tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640755272364792151.post4361530863702022569..comments2024-03-15T13:33:48.878-04:00Comments on The Shellshank Redemption . . . : Motivational MondayMadeline Mora-Summontehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05529397293165046430noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640755272364792151.post-32763549440510403992015-11-11T13:10:23.295-05:002015-11-11T13:10:23.295-05:00Nah, your writerly heart is back...just in time to...Nah, your writerly heart is back...just in time to get ripped out again. :)Madeline Mora-Summontehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05529397293165046430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640755272364792151.post-63468739155249621602015-11-11T13:09:40.864-05:002015-11-11T13:09:40.864-05:00That is the worst feeling. And it's kind of th...That is the worst feeling. And it's kind of the best, too, in a weird, writerly way. :)Madeline Mora-Summontehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05529397293165046430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640755272364792151.post-87873603410526687512015-11-11T12:17:58.071-05:002015-11-11T12:17:58.071-05:00That's awesome. I totally hear you though. My ...That's awesome. I totally hear you though. My editor made me do some pretty mean things to my characters in my last book and it pretty much ripped my heart out. So if I'm writing the next one without a heart, now you know why. ;)Crystal Collierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03912469552483168148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640755272364792151.post-88414070791213563552015-11-11T12:06:47.136-05:002015-11-11T12:06:47.136-05:00I love this. It really is true! I had a time whe...I love this. It really is true! I had a time when I knew I had to kill off a character. It took me two weeks to sit down and do it because I knew how much it was going to hurt me. I finally did it...and cried.Lizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16170701034715108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640755272364792151.post-30061615467058589762015-11-11T08:02:48.056-05:002015-11-11T08:02:48.056-05:00Glad you liked it, S. K.! :)Glad you liked it, S. K.! :)Madeline Mora-Summontehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05529397293165046430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640755272364792151.post-29349109537044737682015-11-10T21:02:25.399-05:002015-11-10T21:02:25.399-05:00This is fantastic!!! And so true. LOVE it!!!! . . ...This is fantastic!!! And so true. LOVE it!!!! . . . I'm also feeling a bit emotional right now o_OSK Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04601373778228160390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640755272364792151.post-85628491017896083062015-11-10T19:31:22.054-05:002015-11-10T19:31:22.054-05:00Oh yes, I know that feeling well!Oh yes, I know that feeling well!Madeline Mora-Summontehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05529397293165046430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640755272364792151.post-7313024597468833372015-11-10T18:35:13.124-05:002015-11-10T18:35:13.124-05:00I've never cried with my characters, but I kno...I've never cried with my characters, but I know when I finish a book, I am bereft, lonely, and missing them.sailingawayng@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16795425342973952298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640755272364792151.post-75304466797551661402015-11-10T14:16:36.583-05:002015-11-10T14:16:36.583-05:00It definitely sounds like you got the words right....It definitely sounds like you got the words right. Well done! :)Madeline Mora-Summontehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05529397293165046430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640755272364792151.post-56861172220378695472015-11-10T14:16:09.481-05:002015-11-10T14:16:09.481-05:00:):)Madeline Mora-Summontehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05529397293165046430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640755272364792151.post-60651719552638059402015-11-10T14:07:06.391-05:002015-11-10T14:07:06.391-05:00I love that your husband knows that. :) That's...I love that your husband knows that. :) That's cool. I had a sense of overwhelming sorrow while writing a scene at a writer's conference this weekend and held back tears, which made a few other attendees look at me oddly . . . but how could I help it? I actually wrote a scene that made me want to cry. It doesn't happen often, but when it does, I know I got the words right.Tyrean Martinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15356604721537744361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640755272364792151.post-27743643909266811982015-11-10T13:42:46.990-05:002015-11-10T13:42:46.990-05:00Nice, and very true. ;-)
Anna from Elements of W...Nice, and very true. ;-)<br /><br /><a href="http://emaginette.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow"> Anna from Elements of Writing</a>emaginettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03324981140248692448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640755272364792151.post-33552706001512641762015-11-10T07:51:54.701-05:002015-11-10T07:51:54.701-05:00Don't rush it! The stories, the characters, et...Don't rush it! The stories, the characters, etc will arrive when they're ready. :)Madeline Mora-Summontehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05529397293165046430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640755272364792151.post-65101672941973202742015-11-10T07:51:11.080-05:002015-11-10T07:51:11.080-05:00You're on Planet Writing. :)You're on Planet Writing. :)Madeline Mora-Summontehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05529397293165046430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640755272364792151.post-75244047274785880622015-11-10T07:50:38.494-05:002015-11-10T07:50:38.494-05:00Great point! I find that happens more for me with ...Great point! I find that happens more for me with scary/tense scenes rather than emotional ones, like heartbreak, sorrow etc. I think the scary scene is dull, but readers freak out. They didn't know what was going to happen next, but I'd been through those sections over and over and over.... :)Madeline Mora-Summontehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05529397293165046430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640755272364792151.post-48908269483502378492015-11-10T07:47:29.051-05:002015-11-10T07:47:29.051-05:00Yes, now he knows better - he just hands me the ti...Yes, now he knows better - he just hands me the tissues and leaves me to it. :)Madeline Mora-Summontehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05529397293165046430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640755272364792151.post-28132332170295329472015-11-10T07:46:24.049-05:002015-11-10T07:46:24.049-05:00That really is one of the best moments!That really is one of the best moments!Madeline Mora-Summontehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05529397293165046430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640755272364792151.post-39537854310844146062015-11-10T07:46:00.338-05:002015-11-10T07:46:00.338-05:00I love that, Chrys - we give them our emotions, th...I love that, Chrys - we give them our emotions, they give us theirs. Madeline Mora-Summontehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05529397293165046430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640755272364792151.post-50113336905159302682015-11-10T06:45:32.159-05:002015-11-10T06:45:32.159-05:00That must have been a wonderful writing session. A...That must have been a wonderful writing session. At the moment I'm crying because I haven't written anything:) Have a great week. Murees Dupèhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11781339206465690961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640755272364792151.post-21072241206127747322015-11-10T04:34:12.300-05:002015-11-10T04:34:12.300-05:00Whenever my husband sees me staring off in space h...Whenever my husband sees me staring off in space he asks me what planet I'm on. I suppose that would sound weird to everyone else but a writer. :)Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640755272364792151.post-1694461819625921032015-11-10T01:01:53.316-05:002015-11-10T01:01:53.316-05:00True, although I was once bored to death while I s...True, although I was once bored to death while I slogged through one section of a novel. I was terrified that my boredom meant that the book would bore others. <br /><br />As it turned out, I was bored because I knew what I needed to write--the mystery was gone for me. It is still some of the very best writing I've ever produced.J.H. Moncrieffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18045467689291025137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640755272364792151.post-2616557672463260872015-11-09T23:18:42.782-05:002015-11-09T23:18:42.782-05:00I have to laugh at the image of your poor husband ...I have to laugh at the image of your poor husband discovering you at the laptop that way. Powerful words. I love when I have a powerful reaction to my writing.Shannon Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934641808195675935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640755272364792151.post-15443614919678414962015-11-09T22:19:01.034-05:002015-11-09T22:19:01.034-05:00Excellent quote! So true. When I read my work and ...Excellent quote! So true. When I read my work and get goosebumps (the happy kind), I know I've done my job :)alexiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07122487552931794871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640755272364792151.post-53641416827755304612015-11-09T20:35:39.425-05:002015-11-09T20:35:39.425-05:00I have cried for my chatacters. And laughed with t...I have cried for my chatacters. And laughed with them. And hoped and dreamed with them. They give me their emotions, and I give them mine. Chrys Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955009490266358041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640755272364792151.post-80618948049154672582015-11-09T15:25:01.789-05:002015-11-09T15:25:01.789-05:00It's kind of like how you shouldn't go to ...It's kind of like how you shouldn't go to the grocery store when you're hungry - we shouldn't let our characters be chowing down at a buffet when we're hungry either. :)Madeline Mora-Summontehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05529397293165046430noreply@blogger.com