easy for me to write to someone else's rules. What's so frustrating is to get two diametrically opposite critiques like that. It just leaves you scratching your head and saying, huh?<BR/><BR/>Hang in there, Patti.<BR/><BR/>LindaLinda McLaughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15291670592316021851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-9748090615193287862008-09-08T12:25:00.000-04:002008-09-08T12:25:00.000-04:00I'm doing that with the book but with the shorts I...I'm doing that with the book but with the shorts I aim to please.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-35999094708235791072008-09-08T10:27:00.000-04:002008-09-08T10:27:00.000-04:00I agree with Clair: "a little of both." On my firs...I agree with Clair: "a little of both." On my first novel, I wrote it for myself and thoroughly enjoyed it. If it becomes the project that merely proved I could write a novel, so be it. But folks who have read it--not all friends and loved ones--really like it. I hope it finds a place. For my second, I've been a bit hamstrung, trying to find that balance between a good way to tell the story and its marketability. Novel #2 won 3rd place in a spring contest but one of the judges commented that aspects of the story I really liked she didn't get. That's been hampering my approach ever since. To answer your question, I think I may just have to write the book the way I want and tweak later...if necessary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-33666688392585429302008-09-08T10:15:00.000-04:002008-09-08T10:15:00.000-04:00I guess to change the ending would be hard for me ...I guess to change the ending would be hard for me because I though of the ending first and it's the most dramatic scene. But to step up the pace in the beginning, to sacrifice a bit of the details, might be easier. Problem is now I've used up there venues and there are only about three left. I need someone to vet my stories. I guess I will look for a new writing group.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-76145424403492853762008-09-08T09:56:00.000-04:002008-09-08T09:56:00.000-04:00Hi Patti,I do best with a specific call for submis...Hi Patti,<BR/><BR/>I do best with a specific call for submissions. Then I know what the publisher wants and try to give it to them, while writing something I enjoy.<BR/><BR/>Even in that limited area I fail to connect nearly half the time.<BR/><BR/>If I don't really love the story. It doesn't leave the house. <BR/><BR/>TerrieTerrie Farley Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04980849018232866773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-50465519196327484272008-09-08T09:55:00.000-04:002008-09-08T09:55:00.000-04:00I have to agree with Clair - tweaking a story a bi...I have to agree with Clair - tweaking a story a bit to get it to fit the market isn't a big sacrifice unless it completely compromises the entire story. I won't do that. <BR/><BR/>Hope your story finds a home. :-)Melissa Amateishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16086267508858187716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-17778564846734132552008-09-08T09:47:00.000-04:002008-09-08T09:47:00.000-04:00A little of both. I admit it, as much as I think ...A little of both. I admit it, as much as I think a peice of writing has to fit the story it tells, I'm not opposed to tweaking a story to get it into the marketplace. After all, a story no one else reads isn't nearly as much fun as one that people share. <BR/><BR/>But when it comes to dark writing, I think it tends to be hit or miss. Or such is my experience thus far.Clair D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18081744733758211094noreply@blogger.com