Comments on: pacing http://www.julie-cohen.com/blog/2007/03/01/pacing/ a writer in search of zen-like clam Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:24:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Julie http://www.julie-cohen.com/blog/2007/03/01/pacing/comment-page-1/#comment-9393 Julie Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:36:08 +0000 http://www.julie-cohen.com/blog/2007/03/01/pacing/#comment-9393 They certainly are not conjured Lynne! Lots of sweat, effort, and my telling myself I suck. I started this blog precisely so I could look back over how I write, and remind myself that the lows are balanced out by the highs! Pip, I must try JL's cakes. Liz, you're right, it's fun to write first person, but you do get stuck in that head. Michelle...yup. Just write. The best advice ever. They certainly are not conjured Lynne! Lots of sweat, effort, and my telling myself I suck.

I started this blog precisely so I could look back over how I write, and remind myself that the lows are balanced out by the highs!

Pip, I must try JL’s cakes.

Liz, you’re right, it’s fun to write first person, but you do get stuck in that head.

Michelle…yup. Just write. The best advice ever.

]]> By: Lynne http://www.julie-cohen.com/blog/2007/03/01/pacing/comment-page-1/#comment-9383 Lynne Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:14:01 +0000 http://www.julie-cohen.com/blog/2007/03/01/pacing/#comment-9383 It's good to hear you've problems Julie, not because I want you to have problems, but because I've invariably got something similar, or similar in depth if not content, and it's so lovely to read your finished work and you'd just never tell it gave you any difficulties at all. They read like the were conjoured out of thin air straight into the magial stories they are. I'm sure this one will too. I'm really enjoying Driving Him Wild at present. Do you ever look back at your old writing blog and remember that journey? Lynne. It’s good to hear you’ve problems Julie, not because I want you to have problems, but because I’ve invariably got something similar, or similar in depth if not content, and it’s so lovely to read your finished work and you’d just never tell it gave you any difficulties at all. They read like the were conjoured out of thin air straight into the magial stories they are. I’m sure this one will too.
I’m really enjoying Driving Him Wild at present.
Do you ever look back at your old writing blog and remember that journey?
Lynne.

]]> By: Phillipa Ashley http://www.julie-cohen.com/blog/2007/03/01/pacing/comment-page-1/#comment-9344 Phillipa Ashley Sun, 04 Mar 2007 15:50:07 +0000 http://www.julie-cohen.com/blog/2007/03/01/pacing/#comment-9344 It'll be alright on the night Julie... (says she, who has the crows right on her head at the moment). I like John Lewis too as they have nice cakes. It’ll be alright on the night Julie… (says she, who has the crows right on her head at the moment). I like John Lewis too as they have nice cakes.

]]> By: Liz Fielding http://www.julie-cohen.com/blog/2007/03/01/pacing/comment-page-1/#comment-9330 Liz Fielding Sat, 03 Mar 2007 18:17:10 +0000 http://www.julie-cohen.com/blog/2007/03/01/pacing/#comment-9330 I can't help you wish writing advice -- I don't know how I do it -- but I clearly remember the downside of writing first person is that when you write yourself into a corner you can't just move the action across town to find out what the hero is doing. But I still loved doing it. Good luck! Liz I can’t help you wish writing advice — I don’t know how I do it — but I clearly remember the downside of writing first person is that when you write yourself into a corner you can’t just move the action across town to find out what the hero is doing.

But I still loved doing it. Good luck!

Liz

]]> By: Michelle Styles http://www.julie-cohen.com/blog/2007/03/01/pacing/comment-page-1/#comment-9308 Michelle Styles Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:34:56 +0000 http://www.julie-cohen.com/blog/2007/03/01/pacing/#comment-9308 Just write the book. Trust your instinct. Then when you are finished, you can go back and make sure everything is okay -- and the balance is correct. BUT right now, you simply needto write. Says she with a deadline at the end of the month and the book 2/3 written. Just write the book. Trust your instinct. Then when you are finished, you can go back and make sure everything is okay — and the balance is correct. BUT right now, you simply needto write. Says she with a deadline at the end of the month and the book 2/3 written.

]]> By: Julie http://www.julie-cohen.com/blog/2007/03/01/pacing/comment-page-1/#comment-9302 Julie Fri, 02 Mar 2007 09:17:55 +0000 http://www.julie-cohen.com/blog/2007/03/01/pacing/#comment-9302 That is sound structural advice, Jess. The thing is, that the whole reason for the plot strand is to give the heroine an insight into her own emotions that she'll need at the end of the book. I just can't figure out how much space to give it. Argh! Maybe you're right--three-quarters of the way is the place. That is sound structural advice, Jess. The thing is, that the whole reason for the plot strand is to give the heroine an insight into her own emotions that she’ll need at the end of the book. I just can’t figure out how much space to give it. Argh!

Maybe you’re right–three-quarters of the way is the place.

]]> By: Jessica Raymond http://www.julie-cohen.com/blog/2007/03/01/pacing/comment-page-1/#comment-9301 Jessica Raymond Fri, 02 Mar 2007 09:14:52 +0000 http://www.julie-cohen.com/blog/2007/03/01/pacing/#comment-9301 Writing a la JK Rowling, I like it :) Maybe you could wrap up the plot strand that you're not sure what to do with at a midway/three-quarters point where the pacing dips a little? Just a thought, feel free to ignore... Jess x Writing a la JK Rowling, I like it :)

Maybe you could wrap up the plot strand that you’re not sure what to do with at a midway/three-quarters point where the pacing dips a little? Just a thought, feel free to ignore…

Jess x

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