Comments on: suspending your disbelief http://www.stephanietyler.com/blog/2005/03/18/suspending-your-disbelief/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:03:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Alison http://www.stephanietyler.com/blog/2005/03/18/suspending-your-disbelief/#comment-1970 Alison Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.stephanietyler.com/blog/2005/03/18/suspending-your-disbelief/#comment-1970 Oh, I do agree. We're writing fiction, not non-fiction so we can stretch reality. I do it all the time. (There's a reason for all those literary license notes in the fronts or backs of books!) However, that doesn't mean when we make errors (and I'm not talking glaring, but minor little things!) that readers won't call us on them! I've had that happen twice. So, we just have to be prepared for that. I, personally, see a big difference in being careless or less than thorough in research, and in taking literary license in order to establish a fictional premise!! Oh, I do agree. We’re writing fiction, not non-fiction so we can stretch reality. I do it all the time. (There’s a reason for all those literary license notes in the fronts or backs of books!) However, that doesn’t mean when we make errors (and I’m not talking glaring, but minor little things!) that readers won’t call us on them! I’ve had that happen twice. So, we just have to be prepared for that. I, personally, see a big difference in being careless or less than thorough in research, and in taking literary license in order to establish a fictional premise!!

]]> By: Jerri http://www.stephanietyler.com/blog/2005/03/18/suspending-your-disbelief/#comment-1971 Jerri Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.stephanietyler.com/blog/2005/03/18/suspending-your-disbelief/#comment-1971 For God sakes no, Steph. I read somewhere that Sandra Brown doesn't do a speck of research until her first draft is complete. You can go back and work on those areas you're concerned with later. Rewrites are part of our career choice...aren't we lucky. Don't let this stop you, you're on a roll, girl. For God sakes no, Steph. I read somewhere that Sandra Brown doesn’t do a speck of research until her first draft is complete. You can go back and work on those areas you’re concerned with later. Rewrites are part of our career choice…aren’t we lucky. Don’t let this stop you, you’re on a roll, girl.

]]> By: Steph T. http://www.stephanietyler.com/blog/2005/03/18/suspending-your-disbelief/#comment-1972 Steph T. Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.stephanietyler.com/blog/2005/03/18/suspending-your-disbelief/#comment-1972 *giggles* Alison, can't I just point those people in the direction of this post? *ggg* Maybe there's something to that, Jerri, because that's what always stops me midpoint - am I writing this career, etc. wrong, and then I start going back and fixing, instead of moving forward. *giggles* Alison, can’t I just point those people in the direction of this post? *ggg*

Maybe there’s something to that, Jerri, because that’s what always stops me midpoint - am I writing this career, etc. wrong, and then I start going back and fixing, instead of moving forward.

]]> By: Alison http://www.stephanietyler.com/blog/2005/03/18/suspending-your-disbelief/#comment-1973 Alison Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.stephanietyler.com/blog/2005/03/18/suspending-your-disbelief/#comment-1973 Well, it wasn't all so bad. One person pointed out that I couldn't have a treehouse in a pecan tree. Branches too brittle, etc. And I married him. *ggg* Well, it wasn’t all so bad. One person pointed out that I couldn’t have a treehouse in a pecan tree. Branches too brittle, etc. And I married him. *ggg*

]]> By: Steph T. http://www.stephanietyler.com/blog/2005/03/18/suspending-your-disbelief/#comment-1974 Steph T. Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.stephanietyler.com/blog/2005/03/18/suspending-your-disbelief/#comment-1974 I love it!! Now that's a meeting I'd like to read about in a romance novel *g* I love it!! Now that’s a meeting I’d like to read about in a romance novel *g*

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