tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13024760.post6872947473452153954..comments2023-10-04T06:21:04.949-07:00Comments on Writing into the Sunset: What's on the Page?Paty Jagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03257614436422105729noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13024760.post-75190398497279048822011-04-19T07:15:50.950-07:002011-04-19T07:15:50.950-07:00Autumn, the delete key is a fabulous device. lOL T...Autumn, the delete key is a fabulous device. lOL Thanks for commenting!Paty Jagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03257614436422105729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13024760.post-26884402573963774012011-04-18T20:25:45.387-07:002011-04-18T20:25:45.387-07:00Absolutely, and then I delete the delete key. But,...Absolutely, and then I delete the delete key. But, if it feels really good, go with it. <br /><br />Congrats on being so close.Autumn Jordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14168172253998245307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13024760.post-86839931664542290412011-04-18T13:51:06.124-07:002011-04-18T13:51:06.124-07:00Caroline, I've been there, too!Caroline, I've been there, too!Paty Jagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03257614436422105729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13024760.post-2762085996491336932011-04-18T13:50:38.804-07:002011-04-18T13:50:38.804-07:00Paisley, I think we all have read an ending we wer...Paisley, I think we all have read an ending we weren't happy with. Your ending will come. I have faith.Paty Jagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03257614436422105729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13024760.post-46287911020364535652011-04-18T13:49:51.994-07:002011-04-18T13:49:51.994-07:00Anita, it's true. I don't know how many ti...Anita, it's true. I don't know how many times I've talked with people who read my books and their image of the hero isn't what I have in my mind.Paty Jagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03257614436422105729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13024760.post-6091016739089531012011-04-18T13:48:55.793-07:002011-04-18T13:48:55.793-07:00To answer your question, yes I have read to the en...To answer your question, yes I have read to the end of a book and the climax left me with questions. Then I was mad that I'd wasted time reading the book.Caroline Clemmonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14914658854159456335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13024760.post-9187434846239410232011-04-18T11:25:37.516-07:002011-04-18T11:25:37.516-07:00I am struggling with the climax of my story myself...I am struggling with the climax of my story myself. I've tried many different scenerios, but it still doesn't evoke that jolt I am looking for...and it's driving me crazy. ;)<br /><br />I have read endings of books that make me so unhappy they have actually flown across the room. I can still remember back to when I was a teen and read Mrs. Mike. I was so upset at the ending - as you can tell from how young I was at the time - that I've never forgotten the disappointment. I thought Message in a Bottle was absolutely a horrible ending. I don't want my story to be know for its failure to please at the end. I know that perfect ending is bouncing around the inside of my head and will pop into my muse when it is polished enough to work. Or at least I hope so....Paisley Kirkpatrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06401039126457210324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13024760.post-27893940594229662452011-04-18T11:25:20.465-07:002011-04-18T11:25:20.465-07:00You bring up an interesting point. As writers we p...You bring up an interesting point. As writers we paint the words, but the reader fills in the gaps with her own imagination. One of my favorite authors is Diana Gabaldon who wrote the Outlander series. Her hero Jamie Fraser is legendary with Diana's readers. Great debates have taken place over what Jamie really looks like, which actor should play him in the movie, and so on. I found it fascinating that Diana responded that if we could see the real image of Jamie in her head, we would probably all be shocked. We all have our own concepts of characters and settings no matter how the image is painted on the page.Anita Clenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08121439834252671730noreply@blogger.com