tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post2962115025690802987..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: Story FatigueJulia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-85020769182956712562007-11-28T12:41:00.000-05:002007-11-28T12:41:00.000-05:00It's so nice to have company.Paulo, I think it's i...It's so nice to have company.<BR/><BR/>Paulo, I think it's interesting that your spot happens so early in the book. Glad you can find a way through it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-44017276318915590652007-11-27T21:01:00.000-05:002007-11-27T21:01:00.000-05:00You know what I really love? The middle of a book....You know what I really love? The middle of a book. I don't understand people who talk about sagging middles and the muddle in the middle. The middle is where all the good stuff happens! Beginnings are harrowing, because you have so many things to accomplish and you know you could lose the reader at any time. Endings -- bleccch. (See my earlier post.) But the middle! I just love writing it.Sandra Parshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-29231604837312136452007-11-27T18:08:00.000-05:002007-11-27T18:08:00.000-05:00I think I have a similar experience at about chapt...I think I have a similar experience at about chapter four. The excitement of starting a new story has passed, and the recognition of how far there is to go looms. I start to wonder if the story is worth the effort. I grow resentful. I try to find ways to avoid working on it.<BR/><BR/>But then I push through and pick up some momentum somewhere, and then I pretty much sustain the pace until the endAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-28373284722687913512007-11-27T17:39:00.000-05:002007-11-27T17:39:00.000-05:00It really is like an exorcism. :)It really is like an exorcism. :)Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-64903638546115928212007-11-27T14:44:00.000-05:002007-11-27T14:44:00.000-05:00Bahwahahahaha! Sharon, I soooo understand this. ...Bahwahahahaha! Sharon, I soooo understand this. Same thing with my manuscripts. After a point I start thinking about burning them all and running off into the woods to hide. And NEVER writing another word. Sigh. Good thing you've figured a way out of it. I can't wait to read your next book. Hugs, Lonnie/glad to be in this with you as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-14536666270705962852007-11-27T14:26:00.000-05:002007-11-27T14:26:00.000-05:00Oh yeah, I hear all of this. Isn't it nice that we...Oh yeah, I hear all of this. Isn't it nice that we're all in this together!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-21933683071187819092007-11-27T14:14:00.000-05:002007-11-27T14:14:00.000-05:00You know, you could have just said, "The dog ate m...You know, you could have just said, "The dog ate my blog." We would have believed you! <BR/><BR/>I know just how you feel about writing the climax of a crime novel. I hate it, hate it, hate it. How to do it without sliding all the way down that muddy slope into a big disgusting pool of melodrama? I put it off until I can't put it off any longer. I get so sick of the characters that I'm ready to Sandra Parshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-37457361938227517462007-11-27T12:04:00.000-05:002007-11-27T12:04:00.000-05:00Sharon, that's the best "Please excuse my absence"...Sharon, that's the best "Please excuse my absence" note I've ever read, bar none. :)Elizabeth Zelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-41466688809249872852007-11-27T11:49:00.000-05:002007-11-27T11:49:00.000-05:00Oh Sharon, I know what you were feeling. There is...Oh Sharon, I know what you were feeling. There is always a point close to the end of a book where I decide that I would rather stand by the doors at Wal-mart and ask, "Would you like a cart?" So far I'm still here, but you never know. Congrats on getting over the hump.Sofie Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16830230500527705589noreply@blogger.com