tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265428284848727164.post3063547388949855670..comments2024-01-12T00:00:04.996-05:00Comments on The Paper Wait: Getting Out of the StoryEileen Cameronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03147679493619958932noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265428284848727164.post-23324412068193205772013-05-08T21:05:07.858-04:002013-05-08T21:05:07.858-04:00I agree...every time I add another line to my nove...I agree...every time I add another line to my novel draft, I am thinking, Is this what the character would say, or is this something I would say? This is true especially of the younger characters--we are writing as adults, but our characters are mainly children or teens, so we have to shake that adult voice out!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10822614339105101424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265428284848727164.post-9212164967150553982013-05-06T15:20:30.786-04:002013-05-06T15:20:30.786-04:00It is something how taking away info makes work so...It is something how taking away info makes work so much easier to understand. Yet I do think all that extraneous info can be helpful in a first draft. Sometimes I write a scene I know will be cut as I write it, yet I know I need to write it. I may not know why -- but I need to write it and keep it in the first draft. But in revision -- out it goes!<br />J.A. Palermohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18325616361174334630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265428284848727164.post-11251967723157997662013-05-06T11:49:50.515-04:002013-05-06T11:49:50.515-04:00True. I think the author has to stay out, even if...True. I think the author has to stay out, even if the narrator is 'in' as a type of character in the move, as in the Series of Unfortunate Events. <br />Keeping oneself out of our character's way is one of the biggest challenges for authors. Julie Whelanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10474747044429106358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265428284848727164.post-71505499359823546502013-05-06T01:07:38.245-04:002013-05-06T01:07:38.245-04:00Getting out of the story is definitely important. ...Getting out of the story is definitely important. Most of the time at least. I have to say when I read your post though, Linda, the wonderful "series of unfortunate events" book by Lemony Snicket popped into mind. In those books, there is an ever-present narrator with very definite opinions. But that totally fits the style of those books and (for me, at least) is part of what makes them so wonderful. So I guess I would say that it makes sense to keep the author out... unless there is a very good reason to keep the author in. Brianna Caplan Sayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10137299043891966903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265428284848727164.post-64053390779988738252013-05-05T19:29:59.976-04:002013-05-05T19:29:59.976-04:00So true! The writer needs to step aside and let th...So true! The writer needs to step aside and let the characters tell the story. An intrusive writer's asides demeans the reader's intelligence. Isn't this a part of the old "show, don't tell"?Gale Sypher Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01167465000672443273noreply@blogger.com