tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post198916266640062818..comments2024-03-29T03:28:22.296-05:00Comments on Writing In The Crosshairs: RULES TO WRITING_RAYMOND CHANDLER, GHOST, HERERoland D. Yeomanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-43863211346056755422012-08-26T10:08:50.026-05:002012-08-26T10:08:50.026-05:00Always enjoy a visit with your ghost friends Rolan...Always enjoy a visit with your ghost friends Roland. Hope you enjoy your Sunday, you don't have to work on Sunday do you? I suppose you do since the need for rare blood follows no calendar. Anyways, good advise :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04218651886143284455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-42819076861290473612012-08-26T09:45:23.885-05:002012-08-26T09:45:23.885-05:00Milo:
Each moment we struggle against the inertia ...Milo:<br />Each moment we struggle against the inertia of "fitting in" of copying to blend in with the crowd. Authors need to focus on the reader who wants to dream, to live that dream. Thanks for visiting and staying to talk awhile, RolandRoland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-11698849426268066162012-08-26T08:38:06.192-05:002012-08-26T08:38:06.192-05:00Great advice, Roland, particularly the part about ...Great advice, Roland, particularly the part about being original: "Be yourself. But a self that grows each day." I like it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-24155960076968344542012-08-26T07:36:07.044-05:002012-08-26T07:36:07.044-05:00Kitty:
Writing rules are the stars that guide us o...Kitty:<br />Writing rules are the stars that guide us over the vast ocean of prose. We never can touch them, but we chart our course by them. :-) <br /><br />If the ghost of HP Lovecraft went with Chandler & Hemingway, my supervisor may never be the same ... or sane! LOL.<br /><br />Alex:<br />It is Hemingway's rule but it jives with a statistic from psychological studies: 85% of all romantic relationships end badly for one or both parties. It is a percentage that never varies from study to study. <br /><br />So any romance has only a 15% chance for success. That is still better than most gaming tables at Vegas though!<br /><br />Your new motto sounds like Elmore Leonard's rule: cut out the boring stuff! LOL.<br /><br />Shelly:<br />Thanks for the kind words. Yes, life has a way of hitting from the blind side! :-) Roland<br /><br />Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-71665243019108320822012-08-26T07:08:22.670-05:002012-08-26T07:08:22.670-05:00Awesome post! Not every story ends happily. Especi...Awesome post! Not every story ends happily. Especially in real life.<br /><br />Hugs and chocolate,<br />Shelly<br />http://secondhandshoesnovel.blogspot.com/<br />http://www.shellysnovicewritings.blogspot.com/shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09596621767297173021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-84632994901601089342012-08-26T07:02:44.774-05:002012-08-26T07:02:44.774-05:00What's wrong with a happy ending for lovers?
G...What's wrong with a happy ending for lovers?<br />Good rules for writing. You know the only thing I would add. "Thou shalt not suck." Think that's my new motto. Need to make a badge for it...Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-52459120824734682912012-08-26T06:32:52.342-05:002012-08-26T06:32:52.342-05:00I hope you and Hemmingway do have a quiet word or ...I hope you and Hemmingway do have a quiet word or ten with Roland's supervisor. Ahem.<br /><br />I like writerly rules - only because I am too lazy and unfocused and rules do ground me a little. Only just! <br /><br />As for rules of love... poor Victor and Alice!<br /><br />Take care<br />xOld Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13185547869183611159noreply@blogger.com