tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post8732648526593740315..comments2024-03-28T02:36:55.037-04:00Comments on Brooklyn Arden: Title and Tittle-TattleCherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972029478350879112noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-39900049259386724392008-03-06T12:26:00.000-05:002008-03-06T12:26:00.000-05:00Oh yeah, I'm voting for the fall SCBWI Illinois co...Oh yeah, I'm voting for the fall SCBWI Illinois conference. :)Tabithahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420910182752981979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-81853793978733149602008-03-06T12:24:00.000-05:002008-03-06T12:24:00.000-05:00I have to agree with rosegreen regarding lack of i...I have to agree with rosegreen regarding lack of intermediate/advanced conference material.<BR/><BR/>I'd also love to hear about first person vs. third person POV for YA. Which is better, and why? <BR/><BR/>Or, what are the elements that bring a character off the page, make him/her become real? I.E., how do you translate the character worksheets into a real person with a real story?<BR/><BR/>Pacing sounds like a great topic, too.Tabithahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420910182752981979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-50285962447506710622008-02-28T17:08:00.000-05:002008-02-28T17:08:00.000-05:00Thanks for the link! It made my day, too. :)Thanks for the link! It made my day, too. :)Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15192628745431017199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-69320616910134789732008-02-27T10:45:00.000-05:002008-02-27T10:45:00.000-05:00I'd like to hear your thoughts on epiphanies and e...I'd like to hear your thoughts on epiphanies and endings. We hear a lot about beginnings, especially with the first-page-mania at conferences. What I struggle with are the deep insights and revelations that are supposed to come during and after a character's journey. How does one avoid corny and contrived when digging for a deeper meaning?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-37847347099361225712008-02-26T20:20:00.000-05:002008-02-26T20:20:00.000-05:00I want to go to the Arden :( It's finally gotten t...I want to go to the Arden :( It's finally gotten to the point where I hate hate winter and wish the sun would come flaming to earth, just to melt the snow.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15363411079221274431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-28182145043515987772008-02-25T18:50:00.000-05:002008-02-25T18:50:00.000-05:00I got what you're saying this time! Thank you so m...I got what you're saying this time! Thank you so much!<BR/>Anne (Ánh)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-30091148308545626402008-02-24T13:17:00.000-05:002008-02-24T13:17:00.000-05:00Thanks for the link! It really made my day.Thanks for the link! It really made my day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-22312232874230330442008-02-22T14:10:00.000-05:002008-02-22T14:10:00.000-05:00Oh, I'm jealous of a weekend involving the Chris R...Oh, I'm jealous of a weekend involving the Chris Raschka exhibit -- enjoy!<BR/><BR/>My vote also goes to the character talk in June... <BR/><BR/>Brooklyn Arden...here I come. Today, though, I'm feeling very Ezra Jack Snowy Day Keats, and I'm relishing it.Olugbemisola (Mrs.Pilkington)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07326151417945506446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-15927217176533218912008-02-22T13:04:00.000-05:002008-02-22T13:04:00.000-05:00My wish would be for a talk on beginnings and endi...My wish would be for a talk on beginnings and endings. <BR/><BR/>I know that there are many things that need to be in a book between those two items but if you don't have a zippy start then the reader will most likely wander off and a satisfying finish is key. Who hasn't read a book that was deliciously good until a wimpy ending left a bleah taste in your mouth?<BR/><BR/>Your vision of calm verdure sounds lovely. Hang on to that thought. It’s something to aspire to.<BR/><BR/>MarilynThetoymakershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405265800595978197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-27079569076888016822008-02-22T08:46:00.000-05:002008-02-22T08:46:00.000-05:00Hey, I loved Once! When we finished it, I wanted t...Hey, I loved Once! When we finished it, I wanted to watch it again ... honestly, I think I related so strongly to the movie because it's the "artist's dream." To be identified as one of those ridiculously talented types, you know, the kind of artist who makes producers sit up in the chairs or total strangers play guitar or women stop on the street and say, "This guy has it!" <BR/><BR/>In terms of conference topics, I'm pretty interested in process, so I would like to hear a talk on how different writers work. You know, how they approach their actual craft. 'Cause I think it's different for everybody, so it would be hard to generalize across the business, but there are things to learn from different approaches to the same goal (producing a book). And you know a lot of writers, so I can only imagine you've got great stories about process. Who writes in the middle of the night? Who's an obsessive outliner? Who has to rewrite fifty gazillion times before the story emerges? Who identifies so strongly with their characters they begin to talk like them? When do other writers work, what do their spaces look like?<BR/><BR/>You know ... 'cause if I know anything, it's that writers love navel-gazing.<BR/><BR/>JonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-12667270405550023682008-02-22T04:53:00.000-05:002008-02-22T04:53:00.000-05:00Well, I know one thing that is frustrating to thos...Well, I know one thing that is frustrating to those who have been to more than one conference is the lack of material for intermediate and advanced writers. Submissions info is good (and necessary) to know at the beginning. But at some point I find myself craving something deeper, more craft-oriented. So I like the character topic suggestion. As a non-beginner myself, here are some craft issues I'm struggling with (I may understand the surface theory, but that doesn't mean I know how to put it in practice):<BR/><BR/>The first chapter--how to get in both WHAT THE MC WANTS and what is working against him/her, AND suck the reader into the immediate action<BR/><BR/>Pacing<BR/><BR/>How to create a character who is at the same time vulnerable, flawed, and heroic. Also, how to hit the sweet spot when it comes to revealing character emotion (for example, I tend to show tons of raw data in my fear of telling, and readers tell me they need a few more clues for interpretation; other people have the opposite problem)<BR/><BR/>Voice<BR/><BR/>Or anything else you see as an important developmental step for those who are in the almost-but-not-quite category.Rose Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10752073931486321348noreply@blogger.com