tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869527318255268135.post8252476562006150881..comments2023-07-30T01:32:13.498-07:00Comments on Jodi Henley: Stuff about openings, hooks and random odds and ends...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14553958040386480998noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869527318255268135.post-86972002272889474812009-09-11T20:49:49.492-07:002009-09-11T20:49:49.492-07:00Huh. I have a difficult time with openings, as yo...Huh. I have a difficult time with openings, as you know.<br />I'm guilty of EVERY one of those no nos.Jennifer McKenziehttp://jenniferleeland.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869527318255268135.post-72031155234609952582009-09-11T16:13:40.191-07:002009-09-11T16:13:40.191-07:00Thank you, Julia. Maybe I'm better when I'...Thank you, Julia. Maybe I'm better when I'm grogged up on co-tylenol. :)<br /><br />You know, Kaige? I'm still dragging, but the entire state of WA is like a mini petri dish, everyone cooking up flu strains and mutated strains and...it makes me queasy everytime someone coughs near me.<br /><br />Deanna, of course, "okay?" :)<br /><br />lol, Unhingey--I like that you make me think, because I can immediately think of keeper books I have that aren't very well thought out, but the voice kept me reading. Or plot driven books where the voice kept me reading.<br /><br />like The Crystal Gryphon by Andre Norton. Love her voice. It's kind of a goofy plot, though.<br /><br />And any of the Clive Cusslers. Sometimes I wonder what Dirk is doing in those books, but Cussler's voice is just cool.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14553958040386480998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869527318255268135.post-42200773312463472532009-09-11T14:25:22.089-07:002009-09-11T14:25:22.089-07:00I can’t wait to read the examples, either!
What h...I can’t wait to read the examples, either!<br /><br />What hooks me first and foremost is voice. Next would be characters I can like and/or identify with; AND an immediate reason to keep me reading. I’ve read character-driven stories with weak plots, and I’ve read plot-driven stories with characters who keep me at arm’s length—but only because I liked the writer’s voice enough to do so.<br /><br />I’m too lazy to go after examples. Besides, I’m sure you know what I mean anyway, lol.Unhingedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08299084905191628448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869527318255268135.post-29761354850108028962009-09-11T11:47:58.117-07:002009-09-11T11:47:58.117-07:00I hope you get to rest some.
"I'm a writ...I hope you get to rest some.<br /><br />"I'm a writer. My imagination is vivid enough." I really relate to that, and I may quote you on it somewhere. Okay? :o)deannahttp://deannahershiser.com/stories-glimmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869527318255268135.post-9258444432038152582009-09-11T09:22:32.897-07:002009-09-11T09:22:32.897-07:00I can never get past page one of an Anne Rice book...I can never get past page one of an Anne Rice book. Never. I suspect it's voice/style that holds me back, but to me it's just unreadable.<br /><br />I bought into the buzz around Tessa Dare's new trilogy. However, she grabbed me in both openings and held on tight. Her sense of humor was a big part of it, but just wondering why the character is there and what's going to happen next. Now, to figure out how to find these kinds of openings without chopping off the first three chapters ;)<br /><br />Glad you're feeling better, but when I had the flu in June it was a good two weeks or more before I felt like I was really over it and not exhausted any more.Kaigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270810534361827959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869527318255268135.post-16573331761794259182009-09-11T07:19:45.888-07:002009-09-11T07:19:45.888-07:00Ooo - I can't wait to see your four opening st...Ooo - I can't wait to see your four opening styles. Love that idea.Julia Phillips Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15392455413201190775noreply@blogger.com