tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post3193399736486473132..comments2024-03-29T03:28:22.296-05:00Comments on Writing In The Crosshairs: I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU ... AUTHOR AND READERRoland D. Yeomanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-49735601719539758792012-09-30T08:50:09.173-05:002012-09-30T08:50:09.173-05:00Great excerpt -- you definitely know how to back u...Great excerpt -- you definitely know how to back up your writing advice!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-68091583759675533942012-09-29T10:55:59.587-05:002012-09-29T10:55:59.587-05:00Donna:
That means a lot coming from you. The cobwe...Donna:<br />That means a lot coming from you. The cobwebs on my ebooks means I have to find another way to get my novels to the attention of the world at large. Maybe Neil Gaiman will stumble across my blog and mention it? :-) Hey, I write fantasy! LOL.<br /><br />Shelly:<br />Thanks. May your weekend go the way you hope it will! :-)Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-26762271219774681282012-09-29T04:56:20.601-05:002012-09-29T04:56:20.601-05:00I like how you think.
Hugs and chocolate,
Shelly
...I like how you think.<br /><br />Hugs and chocolate,<br />Shelly<br /><br />http://www.shellysnovicewritings.blogspot.com/<br /><br />Tweeted and FB'd this.shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09596621767297173021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-42771051244880897682012-09-29T00:43:29.825-05:002012-09-29T00:43:29.825-05:00Roland, you really know how to attract a reader wi...Roland, you really know how to attract a reader with your covers, titles, and snippets of novels. You have some enticing tips and examples from your novels.<br /><br />.....dholedolorahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08715849844092553699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-78177626151929048252012-09-28T23:56:56.719-05:002012-09-28T23:56:56.719-05:00D.G.:
The title is the first thing the reader sees...D.G.:<br />The title is the first thing the reader sees and sometimes it is the last if it does not catch their fancy.<br /><br />Each page should have something that sparkles and gets the reader attention: a laugh, a great line of dialogue, an evocative description -- something that will make the reader say, "I want to read more of this!" For each page be that one random page that a browsing reader scans to decide whether or not to buy our book.<br /><br />Each chapter should end in such a way that the reader (or agent or editor) wants to continue on. Do not give the reader a convenient place to stop. :-)<br /><br />The Desert Rocks:<br />I pray that your intuition and instinct work for your novel. Each of our novels is like a message in a bottle we throw out into the ocean of book after book, hoping our message will reach the right eyes! :-)Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-13283626924845729192012-09-28T23:45:33.912-05:002012-09-28T23:45:33.912-05:00Well I like the intuitively suggestion and I think...Well I like the intuitively suggestion and I think that's what I did in my manuscript. Let's hope it works for me. :) Intangible Heartshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05047040538015079182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-29834323297163560572012-09-28T23:43:05.989-05:002012-09-28T23:43:05.989-05:00It's hard to deal with short attention spans.....It's hard to deal with short attention spans...<br /><br />Yes, a good title pulls them in, but do all readers have to be hooked, and then dragged through the book like the fisherman in the Old Man and the Sea? The first hook, yes, but every page could get annoying. Or are we talking tension on every page? A hook could cause tension...<br /><br />I get your point, Roland, and it's a good one to remember.D.G. Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213237734772028645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-40891190732099443712012-09-28T23:16:13.491-05:002012-09-28T23:16:13.491-05:00Gina:
What's even scarier is that each page mu...Gina:<br />What's even scarier is that each page must hook a new reader who picks up our book and thumbs to a random page to sample our prose! Ouch!! Thanks for visiting, RolandRoland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-11016999216527388652012-09-28T23:08:43.965-05:002012-09-28T23:08:43.965-05:00This is a really interesting post. I agree that re...This is a really interesting post. I agree that readers have to be hooked from the beginning.<br /><br />www.modernworld4.blogspot.comGina Gaohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09032273127593718883noreply@blogger.com