tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post3230554191587708022..comments2024-03-29T03:28:22.296-05:00Comments on Writing In The Crosshairs: BLOOD AND CHAMPAGNE_THE ART OF PACINGRoland D. Yeomanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-1528326745597994582017-02-28T11:27:45.558-06:002017-02-28T11:27:45.558-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12705832999318639021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-76326938329576222072016-09-07T23:58:54.476-05:002016-09-07T23:58:54.476-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.حاتم النجارhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13952405076615762292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-67122633692860118552016-09-07T23:48:48.526-05:002016-09-07T23:48:48.526-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.حاتم النجارhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13952405076615762292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-76367122198414589842016-09-07T23:34:24.022-05:002016-09-07T23:34:24.022-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.حاتم النجارhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13952405076615762292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-69352085572636250992016-09-07T23:26:55.027-05:002016-09-07T23:26:55.027-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.حاتم النجارhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13952405076615762292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-63405791166071378942016-09-07T23:10:07.456-05:002016-09-07T23:10:07.456-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.حاتم النجارhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13952405076615762292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-61414351314088918462015-03-22T23:27:04.407-05:002015-03-22T23:27:04.407-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06598590659722271687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-78129191108448098462014-05-31T05:06:20.447-05:002014-05-31T05:06:20.447-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.alaahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09103025237068048349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-22378282948225364632014-02-10T18:06:49.146-06:002014-02-10T18:06:49.146-06:00Came back to listen to Neil as I didn't have t...Came back to listen to Neil as I didn't have time before. I like what he says about 'you don't necessarily write a better book if you keep putting it off, you write a different one' at different stages of your life. D.G. Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213237734772028645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-63477360436761134052014-02-09T18:48:48.770-06:002014-02-09T18:48:48.770-06:00"...use shorter sentences when you want the r..."...use shorter sentences when you want the reader to react."<br /><br />Spot on, my friend. It's a technique used by all those whose work sits atop the best seller lists on routine.<br /><br />Great advice, Roland, as always.<br /><br />ElElliot Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06319271528871804399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-41735055350944910722014-02-09T17:43:31.580-06:002014-02-09T17:43:31.580-06:00Morgan:
Thanks for keeping me in your thoughts and...Morgan:<br />Thanks for keeping me in your thoughts and prayers. Yes, our novels must inhale and exhale or they will suffocate!<br /><br />Elephant's Child:<br />I've missed you. Hemingway wanted readers to come away with experiences not reflections I think. Ouch! His ghost just kicked me. :-)<br /><br />Neil is one of my literary heroes, too.<br /><br />Robyn:<br />If you keep faith, it keeps you. :-)<br /><br />We don't want to have our readers breathless! We have to take time to make readers care about our characters in peril else they will just yawn I'm afraid!<br /><br />D.G.:<br />My eyes are telling me to take your catnap advice! In this cyber age it is much easier to insert pages of prose to set the proper pace, isn't it?<br /><br />Wendy:<br />I'm a bit apprehensive but my times are in the Hand of the Father. Victor and Sam are much more heroic and brave than I am! LOL.Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-17342809121386620632014-02-09T16:51:20.058-06:002014-02-09T16:51:20.058-06:00Makes sense, Roland. Excellent post.
Hope you are...Makes sense, Roland. Excellent post.<br /><br />Hope you are okay?Just Wendy https://www.blogger.com/profile/05268645629027109282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-12991693433947742382014-02-09T16:37:38.196-06:002014-02-09T16:37:38.196-06:00Pacing is something I don't think about much u...Pacing is something I don't think about much until revisions. I see the gaps, then. <br /><br />Think like your previous cats, Roland, and have lots of catnaps to help that exhaustion. <br /><br />Neil is always welcome.D.G. Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213237734772028645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-6388890281291424702014-02-09T15:39:33.024-06:002014-02-09T15:39:33.024-06:00I don't consciously attend to pacing, so your ...I don't consciously attend to pacing, so your thoughts are very helpful. My writing tends to be bouncy/quick paced, but I now realize I've had problems when I've inadvertently slowed things down - to the detriment of my work. So, thank you, Roland. <br /><br />Keep faith.<br />Love and prayers to you, <br />xoRobynRawknrobyn.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15997241410192066577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-7342531408201512302014-02-09T15:03:57.088-06:002014-02-09T15:03:57.088-06:00Neil Gaiman is one of my heroes.
I wonder though.....Neil Gaiman is one of my heroes.<br />I wonder though... Hemingway was the master of short sentences. Did he want his readers to react rather than think, always. Thinking is what keeps me coming back.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-5947947855255760072014-02-09T14:18:41.320-06:002014-02-09T14:18:41.320-06:00Yes. Yes. Yes. Completely spot on, Roland. So very...Yes. Yes. Yes. Completely spot on, Roland. So very important to let the reader breath. And I think you mentioned the key word: Instinct. Writers need to trust their gut. All the answers are there. <br /><br />And I'm thinking about you! I hope you're dealing okay... lots of prayers your way. Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15747144518868320969noreply@blogger.com