tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post7631923250404956065..comments2024-03-20T02:26:46.482-04:00Comments on Joanna Bourne: Technical Topics -- Four Necessary ThingsJo Bournehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13457862962618886252noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-72321620582543929482009-09-14T10:24:34.388-04:002009-09-14T10:24:34.388-04:00Hi Keira --
The bit about not being boring?
It...Hi Keira --<br /><br />The bit about not being boring? <br /><br />It's one of the 'questions' you ask yourself going through the last draft. Even if you're doing story and it's reasonably well written and it fills a useful role in the structure ... <br />you have to ask yourself if a scene is just plain boring.<br /><br />I got a little four or five pages bit of business in MAGGIE (Forbidden) I'm going to go close up into a 'telling about it' because the action just drags on and on ...Jo Bournehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457862962618886252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-927979851647284502009-09-13T22:33:26.046-04:002009-09-13T22:33:26.046-04:00Brilliant, Jo, as always. That last bit needs to b...Brilliant, Jo, as always. That last bit needs to be a quote on par with one by those Dead White Men of the 1800s.Keira Soleorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14440213826734580889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-45407090836433530672009-09-13T16:46:49.909-04:002009-09-13T16:46:49.909-04:00@ Meljean
I will not waste my time blogging when...@ Meljean <br /><br />I will not waste my time blogging when I have a book proposal due.<br /><br />I will not waste my time blogging when I have a book proposal due.<br /><br />I will not ...Jo Bournehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457862962618886252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-51153604690639878902009-09-13T15:51:10.231-04:002009-09-13T15:51:10.231-04:00And if we can't make lists, we read blogs, and...And if we can't make lists, we read blogs, and are reminded that we really should be writing and trying to nail these four things.meljean brookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16135527993507471830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-5060665147526506682009-09-13T14:04:25.603-04:002009-09-13T14:04:25.603-04:00I love lists.
Those who can,
do.
Those who canno...I love lists.<br /><br />Those who can,<br />do.<br /><br />Those who cannot quite settle down to doing this morning,<br />make lists.Jo Bournehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457862962618886252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-27944317806094633452009-09-13T12:48:17.589-04:002009-09-13T12:48:17.589-04:00Preach it, sister!Preach it, sister!Sherry Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12313921077346721887noreply@blogger.com