tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217012316587200736.post4242879352942969785..comments2024-03-12T21:24:23.240-04:00Comments on Emily Bryan Romance: Confessions of a Closet PuzzlerEmilyBryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03542349086762747179noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217012316587200736.post-67654389123810436172010-07-21T12:25:08.353-04:002010-07-21T12:25:08.353-04:00I hear you :).I hear you :).Nynkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08810044360681034104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217012316587200736.post-22357583359443231402010-07-21T10:54:03.814-04:002010-07-21T10:54:03.814-04:00Nynke--Theme is a touchy subject. We always want o...Nynke--Theme is a touchy subject. We always want our writing to speak to something beyond the mechanics of the plot, but we don't want to be seen as preachy. <br /><br />My agent is big on having every scene relate back to the "big idea" in some way. She's probably right (she usually is!). The best stories are the ones that make us think about things in a new way.EmilyBryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03542349086762747179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217012316587200736.post-65395919043349115222010-07-21T10:51:02.098-04:002010-07-21T10:51:02.098-04:00Gillian--
Diana Gabaldon is a puzzler, but to me, ...Gillian--<br />Diana Gabaldon is a puzzler, but to me, her work flows linearly and seamlessly. <br /><br />Jayne Ann Krentz is a pantser, but her plots are so tight you could bounce a quarter off them. <br /><br />I guess you probably can't tell the process with the good ones.EmilyBryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03542349086762747179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217012316587200736.post-91723410401401670462010-07-21T10:49:15.452-04:002010-07-21T10:49:15.452-04:00Marcy--I don't know what it means. I've al...Marcy--I don't know what it means. I've always thought puzzlers were sort of "out there." I mean, how do they manage a decent character arc if they don't always know what's come before? Now I'm thinking that if the character is so deeply ingrained in my psyche, it doesn't matter what order the story first appears in. If another puzzle piece pops up and hits me, I'll somehow "know" what's come before and what must come after.EmilyBryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03542349086762747179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217012316587200736.post-352232705861916302010-07-21T09:58:36.682-04:002010-07-21T09:58:36.682-04:00That is so cool! Must feel really wonderful, shiny...That is so cool! Must feel really wonderful, shiny and new :).<br /><br />It's an interesting question, about what you can tell about the writing process as a reader... I don't think I've ever noticed anything in particular, except maybe when a story is very obviously trying to make some moral point, in which case I assume the author must have been plotting or layering. But they might have rewritten the story to make it look that way, of course ;).Nynkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08810044360681034104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217012316587200736.post-80372264144845020312010-07-20T23:30:33.812-04:002010-07-20T23:30:33.812-04:00Wow. I don't think I could tell anything from ...Wow. I don't think I could tell anything from what I've read, but I've never thought about it before, either. I will now! :)Gillian Laynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15772849187702478349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217012316587200736.post-2925057112377204562010-07-20T20:14:33.374-04:002010-07-20T20:14:33.374-04:00Isn't it a wonderful thing to find that we can...Isn't it a wonderful thing to find that we can still surprise ourselves ABOUT ourselves!?! What will this discovery mean for your writing in the future, I wonder? Will you become a pantser/puzzler ... or will some books be more one than the other? Having found that surprises can work leaves room for lots more ... I can't wait to see what happens next!! :-)Marcy Wnoreply@blogger.com