Comments on: How to Get Fresh

By: Cecilia Grant

Cecilia Grant — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:00:00 +0000

Yeah, sick like Shaun White in the halfpipe. That kind of sick. (What can I say; I live with teenagers.)

By: Elisa Beatty

Elisa Beatty — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:15:44 +0000

Reading Sherry Thomas is like “reading some old-style hard-boiled-detective novel when she breaks out the similes.” LOVE IT!! That’s so true!!

And I assume you mean Bourne is sick in the sense that my high-school students would mean it…. Yeah, she’s amazing!

By: Dara

Dara — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:01:38 +0000

It’s hard to keep it fresh! During the first draft phase I have my characters do so much shrugging, staring and clenching jaws that it’s annoying to me reading it

Thanks for posting these examples–I’m going to have to expand my mind a little more to get myself out of the shoulder-shrugging jaw-clenching rut I’m in.

By: Cecilia Grant

Cecilia Grant — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:08:10 +0000

What helpful advice, particularly the get-up-and-walk-through-it suggestion. Amazing how much more effective that is than just sitting and imagining your way through it.

Nice examples, too. I love Sherry Thomas’s imagery. I always feel a bit like I’m reading some old-style hard-boiled-detective novel when she breaks out the similes. And Bourne is just sick. Reading her stuff can make me want to slap the laptop shut and throw in the towel on this whole writing thing.

By: Elisa Beatty

Elisa Beatty — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:18:07 +0000

Hi, Vanessa–

On the “eyes” question: I don’t know whether to be grateful for or horrified by the “Search” function. Some days it might just be better not to know….

And, yeah, it’s totally cool that Margie dropped by!

By: Vanessa Barneveld

Vanessa Barneveld — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:40:24 +0000

Oh, Elisa, I have a terrible problem with eyes! They’re all over the place in my drafts. I try to catch most of them in revisions but they’re slippery devils. I’m saving those tips from Margie Lawson. So cool that she stopped in to say hi and give us all the extra advice!

By: Elisa Beatty

Elisa Beatty — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:45:15 +0000

Thanks, Bev!

By: Darynda Jones

Darynda Jones — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:37:18 +0000

Margie!!! Thank you so much for stopping by! I have taken a couple of your courses and have benefited quite well from them, *wink*.

Hugs and come back!
~D~

By: Darynda Jones

Darynda Jones — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:35:19 +0000

If those icy men weren’t the hottest things…we wouldn’t have this problem! LOL.

By: Bev Pettersen

Bev Pettersen — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:21:43 +0000

Great post, Elisa. I have Margie’s lectures. Think it’s time to dig them out again! Fabulous job here.