tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post3309802458824477565..comments2024-03-20T02:26:46.482-04:00Comments on Joanna Bourne: Technical Topics -- Beginnings and Tipping PointsJo Bournehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13457862962618886252noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-17491684642355141662010-05-18T20:44:09.286-04:002010-05-18T20:44:09.286-04:00Hi LL -
Thank you so much.Hi LL -<br /><br />Thank you so much.Jo Bournehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457862962618886252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-71470905979320982452010-05-18T16:26:44.257-04:002010-05-18T16:26:44.257-04:00Inspiring post.Inspiring post.Lady Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08524318995902667785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-86668956353477179512009-11-29T15:22:25.258-05:002009-11-29T15:22:25.258-05:00@Anon ...
I am utterly delighted to think this ma...@Anon ...<br /><br />I am utterly delighted to think this may strike a few sparks for someone.Jo Bournehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457862962618886252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-20323119064787675222009-11-29T14:26:48.379-05:002009-11-29T14:26:48.379-05:00As usual, you have been ever so helpful with your ...As usual, you have been ever so helpful with your writing tutorials. Many thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-14981215419962340152009-11-28T11:39:29.910-05:002009-11-28T11:39:29.910-05:00@Anon
Oh thank you. I have been prolix. I hope ...@Anon<br /><br />Oh thank you. I have been prolix. I hope I have at least been comprehensible.<br /><br />As to whose head to start in .... I looked at my most recent reads. <br /><br />In Female POV:<br /><br />SEP, 'Gitter Baby'<br />Eloisa James, 'When the Duke Returns'<br />Eloisa James, 'Duchess By Night'<br />Pam Rosenthal, 'Almost a Gentleman'<br />Sabrina Jeffries, 'Dance of Seduction'<br />Sabrina Jeffries, 'A Notorious Love'<br />Judith Ivory, 'Angel in a Red Dress'<br />Shana Abe, 'The Dream Thief'<br />Mary Jo Putney, 'Loving a Lost Lord'<br /><br />In Male POV:<br /><br />Sabrina Jeffries, 'Only a Duke Will Do'<br />Sabrina Jeffries, 'In the Prince's Bed'<br />Linda Winstead Jones, 'Bride By Command'<br />Samantha James, 'A Perfect Bride' <br />Loretta Chase, 'Mr. Impossible'<br /><br />In Omniscient Narrator:<br /><br />Pam Rosenthal, 'The Edge of Impropriety'<br /><br /><br />Admittedly, these are just about all Historical Romances ... but I'd call this an indication you can open your story in any ol' POV you fancy.<br /><br />As to 'tipping points' -- <br />ISTM a story is going to have a lot of them. There will be many places where the story could go in one direction or another, depending on the choices a character makes. You'll probably find a tipping point somewhere at the logical story beginning.<br /><br />Now me, I start with the female protagonist's choice because I am very much writing the female protagonist's story. Her journey, her growth and realization, her attainment of a vital goal, shape the story.<br /><br />Most Romance genre books are more balanced. *g*<br /><br />If you feel that your story belongs to one protagonist or the other, that would be a reason to start in that character's POV. If you're balanced, though ... you likely have free rein,<br /><br />So ISTM you can go with what feels right, what's exciting, what shows the deepest values of your character, what is going to hook the reader...<br /><br />You'll probably find a tipping point somewhere in there. *g*Jo Bournehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457862962618886252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-34967225702704617752009-11-28T08:17:14.695-05:002009-11-28T08:17:14.695-05:00Oops! I also meant to say I loved your post on tip...Oops! I also meant to say I loved your post on tipping point introductions!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-27410961993888063302009-11-28T08:16:11.111-05:002009-11-28T08:16:11.111-05:00Dear Joanna,
It's so strange, I've been w...Dear Joanna,<br /><br />It's so strange, I've been wrestling with this idea all week. I have the first half of a ms done and broke it apart like you had mentioned in one of your previous posts. Now I'm working on the bits and inserting other bits as I go. However, my tipping point, my introduction is in the eyes of my hero. I wondered if I had ever read any romance which did so and I am finding myself coming up zip. So I am trying to find a scene which would work for heroine. Not so much right at the moment. Do you think it's a flaw to start with the hero in romantic suspense?<br />Thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-42627095574619936892009-11-27T17:04:06.053-05:002009-11-27T17:04:06.053-05:00Thank you so much.
The post is all long and inv...Thank you so much. <br /><br />The post is all long and involved. I wasn't sure I'd got the idea across. It's kinda complicated ....Jo Bournehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457862962618886252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-62102654261589775322009-11-27T09:47:02.676-05:002009-11-27T09:47:02.676-05:00Jo,
This is one of the best explanations of openi...Jo,<br /><br />This is one of the best explanations of openings I've read. Thank you for posting it.<br /><br />MarthaMarthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05343791052150523306noreply@blogger.com