tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869527318255268135.post9161948328452041652..comments2023-07-30T01:32:13.498-07:00Comments on Jodi Henley: Multiple POV aka write-tightAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14553958040386480998noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869527318255268135.post-9618530635448703982008-10-01T16:57:00.000-07:002008-10-01T16:57:00.000-07:00I agree that writing tightly, i.e. concisely, is v...I agree that writing tightly, i.e. concisely, is very important, but when you condense what you have written so much that the reader is trying in vain to figure out what you are talking about, then you have exceeded the realm of good writing.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps I was not cut out to be a writer, for I had trouble following a cogent trail, even though I already understood all these points you seemed to be making.<BR/><BR/>Sorry.Dan M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16104749111576819413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869527318255268135.post-18578619751246359772008-10-01T16:52:00.000-07:002008-10-01T16:52:00.000-07:00I agree that writing tightly, i.e. concisely, is v...I agree that writing tightly, i.e. concisely, is very important, but when you condense what you have written so much that the reader is trying in vain to figure out what you are talking about, then you have exceeded the realm of good writing.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps I was not cut out to be a writer, for I had trouble following a cogent trail, even though I already understood all these points you seemed to be making.<BR/><BR/>Sorry.Dan M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16104749111576819413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869527318255268135.post-70277695999967223782008-05-30T22:59:00.000-07:002008-05-30T22:59:00.000-07:00Jeanna. LOL!sighJeanna. LOL!<BR/><BR/><I>sigh</I>Unhingedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08299084905191628448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869527318255268135.post-85306665386822816502008-05-30T21:10:00.000-07:002008-05-30T21:10:00.000-07:00There must be some similarities between romance wr...There must be some similarities between romance writing and soaps, no?Jeannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13823269912693006949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869527318255268135.post-11743620515792140592008-05-30T20:29:00.000-07:002008-05-30T20:29:00.000-07:00lol, you'll get me doing that too. *sigh*lol, you'll get me doing that too. <BR/><BR/>*sigh*Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14553958040386480998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869527318255268135.post-60781479163559042212008-05-30T18:56:00.000-07:002008-05-30T18:56:00.000-07:00(From now on, I'm going to end every post with a s...(From now on, I'm going to end every post with a sigh.)<BR/><BR/>Hah, hah, hah, hah!<BR/><BR/><I>sigh</I>Unhingedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08299084905191628448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869527318255268135.post-6380308151975875922008-05-30T18:55:00.000-07:002008-05-30T18:55:00.000-07:00Well, I'm primarily a ROMANCE writer who'd like a ...Well, I'm primarily a ROMANCE writer who'd like a STRONG PLOT to be #3 in a character-driven story. H/h, then the plot.<BR/><BR/>Two main point of views.<BR/><BR/>Fringe pov thrown in when necessary, but not often.<BR/><BR/>No more, no more, no more. Because of my two-cell brain and all, yanno.<BR/><BR/>I know this because one of my favorite writers keeps dropping me out of one pair's story to continue along another's. It frustrates me, but I keep reading. <BR/><BR/><I>sigh</I>Unhingedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08299084905191628448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869527318255268135.post-88902015388064289072008-05-30T11:33:00.000-07:002008-05-30T11:33:00.000-07:00Jeanna, when Victor grew too old for Nikki in the ...Jeanna, when Victor grew too old for Nikki in the Young and the Restless, I was sad for weeks. :(<BR/><BR/>(ignore me, Alice. I'm pontificating :)<BR/><BR/>If it's needed, it's needed. I know you don't have cat-pov, lol.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14553958040386480998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869527318255268135.post-78542468985037299842008-05-30T11:10:00.000-07:002008-05-30T11:10:00.000-07:00Sometimes coming up with the right material in the...Sometimes coming up with the right material in the right way is instinctive, but a lot of the time it isn't. Sometimes the story - which is not the same thing as plot - isn't clear enough to know which POV's are important and which aren't.<BR/><BR/>Is Boe Foley needed? I think so. Without him it would be a radically different book. But he wasn't in the rough draft.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869527318255268135.post-25157592112771686442008-05-30T11:09:00.000-07:002008-05-30T11:09:00.000-07:00Oh, don't assume. At least in my case. Must go wat...Oh, don't assume. At least in my case. Must go watch soaps now.Jeannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13823269912693006949noreply@blogger.com