tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-865657457488610097.post8708866781372305205..comments2023-06-01T13:58:49.200-05:00Comments on Philosophy of Romance: Why the Devil Wants You to be a PantsterVincehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12707773426729777989noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-865657457488610097.post-33317785101657310882010-07-15T20:27:45.177-05:002010-07-15T20:27:45.177-05:00You are such a character. Admirable too.You are such a character. Admirable too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-865657457488610097.post-45379757189235374992010-07-15T00:19:30.341-05:002010-07-15T00:19:30.341-05:00Hi Tina:
I see it as a form of admiration -- very...Hi Tina:<br /><br />I see it as a form of admiration -- very similar to the way I admire your amazing posts weekend after weekend. I just love witty creativity. I can’t help it. : )<br /><br />VinceVincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12707773426729777989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-865657457488610097.post-20443779717988268802010-07-14T21:37:03.072-05:002010-07-14T21:37:03.072-05:00cough, cough...[kissup]cough, cough...[kissup]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-865657457488610097.post-34181275499132532552010-07-14T09:02:12.523-05:002010-07-14T09:02:12.523-05:00Hi Ruth:
You're the greatest! I think y...Hi Ruth:<br /><br /> You're the greatest! I think you could write anything, anyway you wanted to, and it would get at least four stars!<br /><br /> I agree: everybody should keep writing. I don't want to take anyone away from their writing. Especially pantsters! What’s that about an ‘idle something’ being the Devil’s workshop – or was that about a workshop on plotting? I’m not sure. I’ll have to look at my outline. : ) <br /><br />VinceVincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12707773426729777989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-865657457488610097.post-39856729168643390892010-07-14T04:37:54.756-05:002010-07-14T04:37:54.756-05:00Oh mylanta!
All this talk, so much talk, about su...Oh mylanta!<br /><br />All this talk, so much talk, about such things as pantsing, not pantsing, plotting, not plotting, Mets, Red Sox....<br /><br />Oy vey, I have such a head!!! <br /><br />You all hush, be quiet now, we'll have no more of this talk, this nonsense, this arguing before supper! You'll get agita, you've already given me agita, and I'm not even Italian. Or Jewish, Or from Brooklyn.<br /><br />Vince, Vince, Vince, my friend, you see, you get my friends all up in arms, they are now plotting...<br /><br />Ah, yes....<br /><br />But it's your demise, my good friend. ;)<br /><br />Not their books!!!<br /><br />As another pantser, I'm totally on the "who on earth takes time to sit down and plot a book OR reads books about writing books????"<br /><br />Write. Write. Write.<br /><br />So now I've insulted all o' youse!!! ;)<br /><br />Laughing and not plotting in upstate,<br /><br />RuthyRuth Logan Hernehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550734775151341968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-865657457488610097.post-73342442482731949332010-07-14T00:14:34.687-05:002010-07-14T00:14:34.687-05:00Hi Audra:
Thanks for your comments. I have not re...Hi Audra:<br /><br />Thanks for your comments. I have not read Alicia Rasley's workbook, “The Story Within” but I have it on my list to read. I just bought “Hooked” and am reading James Scott Bell’s book on ‘plotting’ right now. I’ll review all three books on this blog. <br /><br />I think plotting is like learning to read music instead of just playing by ear. If you can play by ear, great but there is a lot to be said for being able to read music. <br /><br />Thanks again,<br /><br />VinceVincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12707773426729777989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-865657457488610097.post-80658393323240651042010-07-14T00:05:02.503-05:002010-07-14T00:05:02.503-05:00Hi Tina:
Pantsters are not in league with t...Hi Tina:<br /><br /> Pantsters are not in league with the Devil. They are more like that fiddle player that challenged the Devil to a fiddle contest. You know the one that Charlie Daniels signs about in “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”? It’s OK to do but it is kind of risky. : ) <br /><br />Vince <br /><br />P.S. You’re right about being a Red Sox or Mets fan.Vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12707773426729777989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-865657457488610097.post-84883626933870962552010-07-13T23:53:21.863-05:002010-07-13T23:53:21.863-05:00Hi Myra:
This is meant as a humorous post!
Of ...Hi Myra:<br /><br />This is meant as a humorous post! <br /><br />Of course I love your books! Books stand on their own. The reader does not know which writing method the author used (unless the author tells the reader.) Besides, someone who uses extensive spread sheets would seem to me to be somewhat in the plotting camp. : )<br /><br />Tony Hillerman’s new books were always the ones I looked forward to coming out the most. However, because of his ‘misfires’ his books always took too long to come out. In fact, the Hillerman ‘waits’ were so long that a ‘cottage’ industry popped-up with other authors filling in the gaps between Hillerman books with similar Navajo mystery stories. <br /><br />I don’t expect to convert any Pantsters but I would like to be beacon for the other POV. I would like to influence beginning writers because I do believe that the Pantster path to publication takes many years longer than plotting does. As a pilot it just seems that it is the seat of the pants pilots who are always getting lost, running out of gas, and landing on freeways. I like the idea of a flight plan.<br /><br />Thanks for your comments.<br /><br />VinceVincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12707773426729777989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-865657457488610097.post-35403926142983666632010-07-13T21:17:50.946-05:002010-07-13T21:17:50.946-05:00Well Vince, I'm a convert to plotting for exac...Well Vince, I'm a convert to plotting for exactly the reasons you've mentioned. I've written myself into so many corners, a rat couldn't find his way out of that maze.<br /><br />The solution? Missy's wonderful blog on Alicia Rasley's workbook, The Story Within. Page by page, she makes you identify traits about your character, things you'd never think of, but turn out to be vital.<br /><br />If you'd asked me last year if I was a pantser or plotter, the answer, hands down would have pointed to the seat of my pants.<br /><br />But after plotting through the novel that sold, I'd say this author with a bad case of midlife ADD needs a road map through the mountains.<br /><br />Great post!Audra Hardershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654717451512952428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-865657457488610097.post-14352600488206367602010-07-13T20:53:11.435-05:002010-07-13T20:53:11.435-05:00or a Mets fan.or a Mets fan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-865657457488610097.post-84890382340682487602010-07-13T20:52:19.162-05:002010-07-13T20:52:19.162-05:00Okay, fine, so I am in league with the devil. Ther...Okay, fine, so I am in league with the devil. There are worse things. I could be a Red Sox fan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-865657457488610097.post-30200448813027622202010-07-13T20:33:45.685-05:002010-07-13T20:33:45.685-05:00Sorry, Vince, but I respectfully and completely di...Sorry, Vince, but I respectfully and completely disagree. You will NEVER turn me into a plotter. And yet you have said right here on this blog that you liked my books. "Pantsing" works best for some writers. Plotting works best for others. Don't lay needless guilt trips on us. Let each writer find his or her own best way to write.Myra Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06765951683632426856noreply@blogger.com