tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718195565973839216.post3814533398909202078..comments2023-08-28T20:55:37.738+08:00Comments on Satima's Blogspot: The horns of a dilemmaSatima Flavellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17427849961195148899noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718195565973839216.post-10514489018589593632008-01-15T11:33:00.000+09:002008-01-15T11:33:00.000+09:00I have that problem with what I write also, Satima...I have that problem with what I write also, Satima. I get so involved with it then it starts to bore me then, I figure I may bore others. The problem is I have become to close to it so I have to put it away for awhile, maybe a long while.<BR/><BR/>Let it rest for awhile and go back to it in a month or a year. Then maybe then you will see what needs to be done to fix it.<BR/><BR/>Randi-LeeSilly Yak Taleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12415211565416274265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718195565973839216.post-32115800619282487772008-01-15T09:45:00.000+09:002008-01-15T09:45:00.000+09:00Thanks guys - good to see you back, Anudhara, Jo a...Thanks guys - good to see you back, Anudhara, Jo and Marilyn! Patty's post, I think, deserves a blog entry of its own - that schism between what the writer loves and what the market wants raises many vexing questions!Satima Flavellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17427849961195148899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718195565973839216.post-26102094211867129582008-01-15T01:56:00.000+09:002008-01-15T01:56:00.000+09:00Satima -- You are an experienced and talented writ...Satima -- You are an experienced and talented writer, therefore you will do what is right. It is, though, always a good idea to step away for a while and then to tackle the problem again. Best luck.<BR/>MarilynMarilyn Z. Tomlinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03393948791752045902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718195565973839216.post-52459285934149383802008-01-15T00:32:00.000+09:002008-01-15T00:32:00.000+09:00Happy New Year, I am now back to reading blogs. So...Happy New Year, I am now back to reading blogs. Sorry you are having so much trouble with your plot. Dick Francis wrote a story "Twice Shy" which is basically two stories in one with the bad guy hanging over from one story to the other. It worked. <BR/><BR/>Sorry about your Trojans, had PC probs myself lately too, ain't it a bugger??Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087140585742801854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718195565973839216.post-11916340274797161232008-01-14T11:02:00.000+09:002008-01-14T11:02:00.000+09:00Hi SatimaSorry to hear about the dastardly Trojan ...Hi Satima<BR/><BR/>Sorry to hear about the dastardly Trojan business! Glad you have got it sorted. Yes, what with Xmas and a new project (that I will blog soon) somehow my blogging activities came to a standstill. As regards your dillemma the only advice I can offer is just to keep writing. Your blog is a masterpiece in itself! All the best for 2008.anudhara rolphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17109294359031377073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718195565973839216.post-64250591506599652312008-01-13T20:31:00.000+09:002008-01-13T20:31:00.000+09:00Satima, you know what I think, so I won't elaborat...Satima, you know what I think, so I won't elaborate.<BR/><BR/>So... you've found out that The Story You Want To Tell isn't exciting readers?<BR/><BR/>Join the club. Been there, done that.<BR/><BR/>Now to get published, it is important that The Story You Want To Tell is relegated to the bottom drawer ASAP, and is allowed to occupy a special place in your heart and not in your writing efforts.<BR/><BR/>As we grow as writers, we grow up and move on. You can either adapt the story so it follows one set of characters all the way through and doesn't skip many years, or write a completely different story.<BR/><BR/>You've written a complete novel. Found there were some fundamental plot difficulties, which you don't see how to solve.<BR/><BR/>I'd say trunk it and move on with something totally new, self-contained and tightly-plotted. Then maybe come back to it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com