tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post8790852263702764209..comments2024-03-16T11:38:39.317-04:00Comments on Author Jean Davis: IWSG: It's A New YearJean Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047709505502621618noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post-86387157821622891362017-01-06T20:43:39.259-05:002017-01-06T20:43:39.259-05:00Thanks, Hilary!Thanks, Hilary!Jean Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02047709505502621618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post-11149873699006755552017-01-06T20:42:03.515-05:002017-01-06T20:42:03.515-05:00Yes indeed. Poor persecuted adverbs. Yes indeed. Poor persecuted adverbs. Jean Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02047709505502621618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post-2713931532135980882017-01-06T04:17:42.658-05:002017-01-06T04:17:42.658-05:00Hi Jean - good luck for 2017 ... reading what one&...Hi Jean - good luck for 2017 ... reading what one's written - eliminates certain things ... not being a true writer of books etc ... I needed to find my voice - that helps - on the way to feeling one is a writer. Happy New Year - HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post-58918746309849177922017-01-05T14:03:10.231-05:002017-01-05T14:03:10.231-05:00Man the adverb rule. I think everyone gets that wr...Man the adverb rule. I think everyone gets that writing that's chock full of adverbs is weak, but when did they all become bad? The rule needs to be rewritten to adverbs in moderation, like you said. Mandiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14859122328895457535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post-6467769579513199902017-01-04T15:21:13.509-05:002017-01-04T15:21:13.509-05:00Ha! I laughed when I wrote it. It's so true. H...Ha! I laughed when I wrote it. It's so true. Happy writing! Jean Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02047709505502621618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post-13882499730712146102017-01-04T15:20:13.935-05:002017-01-04T15:20:13.935-05:00Glad I'm not the only one to suffer from these...Glad I'm not the only one to suffer from these 'rules'. Well, I should say I'm sorry to hear you suffered from them too. :) <br /><br />Spread the word! Jean Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02047709505502621618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post-40415040417917685542017-01-04T15:11:56.685-05:002017-01-04T15:11:56.685-05:00"Start where the story gets interesting, not ..."Start where the story gets interesting, not where your MC is on fire." <---I love this so much.<br /><br />I, too, completely agree with your take on these two rules. I cut whatever adverbs I can, and deal with the rest. And it may sound odd, but I start scenes where they need to start, whether there's action or not.M.J. Fifieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15626475963328519693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post-10717484465006828062017-01-04T14:38:10.291-05:002017-01-04T14:38:10.291-05:00Happy New Year!
I completely agree with you about...Happy New Year!<br /><br />I completely agree with you about these "rules". Luckily not long after I began to avoid adverbs, I realized it was hurting my writing. I still try to be conscious of them when I use them, but only so I do so sparingly.<br /><br />And I think that "Start the damned book with something interesting happening" is a perfect replacement for the action rule. I wrote a lot of awkward opening scenes until I realized that in a lot of the books I love to read, the opening scenes are just that—a really interesting thing happening to the protagonist. How can we get the word out about this?<br /><br />-Peterzerohitwonderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04453348542658203261noreply@blogger.com