tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7762622439282650752.post4787535426803193034..comments2023-09-17T07:46:57.550-05:00Comments on Charity's Writing Journey: Story Problem #2: No Sense of MovementCharity Bradfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01960821077619680661noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7762622439282650752.post-26314184820819157622012-09-20T10:23:58.606-05:002012-09-20T10:23:58.606-05:00Movement, both within the scene and in a larger se...Movement, both within the scene and in a larger sense within the plot at that moment, is so important. Great post!Lydia Kanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00484415427764822386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7762622439282650752.post-11018149528254424452012-09-19T12:45:30.790-05:002012-09-19T12:45:30.790-05:00Oo, that's another good one!Oo, that's another good one!Charity Bradfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01960821077619680661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7762622439282650752.post-31978816887625250462012-09-19T11:59:56.269-05:002012-09-19T11:59:56.269-05:00Looks. My problem is too much staring, gazing, and...Looks. My problem is too much staring, gazing, and things of the eye.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7762622439282650752.post-82663990967593766712012-09-19T10:52:18.978-05:002012-09-19T10:52:18.978-05:00I can understand that. A lot of times it's eas...I can understand that. A lot of times it's easier for me to get past writer's block by just writing dialogue. It gets the flow of the story moving for me again, but I always have to go back and try and visualize what the conversation looked like. I just hear it the first go around. Charity Bradfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01960821077619680661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7762622439282650752.post-9425850820411207022012-09-19T10:38:35.959-05:002012-09-19T10:38:35.959-05:00I'm guilty of doing this. My editor said, &quo...I'm guilty of doing this. My editor said, "Remember that people interact while they are talking. Don't just have dialogue." I don't think I was being excessive about it, but sometimes, all I have or had was dialogue. I figured that's all that mattered at the time.Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7762622439282650752.post-72549810795324741002012-09-19T08:16:26.449-05:002012-09-19T08:16:26.449-05:00Nodding, good one! It's like we all have physi...Nodding, good one! It's like we all have physical ADD isn't it? Just try and sit and talk without moving any body part. LOLCharity Bradfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01960821077619680661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7762622439282650752.post-41001355294518466332012-09-19T05:32:54.269-05:002012-09-19T05:32:54.269-05:00Favorite or overused? Nodding.
In real life, peopl...Favorite or overused? Nodding.<br />In real life, people fidget and are restless, and it helps to add some of that when people talk.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.com