Comments on: Bellwether… http://loridevoti.com/blog/2005/06/05/bellwether/ Author Interviews, Lori Devoti's Life as a Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy Author, News in Publishing Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:32:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: MartyK http://loridevoti.com/blog/2005/06/05/bellwether/#comment-86 MartyK Mon, 06 Jun 2005 12:34:28 +0000 http://loridevoti.com/blog/?p=41#comment-86 I usually write with the television on. I've always done it this way, term papers to novels. I need background noise. Usually when I hit a wall, it means I've made a wrong turn somewhere. I have to go back and find it...I'm getting better at staying on the road ;) I usually write with the television on. I’ve always done it this way, term papers to novels. I need background noise. Usually when I hit a wall, it means I’ve made a wrong turn somewhere. I have to go back and find it…I’m getting better at staying on the road ;)

]]> By: Mary Stella http://loridevoti.com/blog/2005/06/05/bellwether/#comment-85 Mary Stella Sun, 05 Jun 2005 16:17:23 +0000 http://loridevoti.com/blog/?p=41#comment-85 If you find the bellwether for romantic comedies, please send him/her my way! :-) I can't write in total quiet and I don't believe that noise and chaos are the reasons that scenes stall. I think scenes stall when I'm in a tug-of-war with the characters, trying to yank them in the direction that I think they, and the scene, belong. Meanwhile, they're telling me, "No. Go this way!" Usually, they're right. When I give up pulling and let the process take over, the scene usually begins to flow again. Whether Armageddon is erupting around me doesn't matter. If you find the bellwether for romantic comedies, please send him/her my way! I can’t write in total quiet and I don’t believe that noise and chaos are the reasons that scenes stall.

I think scenes stall when I’m in a tug-of-war with the characters, trying to yank them in the direction that I think they, and the scene, belong. Meanwhile, they’re telling me, “No. Go this way!”

Usually, they’re right. When I give up pulling and let the process take over, the scene usually begins to flow again. Whether Armageddon is erupting around me doesn’t matter.

]]> By: terri shaw http://loridevoti.com/blog/2005/06/05/bellwether/#comment-84 terri shaw Sun, 05 Jun 2005 06:13:40 +0000 http://loridevoti.com/blog/?p=41#comment-84 Have you sent it to Oprahshe maybe the bellwether your looking for? LOL terri Have you sent it to Oprahshe maybe the bellwether your looking for? LOL terri

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