The Pornographer's Evening

[gauchecritic]

I take your point Dr (I was attemtpting 'frivolous' in my last post but obviously it didn't work) but I'm guessing that the first paragraph of your example of kidding was just as much hard work for you as the original example of serious (correct me if I'm wrong, please).

However I can honestly say that the second example stands up well against the first example. Maybe you should try it.

Gauche

 

[Whispersecret]

thanks for replying and not being too upset at what i said. i appreciate that.

i understand what you're saying. but i stand by my initial reaction. if you're having to tweak to the point of stopping and thinking or re-thinking the majority of the dialogue or thought processes of your character, then are you happy about that character's existence?

surely if you know your character well enough, then their thoughts and dialogue come almost automatically... mine does and i plot and plan virtually zilch. does this not happen for you?

i am still curious.

Well, I can only speak for myself. I tweak and think and rethink constantly precisely because I have a picture of that character and what I write needs to communicate that picture.

I'm a fits-and-starts writer. My stuff comes out mostly in dribbles, sometimes in a rush, but there's so much perfectionist in me that I strive constantly (and I really mean that!) for the right sequence of sentences within the paragraph, the right structure for that sentence, the right individual words.

How lucky you are to not have to wrack your brain like Mabeuse and I do. I'm jealous.

 

[dr_mabeuse]

Wild Sweet One

This topic--how much effort goes into selecting the "perfect" word and into creating dialog and character--deserves a seperate thread, so I've created one: "The Perfect Word"

---dr.M.

 

[wildsweetone]

thank you dr.M. i may not get to it over the next couple of days - busy here. will look in as soon as i can. it's an interesting discussion.

 

[MathGirl]

Sam Clemens

I believe it was Mark Twain who said something to the effect that a perfect sentence was easy. It's the perfect word that's hard.

 

[Guest]

LOL

dr_m:

*clutching my abdomen in pain as I laugh*

To echo so many... this is too true! I have actually started a story that my 9 year old can read, so that the next time she asks to read my story, I can show her... It will be terribly boring and dry so that she isn't tempted to read my stories again.

And regarding not "doing puke", SHAME ON YOU!

b

 

[SlickTony]

If you have two in a family, one will be able to rise to the occasion and "do puke," and the other one will be so delicate that he'll go on to puke too.

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

Doc,

I'll echo the choir that's been singing the praises of your story. For what it's worth, I've been there and done that.

My only question is: why don't you post it in the Humor section?(note: that's "Humour" for those of you who are UK English inclined).

Rumple Foreskin

 

[SlickTony]

What Rumple said--g'wan, submit it.