tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545724276587519907.post3744526860148271460..comments2024-01-02T03:39:28.812+00:00Comments on All Write - Fiction Advice: Suspending Disbelief for Readers – Part 1AllWriteFictionAdvicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03381125356850555606noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545724276587519907.post-74379302772155054652013-10-13T05:22:37.722+01:002013-10-13T05:22:37.722+01:00I find writing believable dialogue to be incredibl...I find writing believable dialogue to be incredibly difficult. I can describe a scene in detail with no issue... but every time I try to write dialogue it just seem so awkward.... When it comes to writing believable stories I will say that I prefer to write stories that are set in the future... the future hasn't happened yet... anything can happen and nothing is wrong. Stories set in the past/present have to take care to be factually accurate. I look forward to part 2... especially the part about sub plots... I love sub plots... but they are so hard to keep straight...:)Shttp://fillingblankpages.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545724276587519907.post-41190089238334119522013-10-07T20:55:39.470+01:002013-10-07T20:55:39.470+01:00Yes. There were in the 60's exceptions - such ...Yes. There were in the 60's exceptions - such as Hershey or Woolworth, but these were mainly dynastic. Oh the irony of publishers - one of the areas where women, in general, were prevalent in management very early.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551500423260367605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545724276587519907.post-52026604109467644202013-10-07T15:17:44.645+01:002013-10-07T15:17:44.645+01:00That's a fantastic way of ensuring your charac...That's a fantastic way of ensuring your characters are as real as possible, and a good way to explore character flaws and plot holes. Fab idea.AllWriteFictionAdvicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03381125356850555606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545724276587519907.post-42487745229353048052013-10-07T05:58:03.779+01:002013-10-07T05:58:03.779+01:00One of mine and my friends' rituals to writing...One of mine and my friends' rituals to writing is to question each others' stories until all questions have been answered and / or explained. It's almost like a game to us. If I create a character, I like my friends to pick him apart. Question me over everything about him and if I can't answer something about him or something doesn't add up, then I know that's the area I need to fix. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06300157582728399089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545724276587519907.post-61192766022236976612013-10-06T21:10:11.114+01:002013-10-06T21:10:11.114+01:00Excellent examples, Bryn. Especially the last one...Excellent examples, Bryn. Especially the last one. Even up until recently, a woman in charge of a major organisation, and intelligent with it, would still make publishers balk!AllWriteFictionAdvicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03381125356850555606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545724276587519907.post-81094305698429210412013-10-06T04:33:19.855+01:002013-10-06T04:33:19.855+01:00I think there are expectations when we read litera...I think there are expectations when we read literature that was written in the 18th, 19th or early 20th century that morals values and beliefs may have been different. This may apply to Sci-Fi too.<br /><br />It becomes more difficult when pushing against prevailing 'mind sets' in the current day. For example if a novel was published in the 1950's where one of the major characters was a white British Police / Military Officer and regularly tortured Mau Mau suspects and prisoners, maybe there'd have been cries that the fiction was incredible because of that. Today, we know differently. Zoom forward to Iraq, Afghanistan...<br /><br />A woman in charge of a major multinational UK or US corporate in the 1960s? Exceptional. Today?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551500423260367605noreply@blogger.com