tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878752953637981313.post4039891522974933715..comments2023-10-15T03:16:44.927-06:00Comments on Suspense Novelist: Deep POVPeg Brantleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04906858123466177508noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878752953637981313.post-14104437693002469922008-12-14T20:13:00.000-07:002008-12-14T20:13:00.000-07:00Amy, thank you for your kind words. I'm honored I ...Amy, thank you for your kind words. I'm honored I could help.<BR/><BR/>Ms. Ralene, I love it when as writers we can share our "flops" and grow. I'm so glad that in some small way I could help you get mentally prepared to take a closer look and release your ego long enough to take a good hard look and see where you can take the words you've already created and make them stronger.<BR/><BR/>You have strength in every area of your life. We all do. <BR/><BR/>With respect to writing, a part of strength is admitting when we need to exercise a different muscle group. Sometimes it's POV, sometimes it discipline, sometimes it's characterization or something else. But only a weak writer would flinch and walk away, leaving what they started. <BR/><BR/>I think that leaving what is started eventually becomes stench. And stench eventually can make writers quit. Or go crazy.<BR/><BR/>The rest of us? We may pinch our noses a bit at first, but we're ready to dive in and see the solid bones; the beauty of what our intent was; and the route we need to take to make it reality. <BR/><BR/>We are way too cool to be stinky.<BR/><BR/>Hugs.Peg Brantleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04906858123466177508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878752953637981313.post-77020554986944328622008-12-14T08:10:00.000-07:002008-12-14T08:10:00.000-07:00You know, I entered my first complete novel in the...You know, I entered my first complete novel in the CWG First Novel contest. It was a flop. Now I'm a about to go back through and reread it for "awkward, unclear prose. Credibility issues." I had several people read it before I entered it in the contest, and THEY never mentioned that. Anyway, all that just to tell you that this article helped me to get in the "mood" to see how I can work on POV to make the prose less awkward and unclear. hehehe...Ralenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07890775905785233298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878752953637981313.post-43691359992275841872008-12-13T18:05:00.000-07:002008-12-13T18:05:00.000-07:00Peg, thanks for an insightful article on POV! Very...Peg, thanks for an insightful article on POV! Very helpful :-)Amy Deardonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01360116339457651031noreply@blogger.com