tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599945087910073527.post5426413634421719483..comments2023-06-28T06:36:14.559-06:00Comments on Tess Hilmo: My Problem ExplainedTesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10014195715998913268noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599945087910073527.post-31517853632830472292011-05-25T09:23:30.440-06:002011-05-25T09:23:30.440-06:00thanks for giggling along with me!thanks for giggling along with me!Tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10014195715998913268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599945087910073527.post-40903674916692409192011-05-22T15:50:26.757-06:002011-05-22T15:50:26.757-06:00Jack Handy is awesomely cool, Tess old pal. Ahahah...Jack Handy is awesomely cool, Tess old pal. AhahahahahahahaRobyn Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17356555082768185840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599945087910073527.post-76211155791612584952011-05-21T06:46:25.722-06:002011-05-21T06:46:25.722-06:00That's great. Dare to write boldly, like that!...That's great. Dare to write boldly, like that!Mary Aalgaardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08051735579638637382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599945087910073527.post-43391548931273928012011-05-20T09:24:22.820-06:002011-05-20T09:24:22.820-06:00That made me laugh! I think in the movies it reall...That made me laugh! I think in the movies it really does work that way - everything is so convenient.<br /><br />I have struggled to make something work before. Sometimes I can get it. Sometimes I have to let it drop. Usually, if I get to the dropping point, it's because I've screwed things up so badly I don't like anything any more. Those "bank robbery scenes" can be like a cancer that destroys everything around it too. <br /><br />BUT - I always tuck it in a file to use in a later story. :)Heidi Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18420802651029097379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599945087910073527.post-67806325596314160862011-05-19T10:47:19.445-06:002011-05-19T10:47:19.445-06:00This is a hilarious list! I think I can use this t...This is a hilarious list! I think I can use this to make more of my plans work out. I don't think I've ever given up on a scene that I wanted to have in a book because I didn't know how to write it. I just try my best.Davin Malasarnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09385823575081492949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599945087910073527.post-81130015942928983972011-05-17T18:26:47.046-06:002011-05-17T18:26:47.046-06:00I love Jack Handy!I love Jack Handy!Sharon K. Mayhewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07799235347319851345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599945087910073527.post-90058530495926092352011-05-16T23:47:07.479-06:002011-05-16T23:47:07.479-06:00I think my background as a newspaper editor has he...I think my background as a newspaper editor has helped me accept the need to be ruthless about making cuts. But Jack Handy is on to something -- a few random action scenes involving monkeys would be great for comic relief.<br /><br />BTW, thanks for commenting on my interview with Patti Lee Gauch, Tess. I really enjoyed my conversations with her. How wonderful you had her as a mentor.Megan Frances Abrahamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02259684930983493989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599945087910073527.post-88600057662063343082011-05-16T18:01:58.098-06:002011-05-16T18:01:58.098-06:00Oh, I've dropped tons of things. Even when th...Oh, I've dropped tons of things. Even when they sort of did work. Whatever moves the story forward. That's how I roll these days. If it doesn't, it goes.Anne Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05816355522284492131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599945087910073527.post-87772914260705264332011-05-16T12:31:45.139-06:002011-05-16T12:31:45.139-06:00LOL I just cracked right up reading that list :)
...LOL I just cracked right up reading that list :) <br /><br />You know, I am so freaking stubborn that I usually never drop things. Even when I probably should. Instead, I suck hours and days away from my CPs while I bribe them into helping me brainstorm a solution. They just LOVE me ;-)Sara {Rhapsody and Chaos}https://www.blogger.com/profile/09824996048264979275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599945087910073527.post-76463162981011913232011-05-16T10:37:35.284-06:002011-05-16T10:37:35.284-06:00You know, right now I'm trying to think throug...You know, right now I'm trying to think through some plot-related things for a new WIP and yeah, I go in pretty deep and right now I'm not sure what is going to work...hmmm....Paul Grecihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11340974339238587138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599945087910073527.post-18097448963519575302011-05-16T09:30:36.394-06:002011-05-16T09:30:36.394-06:00Hey, it could happen.Hey, it could happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599945087910073527.post-2663348906166009182011-05-16T08:38:36.527-06:002011-05-16T08:38:36.527-06:00Okay pals...this wasn't really in my novel! it...Okay pals...this wasn't really in my novel! it's a joke :D Yes, I did have to drop a bank robbery element to a certain degree because I couldn't make it work but I never went to Jack Handy lengths. Just to clarify so you know I haven't totally lost it...yet ;)Tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10014195715998913268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599945087910073527.post-10311573221010946282011-05-16T03:44:15.674-06:002011-05-16T03:44:15.674-06:00That kind of scene works brilliantly...in a farce ...That kind of scene works brilliantly...in a farce or comedy. Otherwise, I'd drop it.Martin Willoughbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05605554706836638988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599945087910073527.post-41531484774016037842011-05-15T21:19:37.032-06:002011-05-15T21:19:37.032-06:00Amy: that would be one over the top novel! Man, it...Amy: that would be one over the top novel! Man, it makes my bank robbery issues seem like a walk in the park - funny though and made me giggle.<br /><br />Your comment has me curious...what was that something?Tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10014195715998913268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599945087910073527.post-76641333125923352772011-05-15T20:04:04.554-06:002011-05-15T20:04:04.554-06:00I can imagine this plot working in certain types o...I can imagine this plot working in certain types of middle grade novels! :) Hilarious! It wouldn't work so well, though, if you're going for realism. <br /><br />I left something in once that should have been cut, and I think it killed the whole novel! I learned my lesson. :)<br /><br />AmyA.L. Sonnichsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11358456786727534289noreply@blogger.com