tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post4579655584695095723..comments2024-03-14T18:09:09.667-05:00Comments on Do Some Damage: That's a Good Idea...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-21647331622908484332009-09-17T12:14:02.890-05:002009-09-17T12:14:02.890-05:00Loved your sharing of ideas. You have some very in...Loved your sharing of ideas. You have some very interesting stories and insights. It was wonderful reading about the basis for some of your ideas.MerleChloehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16024013379557095469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-69794207190755308322009-09-17T09:03:38.611-05:002009-09-17T09:03:38.611-05:00I dig your point about planting seeds.
When you g...I dig your point about planting seeds.<br /><br />When you get near the end of the writing one book in what could be a series, I think the next book probably starts hinting around on the edges of your brain. That you went back to the first to add in some stuff that will prepare for the second is great and makes sense.Steve Weddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03876211586767139613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-83150293680674650202009-09-17T08:41:07.881-05:002009-09-17T08:41:07.881-05:00Exactly. What I'm trying to show is how ideas...Exactly. What I'm trying to show is how ideas are easy, but you keep needing new ideas to finish the novel. You put idea on top of idea and you work them put to make the book work...Dave Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10185814518997114591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-37130059993677749392009-09-17T08:32:31.246-05:002009-09-17T08:32:31.246-05:00I forget where I heard this first (and I'm par...I forget where I heard this first (and I'm paraphrasing), but a respected writer said getting ideas is easy; you're tripping over them all day. Deciding which ones can be turned into stories YOU can write well is the hard part.<br /><br />It's a little like George Costanza's pitch for the show about nothing. Pay attention on the way yo work or school one day, or while running errands or reading the news. You're hundreds of innocuous actions every day, any of which can become sinister with the right motivation. Why did he do that?" may be self-explanatory until you turn it around and give it an ulterior motive.Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.com