If you like to read romance novels of all genres, join the writers of Romance Weekly every Tuesday for our blog hop. We'll be answering the same questions, or writing the same flash fiction, or offering our favourite recipes. Once you've read my blog, the link below will direct you to another. Tell your friends and feel free to ask questions or make comments.
Welcome to those of you joining from Kim Handysides' blog. Here's my take on this week's questions. What’s your favourite aspect of novel writing? Dialogue? Setting? Conflict?Narration? Explain. I love writing dialogue. In my “real” job I write TV commercials. While this is not dialogue, it is writing for the ear. By this I mean you have to write the way people are used to hearing words said, not how they look on the page. And this translates really well to dialogue. I love to read great dialogue, too. Jennifer Crusie is amazing at this – snappy, witty, and so quick I sometimes re-read the passage just to enjoy it all over again. How do you choose the setting for your plot? Are they always similar settings or does it vary? (i.e., small town, big city, castle, etc.) My two published works have completely different settings (MOUNTAIN FIRE in a small city and its surrounding rural area, and CHEF D'AMOUR in Vancouver). My third completed manuscript is set mainly on the Azores, a tiny Portuguese archipelago in the middle of the Atlantic. The locations were pretty much determined by the plots – a grizzly bear poaching mystery, a television reality show, and an eco-adventure holiday. Beth Carter came up with our questions this week. She's a big six-word memoir fan, and has challenge all the RWW member to describe our writing day using just six words. Here's mine: Five hundred words. Just do it. How did Susan Scott Shelley describe her writing day? Find out here.
18 Comments
9/9/2014 05:46:29 am
I used to write television commercials! I even won an award for one I did for a hospital where I worked.
Brenda Margriet
9/9/2014 05:49:12 am
That's cool, Beth. Congrats on the award - whenever it was! I want to write like Jenny Crusie when I grow up. :) 9/9/2014 06:14:03 am
Every one so far has liked writing dialogue best. Great 6-word memoir!
Brenda Margriet
9/9/2014 08:21:38 am
I think dialogue is high on the list because it's really where the story is - in what the characters say - and don't say! 9/9/2014 06:25:24 am
I want in on in the Jenny Crusie love fest, too. She makes it look so easy!
Brenda Margriet
9/9/2014 08:23:34 am
Some of her three and four way conversations are simply an art!
Susan Scott Shelley
9/9/2014 06:29:45 am
Great post! Your day job sounds so interesting!
Brenda Margriet
9/9/2014 08:23:57 am
It has its moments, Susan. :)
J.J. Devine
9/9/2014 07:10:06 am
Your six word memoir is something I must adopt :) I enjoyed your answers today!!!
Brenda Margriet
9/9/2014 08:25:10 am
I really started to move ahead with my writing when I adopted the 500 word quota. And it has to be 500 NEW words - so if I do revisions and delete words I have to make those up before I start counting.
Dani Jace
9/9/2014 07:31:45 am
I'm a dialog junkie too.
Brenda Margriet
9/9/2014 08:26:24 am
I like to read screen- and stage- plays - all dialogue, all the time! 9/9/2014 10:24:21 am
Great responses, Brenda, and I look forward to reading your work soon. Your 6-word is inspiring ;-)
Brenda Margriet
9/9/2014 11:01:45 am
Thanks, Raine! Let me know what you think, once you've had a chance to read my book(s)!
Brenda Margriet
9/10/2014 03:52:56 am
She had a great blog where she posts about writing. www.arghink.com 9/9/2014 05:38:42 pm
I love your six word memoir. I'm going to use that as my inspiration today!
Brenda Margriet
9/10/2014 03:53:49 am
Thanks, Carrie. It really helps me get writing done, especially with the chaos of life all around. Leave a Reply. |