tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post4722431182758347671..comments2024-02-05T10:41:31.777-05:00Comments on I Saw Lightning Fall: Riches in Red InkLoren Eatonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-55642408487540025772009-05-14T10:23:00.000-04:002009-05-14T10:23:00.000-04:00My favorite "Reverse MacGuffin" from the Dresden C...My favorite "Reverse MacGuffin" from <A HREF="http://dresdencodak.com/cartoons/dc_062.html" REL="nofollow">the Dresden Codak comic</A> is "necromancer solves case" under the "Mystery" section. The illustration rocks!Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-7719823221072255262009-05-14T09:06:00.000-04:002009-05-14T09:06:00.000-04:00MacGuffin- Hooray for Hitchcock!MacGuffin- Hooray for Hitchcock!B. Nagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620736939701035617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-21049642881147585512009-05-14T08:46:00.000-04:002009-05-14T08:46:00.000-04:00Hah! That's funny and instructive. Here are defs f...Hah! That's funny <I>and</I> instructive. Here are defs for some of the more technical terms:<br /><br />Peripeteia: "a sudden or unexpected reversal of circumstances or situation."<br /><br />Anagnorisis: "the point in the plot especially of a tragedy at which the protagonist recognizes his or her or some other character's true identity or discovers the true nature of his or her own situation."<br /><br />MacGuffin: "a plot element that catches the viewers' attention or drives the plot of a work of fiction."<br /><br />Also, I'd heard -- of course -- the term "hoisted by your own petard." I didn't know, though, that a petard was a bomb. Heh.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-74933524333250066772009-05-13T15:42:00.000-04:002009-05-13T15:42:00.000-04:00I can think of a popular fantasy writer of whose s...I can think of a popular fantasy writer of whose series I read only one, and it was full of deus ex machinas. I can think of a popular Sci Fi writer, and another of historical fiction who both had had expository lump problems. Haha.<br /><br />The dues ex machina reminded me of this. Perhaps some of you will 'get it' more than I did.<br />http://dresdencodak.com/cartoons/dc_062.htmlollwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09235752166509157510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-62299346219489476072009-05-11T13:40:00.000-04:002009-05-11T13:40:00.000-04:00It certainly helps with polishing a manuscript. Us...It certainly helps with polishing a manuscript. Usually when I get to that point with my own work, I'm burnt out and just want to be done with it.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-21282922650583480502009-05-11T01:08:00.000-04:002009-05-11T01:08:00.000-04:00I'd also like to add to the fact that editing lets...I'd also like to add to the fact that editing lets one improve something that one doesn't have to go to the work of creating. It's lazy man's writing!Chestertonian Ramblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01550643992523840950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-62653003489413708092009-05-10T09:01:00.000-04:002009-05-10T09:01:00.000-04:00Gee, thanks! Funny you should mention style. Back ...Gee, thanks! Funny you should mention style. Back when I was fresh out of college, an editor kept complaining that my style was "too academic." That frustrated me, because I thought his was too colloquial. It's hard to claim the middle ground.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-8868038868169178352009-05-08T18:36:00.000-04:002009-05-08T18:36:00.000-04:00I really do envy your writing style. I veer betwee...I really do envy your writing style. I veer between the conversational and the overly-academic. And I've found that critiquing/peer-reviewing really does help both parties in the end.B. Nagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620736939701035617noreply@blogger.com