tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545724276587519907.post4837538803630723395..comments2024-01-02T03:39:28.812+00:00Comments on All Write - Fiction Advice: Author IntrusionAllWriteFictionAdvicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03381125356850555606noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545724276587519907.post-35503062131743939132012-04-29T20:36:26.644+01:002012-04-29T20:36:26.644+01:00Been there and done it, I'm as guilty as anyon...Been there and done it, I'm as guilty as anyone, especially when I first started out. But like everything, spotting it comes with experience.AllWriteFictionAdvicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03381125356850555606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545724276587519907.post-48444915012802633242012-04-28T20:43:06.851+01:002012-04-28T20:43:06.851+01:00Oh, this DID make me laugh, liz - sorry!Oh, this DID make me laugh, liz - sorry!Sandra Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788472031698175632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545724276587519907.post-47668341163230240232012-04-28T18:11:56.019+01:002012-04-28T18:11:56.019+01:00It's easy to fall into this trap, though I see...It's easy to fall into this trap, though I seem to have gone to the other extreme. After I read something I'd written to my writers' circle last week, they asked me where on earth I got such an intimate knowledge of a paedophile's mind, and definitely looked at me a bit strangely.liz younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16289501717229347872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545724276587519907.post-55321685864822135302012-04-28T16:44:31.193+01:002012-04-28T16:44:31.193+01:00Ouch! and hands up - 'guilty' of giving a ...Ouch! and hands up - 'guilty' of giving a character an interest in/knowledge about art that I share! Done knowingly, with the intent to allow a conversation to take place, and referred to a couple of times later, to reinforce her interest. So, as I said, 'guilty' ... but it was only the once, and only a very small transgression, m'lud.<br />Thought-provoking set of points made here.<br />Oh - and excuse no. 2 - better to pad one character out with something I know about rather than something I don't and cannot be convincing about. :-)Sandra Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788472031698175632noreply@blogger.com