tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post5182334926150282390..comments2024-03-04T03:40:11.172-05:00Comments on No rules. Just write.: Writing with my eyes openBrenda Coulterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13528691681455659296noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-91955923984349469852008-06-11T15:11:00.000-04:002008-06-11T15:11:00.000-04:00My dad goes to auctions all the time. Maybe I'll a...My dad goes to auctions all the time. Maybe I'll ask him to keep his eyes open for some plant stands. Thanks for the idea.Pilgrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13263860830512792429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-54171399462200703782008-05-28T15:44:00.000-04:002008-05-28T15:44:00.000-04:00A.L., I've heard a lot of writers say it's a good ...A.L., I've heard a lot of writers say it's a good idea to read your dialogue out loud. But that's no help because like you, I can read something out loud and not even hear it.<BR/><BR/>Amy Jane, you're absolutely right. "Novel" should be a verb.<BR/><BR/>Julana, my husband found our three Victorian-ish wrought-iron plant stands at an auction. He probably paid ten bucks or less for the one you see in that photo--and I like it way better than anything I've seen at Smith and Hawken.Brenda Coulterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528691681455659296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-26848769287439983092008-05-28T12:14:00.000-04:002008-05-28T12:14:00.000-04:00Now I want to go shopping, for plants and a plant ...Now I want to go shopping, for plants and a plant stand. :-)Pilgrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13263860830512792429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-36603847586077937092008-05-27T12:00:00.000-04:002008-05-27T12:00:00.000-04:00Two things: At my first writers' conference the le...Two things: <BR/><BR/>At my first writers' conference the leader (a poet, so that doesn't answer your protestation) suggested writing with a towel over the screen.<BR/><BR/>I'm a novelist (albiet pre-published) and I'm not sure where I look (I'll have to think about it next time I'm actually noveling.) I <I>think</I> I look at my hands.<BR/><BR/>As if I didn't know where to put my fingers (which children-on-my-lap prove I do).<BR/><BR/>I think I find the movement vaguely hypnotic and allow my mind to "space" that much more to visualize the scene I'm trying to write fast enough to capture.<BR/><BR/>I tried it just now, and *yes* the words popping up are *distracting*!<BR/><BR/> I think it's because what I see are the words that have already left my mind, and re-reading them slows me down by taking me back to what I've already processed.Amy Jane (Untangling Tales)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17781603642364189037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-30000206933553668412008-05-23T20:38:00.000-04:002008-05-23T20:38:00.000-04:00That's so funny. I'm a novelist, but I enjoy watc...That's so funny. I'm a novelist, but I enjoy watching my words pop up like magic. Maybe it's because I'm not really looking at the screen, but at the movie playing in my head...<BR/> I've also discovered that I can be reading my book out-loud, do a good job of it, and all the while be thinking of other stuff. See, you're not all that odd (maybe it just comes with the job)!<BR/>A.L. Travis<BR/>Author of The Pillar of Light: The Legends of Milana Series<BR/>www.altravis.webs.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15117550428507676623noreply@blogger.com