Comments on: Writing Discoveries and Carpenter Pants http://www.shawn-scarber.com/writing-discoveries-and-carpenter-pants/ Wed, 29 Dec 2010 01:42:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: tina http://www.shawn-scarber.com/writing-discoveries-and-carpenter-pants/comment-page-1/#comment-200 tina Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:28:00 +0000 http://www.shawn-scarber.com/writing-discoveries-and-carpenter-pants/#comment-200 Yay! Whew!<br/><br/>Looking forward to Strange Loop :) Yay! Whew!

Looking forward to Strange Loop :)

]]> By: Shawn S. Deggans http://www.shawn-scarber.com/writing-discoveries-and-carpenter-pants/comment-page-1/#comment-199 Shawn S. Deggans Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:12:00 +0000 http://www.shawn-scarber.com/writing-discoveries-and-carpenter-pants/#comment-199 Thanks, Tina. I've managed to finish my first read of your yet named novel. I have a few ideas and I'll put those in my critique. Luckily, I have some vacation coming up so I can probably get the critique done before Christmas. My overall assessment is positive though.<br/><br/>You should see Strange Loop up at CW crit by this weekend--if you want to give it a read.<br/><br/>(and yes, I even knew as a kid that the moment I introduced Big Foot as a character that I had crossed a line) Thanks, Tina. I’ve managed to finish my first read of your yet named novel. I have a few ideas and I’ll put those in my critique. Luckily, I have some vacation coming up so I can probably get the critique done before Christmas. My overall assessment is positive though.

You should see Strange Loop up at CW crit by this weekend–if you want to give it a read.

(and yes, I even knew as a kid that the moment I introduced Big Foot as a character that I had crossed a line)

]]> By: tina http://www.shawn-scarber.com/writing-discoveries-and-carpenter-pants/comment-page-1/#comment-198 tina Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:19:00 +0000 http://www.shawn-scarber.com/writing-discoveries-and-carpenter-pants/#comment-198 I've been accused of using dialogue as a crutch more than once. As in, I don't care how clever the dialogue is, what happened to the setting and plot? :)<br/><br/>Also, if you think the current version is dialogue-heavy, you should've seen draft 1. Same amount of dialogue - but the novel was 20K shorter. lol.<br/><br/>I finished up a 7K story last week which relied much more on the tools I use less. Very little dialogue - none in the backstory scenes. It felt very odd. We'll see what my in-person crit group says....<br/><br/>Congrats on finishing Strange Loop! I’ve been accused of using dialogue as a crutch more than once. As in, I don’t care how clever the dialogue is, what happened to the setting and plot? :)

Also, if you think the current version is dialogue-heavy, you should’ve seen draft 1. Same amount of dialogue – but the novel was 20K shorter. lol.

I finished up a 7K story last week which relied much more on the tools I use less. Very little dialogue – none in the backstory scenes. It felt very odd. We’ll see what my in-person crit group says….

Congrats on finishing Strange Loop!

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