Comments on: mish-mash

By: Steph T.

Steph T. — Sun, 11 Sep 2005 14:30:56 +0000

Sharon - I haven’t been able to get through the DaVinci Codes - have tried about 6 times. I only saw half of Contact & Signs (and I guess that signals I feel the same, since they didn’t keep my interest) And with the reriting, it’s easier than I thought it would be so far - I used a lot of stupid dialogue tags and over-the-top phrasing. I’m making it cleaner…

LOL - Tori, I was at a family reunion/picnic yesterday, and all my cousins were moaning about, what if we turn into our parents…:eek:

Michelle - I’m with you. So far, things are moving along. But who knows what I’m going to find mid-book. I’m hoping I didn’t keep using phrases like, he said bitterly - why didn’t someone stop me? Over and over again…

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sun, 11 Sep 2005 00:14:11 +0000

:biggrin:Love your parents. Too funny!

Isn’t that great, to recapture the love of a story? I’m revising right now and my writing skills are so much stronger that I feel good when I’m able to do the story justice.

Of course, there are still those moments when I’d kill for the right words to say what I mean.

By: Tori

Tori — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 16:33:31 +0000

Parents are strange. No other word for them. Present company excepted, of course. :)

And I’ve got some stories like that, too. I keep telling myself, “Some day.”

By: Sharon

Sharon — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 14:29:36 +0000

Steph, I have a list of movies/books that “could’ve been done better” too. The ones that head my list are Davinci Code, Contact, and Signs.

HUGE disappointments, all of them.

And I have a story like that. It’s an older one. I LOVE the story, love the premise, but I haven’t figured out a way to make it work yet. The writing is terrible which means a complete rewrite of the whole thing, and I haven’t yet had the fortitude for such a venture. Good luck with yours!