tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post7297367168324791182..comments2024-01-04T12:13:20.046-05:00Comments on Joanna Bourne: Technical Topics -- Tagging with ActionJo Bournehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13457862962618886252noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-59204880465821730332012-10-05T09:07:00.930-04:002012-10-05T09:07:00.930-04:00Love it! Thanks. Love it! Thanks. Elizabeth Seckmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00045076826326574984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-20091165769076885332011-07-25T08:52:10.471-04:002011-07-25T08:52:10.471-04:00Hi Crystal --
I would so much have liked to say h...Hi Crystal --<br /><br />I would so much have liked to say hello, even if it WAS a madhouse and I was shouting to be heard by the folks next to me.<br /><br />As I say in the posting -- 'story action' is the best stuff to use when tagging dialog. It is so cool when dialog can be placed in a scene where something necessary is happening.<br /><br />This lets us break up the action with dialog and the dialog with action. Makes the pacing so sweet.Jo Bournehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457862962618886252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-27377805246455521762011-07-25T03:33:58.907-04:002011-07-25T03:33:58.907-04:00Story action...THANK YOU. I've been muddling t...Story action...THANK YOU. I've been muddling through the edits of my rough draft and this is a concise lesson which helps me focus my nebulous thoughts. <br /><br />Also--I saw you at the Lady Jane's Salon reading last month and didn't dare greet you, but it made my day.crystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09464199368311946407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-18540690438261485842011-04-06T16:25:11.159-04:002011-04-06T16:25:11.159-04:00Hi Tara --
Sometimes we need just the basic techn...Hi Tara --<br /><br />Sometimes we need just the basic technical stuff pointed out. It doesn't just appear in our heads. We most likely have to have somebody SAY it.<br /><br />Somebody over the years said all this to me, sometime or other. So I pass it along.Jo Bournehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457862962618886252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-9800847986959593052011-04-05T17:09:17.479-04:002011-04-05T17:09:17.479-04:00I heart alliteration. [g]
This deserves a tweet, ...I heart alliteration. [g]<br /><br />This deserves a tweet, and a Facebook link.* Fabulous advice as always, Jo. Thank you so much.<br /><br />*Not because of your brilliant use of alliteration, but because you gave me this advice in B&W and it helped make my book that much better.Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09008153523366719973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-759917121210511462008-07-02T15:55:00.000-04:002008-07-02T15:55:00.000-04:00Hi Rene --And as I say, stage action is not at all...Hi Rene --<BR/><BR/>And as I say, stage action is not at all <I>wrong</I>. It's strong and beautiful and useful. Look at what stage action means to playwrights. <BR/><BR/>We just have to know that we're doing stage action. We have to be in control.<BR/><BR/>For me, that control shows up in draft three or four, if at all.Jo Bournehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457862962618886252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-86281696091279790252008-07-02T15:25:00.000-04:002008-07-02T15:25:00.000-04:00story action vs. stagee action:thank you, thank yo...story action vs. stagee action:<BR/><BR/>thank you, thank you, thank you.<BR/><BR/>I really needed to read that. I think I have way more of the latter than the former. <BR/><BR/>-ReneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-44641745929903750582008-05-15T15:19:00.000-04:002008-05-15T15:19:00.000-04:00Hi Creative A --You're probably doing all this wit...Hi Creative A --<BR/><BR/>You're probably doing all this without thinking about it.<BR/><BR/>Lots of stuff is easier to do than to analyze. At least, for me it is.Jo Bournehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457862962618886252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-45700134543936986852008-05-13T14:56:00.000-04:002008-05-13T14:56:00.000-04:00Hey :)As promised, I popped over from absolute wri...Hey :)<BR/><BR/>As promised, I popped over from absolute write to check out your blog...this entry was a little hard to follow, but interesting. Some of the things you talked about I sort of knew, but I'd never heard them put into words before. Like, the difference between story action and scene action...<BR/><BR/>Very helpful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-31857004524097408622008-05-13T09:04:00.000-04:002008-05-13T09:04:00.000-04:00Hi Cathy --I did an exercise on this last year at ...Hi Cathy --<BR/><BR/>I did an exercise on this last year at ooks and Writers. <BR/><BR/>I like the 'tagging with extended action' bit because it matches dialog with scene action ... something that isn't entirely intuitive. At least not for me.Jo Bournehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457862962618886252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-51332877764214259602008-05-12T20:47:00.000-04:002008-05-12T20:47:00.000-04:00Excellent advise, and examples, as usual, Jo.Cathy...Excellent advise, and examples, as usual, Jo.<BR/><BR/>CathyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com