Comments on: SNAP TO

By: Brenna

Brenna — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:48:50 +0000

I actually never listen to advice. I did for a while and became so discouraged that I stopped writing. Then I realized they don’t know the story that is in my head they don’t know my characters and they don’t love it the way I love it. I am sorry, but I ignore most people now!

By: Janet Marie

Janet Marie — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:03:23 +0000

So true. If one listens to every advice given, which all seems to spur from Strunk and White, then one has nothing more than a skeleton of abrupt sentences and stiff characters. I know that from experience also.

Feel the pain!

By: Joyce

Joyce — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:09:55 +0000

Great post, Eden. Especially the point “if I don’t believe in my own work, no one is going to.”

Thanks for sharing.

By: Eden

Eden — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:41:56 +0000

I’ve been updating my blogs today, and I decided to post the prologue of Avalon on my Goodreads site.

If you’re interested, here’s the link:
http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/43068.The_Abandoned_Edge_of_Avalon

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:36:06 +0000

You have to be true to your voice. To your characters. To your story.

Any suggestions, are just that–suggestions. Each piece of advise are for you to decide if they enhance your story. If not, then leave it off. But if you have many people saying the same thing, you might want to reconsider.

But then again, it’s your story.

I usually rewrite it to see if the suggestion will be helpful, often times, I’ll like it, but not always.

This is a learning process, but be true to you and your story in the end.