tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6856051844866086501.post1784275312141433227..comments2024-01-25T11:29:28.389-09:00Comments on Anna's Obsession: Scattered Thoughts, Hidden FutureAnna L. Wallshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00144458783329501190noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6856051844866086501.post-31059130547191489732011-03-17T06:36:36.575-08:002011-03-17T06:36:36.575-08:00Where is your school,Anna? Get me admitted there.l...Where is your school,Anna? Get me admitted there.lolol... <br />Actually it's very helpful for us,shall read it again.<br />Thanks<br />Btw please check my latests.RoyalNirupamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14356254902337074309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6856051844866086501.post-16553071936778425372011-03-16T19:25:18.595-08:002011-03-16T19:25:18.595-08:00My characters seem to jump on my bed at night and ...My characters seem to jump on my bed at night and keep me awake. It was as if I was Obsessed with them and I'd take them everywhere. Yes I know I sound a bit "mad hatter type". I just assumed I was to scattered so I put the book on the shelf but my characters still jump on the bed once in a while..Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16972739790941695481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6856051844866086501.post-81618220765921816802011-03-16T07:50:25.328-08:002011-03-16T07:50:25.328-08:00Good post, Anna. We're at the same point in ou...Good post, Anna. We're at the same point in our writing--I'm also working through my characters.Jacquihttp://worddreams.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6856051844866086501.post-22827011262874062182011-03-15T16:11:31.488-08:002011-03-15T16:11:31.488-08:00Thank you Anna - love this helpful tip. I am faced...Thank you Anna - love this helpful tip. I am faced with this situation many times and often end up disliking my characters altogether... at times like that I go to and fro with the options and then choose the one that looks best to me if I were the reader. Would love your opinion on my latest guest post at http://bcreative.bkhush.com/dev/content/red-legerdemain#comment-23072Kritihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06827714509776261027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6856051844866086501.post-16907776878943027932011-03-15T12:04:35.244-08:002011-03-15T12:04:35.244-08:00Interesting! I like the way you solved the problem...Interesting! I like the way you solved the problem in your story. Perhaps letting them hash it out, in their own voices, was your way of letting them lead you in the direction they wanted to go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6856051844866086501.post-23472908668367841342011-03-15T11:57:21.236-08:002011-03-15T11:57:21.236-08:00A very clever way of getting through the decision ...A very clever way of getting through the decision making process, letting your characters sort it out and increase your word count. I normally leave the story, write some others and go back to it but I'll try this way next time. <br /><br />Thanks for sharing, Anna.Sarah Butlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04273012287632649177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6856051844866086501.post-81254661321099953582011-03-14T10:24:39.744-08:002011-03-14T10:24:39.744-08:00Good advice, one I use sometimes too. But sometime...Good advice, one I use sometimes too. But sometimes, hashing it through works too. I guess, it kinda depends on the character.Anna L. Wallshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00144458783329501190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6856051844866086501.post-28546443546824896182011-03-14T06:17:07.392-08:002011-03-14T06:17:07.392-08:00I usually leave it up to my characters to decide w...I usually leave it up to my characters to decide what to do. People (read here: some other authors) think I'm nuts when I say stuff like that, but ultimately, for me, these people live - at least until their story is told.<br /><br />An author who came to speak at my school when I was just starting secondary school gave a piece of advice that I have never forgotten:<br /><br />'If you find you're at a point where you, the narrator, can't move forward, walk away for a couple of days. By the time you sit down to write again, you'll have found that your characters have decided for you.'<br /><br />It has never failed to work.S.M. Carrièrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08568011755497760300noreply@blogger.com