tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post392664777884317502..comments2024-03-14T08:44:26.579-04:00Comments on Type M for Murder: Losing the PlotBarbara Fradkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06992196707567972990noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-48146865767799749212017-04-19T05:09:33.725-04:002017-04-19T05:09:33.725-04:00Sybil, I'm so glad you found your piece of pap...Sybil, I'm so glad you found your piece of paper. It means that you can pen the truly brilliant sentence to replace it with a clear mind.Aline Templetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01199803927350776150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-22304556754024680732017-04-19T04:48:32.813-04:002017-04-19T04:48:32.813-04:00Donis, I'm just more confused.Donis, I'm just more confused. Vicki Delanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01106480550553972177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-68928784689760146422017-04-18T20:43:15.826-04:002017-04-18T20:43:15.826-04:00Vicki, you must have a way better memory than I do...Vicki, you must have a way better memory than I do. And Sybil, congratulations.Donis Caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15207228706777377242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-79356270264942432522017-04-18T16:37:26.525-04:002017-04-18T16:37:26.525-04:00I found it. I found the sentence. Yep wasn't a...I found it. I found the sentence. Yep wasn't as good as I thought. But I found it.Sybil Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15931984219413146614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-47414334969838032752017-04-18T14:59:42.774-04:002017-04-18T14:59:42.774-04:00Me, I have next to nothing in the way of notes. No...Me, I have next to nothing in the way of notes. No character bios, no physical descriptions beyond what's in the books, no backgrounds, no vague ideas jotted down to be used another time, definitely no plot outlines on sticky notes. Yes, it leads to confusion sometimes. But it's the way it is. Vicki Delanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01106480550553972177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-75833134636443082222017-04-18T14:47:00.664-04:002017-04-18T14:47:00.664-04:00Sybil, I was doing a whole lot more than hypervent...Sybil, I was doing a whole lot more than hyperventilating!<br /><br />More about that in my post this week.<br /><br />Aline, yes I know the Flanders and Swan version of the last movement of Mozart's <i> Fourth Horn Concerto in Eb</i>. In fact...Rick Blechtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11800052815589987998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-82531599920057488342017-04-18T12:23:26.687-04:002017-04-18T12:23:26.687-04:00Avoiding actual writing - oh yes, I'm with you...Avoiding actual writing - oh yes, I'm with you there, Susan!Aline Templetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01199803927350776150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-4640108167430377392017-04-18T09:46:14.953-04:002017-04-18T09:46:14.953-04:00Ah, those fleeting ideas. I have many many many pa...Ah, those fleeting ideas. I have many many many paper notebooks from years past (somewhere), but now I track them all on my laptop. Ideas in transit? Send myself a quickie email (and boy do I look puzzled when I get them). Yes, the odd scrap of paper, but it goes into the doc the moment I get to my laptop. (Or it should, anyway.)<br /><br />They are all stored in a HUGE word doc(currently 37 Susan Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17163152026039153248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-58593123644443127592017-04-18T05:05:49.897-04:002017-04-18T05:05:49.897-04:00Yes, Rick, dates of births. I'm never sure wh...Yes, Rick, dates of births. I'm never sure what's a Brit thing and what's universal!<br />Your story of the French horn reminded me of the wonderful Michael Flanders song - 'I once had a whim and I had to obey it to buy a French horn in second-hand shop./ I polished it up and I started to play it in spite of the neighbours who begged me to stop.' And then 'Somebody took Aline Templetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01199803927350776150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-86797848010486863022017-04-17T20:28:56.497-04:002017-04-17T20:28:56.497-04:00This is why housecleaning is so dangerous. (I'...This is why housecleaning is so dangerous. (I'm kidding. Kind of.) I also keep a list of ideas, though I write mine in a notebook. I have used that list many times when I find myself stuck in my WIP. I've used ideas that I've had on hold for decades.Donis Caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15207228706777377242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-8289009347899179212017-04-17T19:06:02.696-04:002017-04-17T19:06:02.696-04:00Bad enough losing a sentence, but a French horn! R...Bad enough losing a sentence, but a French horn! Rick, I'd have been hyperventilating. Glad you got it back.Sybil Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15931984219413146614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-46644817840102602722017-04-17T17:37:53.915-04:002017-04-17T17:37:53.915-04:00What does "dobs" mean (paragraph 3)? Dat...What does "dobs" mean (paragraph 3)? Date Of Birth(S)?<br /><br />And I can't tell you the valuable stuff I've accidentally sent out the door.<br /><br />Then there was the time I left my French horn on a train. What a horror <i>that</i> was. I still have nightmares about it and it happened 46 years ago! (I amazingly got it back, though.)Rick Blechtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11800052815589987998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-48173344021215846462017-04-17T11:46:48.949-04:002017-04-17T11:46:48.949-04:00Ah, Aline, I feel for you. I still haven't fou...Ah, Aline, I feel for you. I still haven't found that sentence. I suspect when I do it won't be as perfect as I remembered. Still, I have hope.Sybil Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15931984219413146614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-55572485590747690442017-04-17T10:43:23.333-04:002017-04-17T10:43:23.333-04:00Good advice, Eileen. It's a chore I hate so I...Good advice, Eileen. It's a chore I hate so I probably make the mistake of hurrying to get it over with.Aline Templetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01199803927350776150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-42674331674169577692017-04-17T10:03:40.970-04:002017-04-17T10:03:40.970-04:00Happens to the best of us, Aline. I'm a chroni...Happens to the best of us, Aline. I'm a chronic tidier and thus am perpetually looking for something I tossed out unintentionally. Maybe next time I'll set aside the stuff for the recycling bin before I toss it. Eileen Goudgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01156415980783091338noreply@blogger.com