tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174226224096540850.post3199341041007428259..comments2023-10-05T05:20:59.743-04:00Comments on Piedmont Writer: Tornado AftermathAnne Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05816355522284492131noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174226224096540850.post-82821208589464710052010-03-30T22:20:32.109-04:002010-03-30T22:20:32.109-04:00Hey DL -- I know, doesn't she know I have MEN ...Hey DL -- I know, doesn't she know I have MEN on this blog.Anne Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05816355522284492131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174226224096540850.post-51442517481973739892010-03-30T22:19:47.237-04:002010-03-30T22:19:47.237-04:00Elana -- See, I can't work with music on. Don...Elana -- See, I can't work with music on. Dont' know why. I need total silence. I guess it was because I was an actress a long time ago and need to 'prepare'.<br /><br />Susan -- It will lift me up if I nail it. The hardest part for me is to do just that.<br /><br />Glam -- I'm hoping that as I get to be a better writer it won't be so hard to be emotional. But then again, I am a drama queen.<br /><br />Shelley -- I hope you're feeling better. Yeah, I didn't want it to be forced which is what I was afraid of. I think it came out okay though.<br /><br />Lola -- Nicole said BONER! Yeah, I thought it was a misprint. How are you feeling? Better I hope. That's my whole thing too, I have to cry otherwise it's not good enough. It's only 6 hours from Jersey I think. *xoxo*Anne Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05816355522284492131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174226224096540850.post-8355351723337788902010-03-30T21:13:44.650-04:002010-03-30T21:13:44.650-04:00I picked up on that too. Nicole should be ashamed...I picked up on that too. Nicole should be ashamed for making me blush like that! LOL<br /><br />Your most welcome for your award. <br /><br />Keep dodging those Twisters!DL Hammonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02007260062331783715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174226224096540850.post-63103947622478040632010-03-30T20:37:32.115-04:002010-03-30T20:37:32.115-04:00First, I'm glad you are okay, love.
Secondly...First, I'm glad you are okay, love. <br /><br />Secondly...Nicole 'said' BONER!!!<br /> <br />( ;o) I'm such a child. But that word always makes me giggle. I would have said 'wood' or 'hard on'...but I LOVE when people say boner! Leave it to Nicole to make me laugh even though I'm sick as a dog.)<br /><br />I hope you are feeling better, illness-wise. <br /><br />As for writing 'emo' scenes...Yes, I feel the mood. If I don't sob, then I didn't write it well enough. <br />Usually, I play a song that will get me in the zone, then I read through the passages leading up to the power scene, and then dive in. <br /><br />Wish I was closer, and feeling good enough to drive down and really jump in that pool with you.<br /><br />Love,<br />LolaLola Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14394765053485642935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174226224096540850.post-47028513508933856222010-03-30T19:59:49.295-04:002010-03-30T19:59:49.295-04:00Whew... I'm very glad that you're safe in ...Whew... I'm very glad that you're safe in the midst of those tornadoes. I would have been scared to death just knowing that there could be a tornado. (I've obviously never lived in a tornado area.)<br /><br />Anyway, I don't think I have to be in the same frame of mind as my characters, but I do have to be in the right frame of mind to write in the first place. If I force myself to write, it comes out looking like that -- forced. But as far as emotions, I can usually just involve myself in whatever they're going through and forget about my own feelings for a little while.Shelley Slyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07981620646634240160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174226224096540850.post-7234974292049943642010-03-30T18:56:32.197-04:002010-03-30T18:56:32.197-04:00First of all, I'm so glad you are safe and uns...First of all, I'm so glad you are safe and unscathed!<br /><br />Second, that's a good question. I used to think I had to be in the same frame of mind, but as I've honed my writing skills I rely on that less and less and just write.Michelle D. Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09696465137285587646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174226224096540850.post-7644367539933001392010-03-30T15:44:48.574-04:002010-03-30T15:44:48.574-04:00So glad to hear you're okay after the tornadoe...So glad to hear you're okay after the tornadoes! It doesn't bring me down to write downer scenes. If the writing's going well, it lifts me up, regardless of what's going on. I'm not a very emotional person (though my husband might disagree with that statement) - maybe that's why.Susan Fieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02433408456603462774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174226224096540850.post-80675608205747160962010-03-30T15:12:04.191-04:002010-03-30T15:12:04.191-04:00Wow, scary stuff there. Glad you're okay.
And...Wow, scary stuff there. Glad you're okay.<br /><br />And I think my writing is more authentic, more emotional if I'm in the same state. But I don't have to be there myself. I can imagine, especially if the right song is on.Elana Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05877856005992028912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174226224096540850.post-22979638029807247592010-03-30T14:54:17.248-04:002010-03-30T14:54:17.248-04:00Arlee Bird -- Thanks for the invitation but I'...Arlee Bird -- Thanks for the invitation but I'm going to have to pass for now. I'll watch though.<br /><br />E.Elle -- I tried the music thing but then I get way too side-tracked. I can only do one thing at a time.Anne Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05816355522284492131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174226224096540850.post-32280026122506062952010-03-30T14:37:46.127-04:002010-03-30T14:37:46.127-04:00Sharing their emotions definitely helps. I usuall...Sharing their emotions definitely helps. I usually put on a selection of songs that I would equate with the emotions I need when I write the scene; it gets me in the right frame of mind and the writing flows a lot easier. Before I discovered this little trick, I would always bring myself down when I wrote because... well, I'm pretty brutal with them. (Hey, I never asked them to hire me. They did it on their own!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174226224096540850.post-49812510405807684102010-03-30T14:34:17.911-04:002010-03-30T14:34:17.911-04:00Gosh durn it, temps supposed to go down by 20 degr...Gosh durn it, temps supposed to go down by 20 degrees here in L.A. which will put us in the 60s -- actually I guess I prefer that.<br /><br />I guess yes it helps to feel what my characters are feeling, or least to have felt that way before.<br /><br />Have you heard about the April blog challenge? I'm gonna send it your way like one of those tornadoes.<br /><br />I’d like to invite you and your readers to join us in a blogging challenge for the month of April. Check it out at <a href="http://tossingitout.blogspot.com/2010/03/blog-boggled-blogging-from-to-z-april.html" rel="nofollow">Blogging From A to Z</a><br /><br />Want to try it? Let me know and I'll add you if you want to take the ride with us.<br />LeeArlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174226224096540850.post-2182944257504856552010-03-30T13:56:56.112-04:002010-03-30T13:56:56.112-04:00B. Miller -- This book is in a lot of ways very au...B. Miller -- This book is in a lot of ways very autobiographical although none of it happened, if that makes any sense, so I'm doing the same purge. It's crazy what we have to go through as writers.Anne Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05816355522284492131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174226224096540850.post-81851155985157043892010-03-30T13:54:37.899-04:002010-03-30T13:54:37.899-04:00Simon -- I hear you on the empathy. Which is why ...Simon -- I hear you on the empathy. Which is why I'm putting this off.<br /><br />Cynthia -- Don't worry about the sermons, I do it all the time. I hear you on the "ringing true". My first book, the H/H had sex and I realized that if he truly WAS a gentleman he would never have compromised her. So I took out the sex and had a crazy make-out session instead. It worked for me. Don't know what the agent will think but I have to keep it true to the integrity of the story.<br /><br />Carolina -- Well, we'll find out Thursday if it worked or not.<br /><br />Jennifer -- That's where I am now, in the putting off stage. I'm in such a great mood I hate to spoil it.Anne Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05816355522284492131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174226224096540850.post-79838767495715364252010-03-30T13:45:18.302-04:002010-03-30T13:45:18.302-04:00Jamie -- anytime, and thanks for joining my little...Jamie -- anytime, and thanks for joining my little frenzy here!<br /><br />Summer -- Yeah, my thoughts exactly for 2 retired old people. That's where I come in I guess.<br /><br />Amy -- I wish this was small but it's not. It's going to be a long drawn out process.<br /><br />Tahereh -- Thanks, I'll be by to pick it up in a bit.Anne Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05816355522284492131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174226224096540850.post-37537390281291215922010-03-30T13:07:23.999-04:002010-03-30T13:07:23.999-04:00Sometimes I feel what they're feeling, sometim...Sometimes I feel what they're feeling, sometimes not. The book I'm writing is very sad. I think it may be my subconscious's way of purging a lot of bad feelings stored up in my brain over the years. So maybe it's the converse... they're feeling what I used to feel. Now that I have this outlet, I've noticed a lot more happiness in my life.<br /><br />Glad you didn't get hit by the tornadoes! I was in Lyman and saw the sky get pretty green, but didn't see a funnel cloud.B. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10112783922833164491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174226224096540850.post-45105329259100527582010-03-30T12:55:42.204-04:002010-03-30T12:55:42.204-04:00I do feel what my characters are going thru, which...I do feel what my characters are going thru, which is one of the reasons I delay writing the "black moment" of the story. It kind of depresses me a little. :)Jennifer Shirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16970585847385511795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174226224096540850.post-57449304512297645532010-03-30T12:50:37.424-04:002010-03-30T12:50:37.424-04:00Oh my word, I know this feeling all too well. I de...Oh my word, I know this feeling all too well. I definitely get into my characters' heads. It can put me in a bad mood to write sad scenes. But you definitely just need to rip that bandaid off and get int there! You can do this! Let yoursef feel what they are feeling and make it the best scene possible, and then when it's over, let it go. Now get in there, chickie, and get this baby rolling!! :PCarolina M. Valdez Schneiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11589934533051907801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174226224096540850.post-44067701061700424072010-03-30T12:21:53.896-04:002010-03-30T12:21:53.896-04:00Ugh on the tornados, and yeah, I know EXACTLY what...Ugh on the tornados, and yeah, I know EXACTLY what you mean about weatherpeople being so gleeful. Glad no one was seriously injured.<br /><br />As far as feeling what my characters do, ack, yes, every time. Big scenes tend to put a lot of pressure on me, and sometimes, I find, when they're not working out or I don't feel confident in them, it's because I've got the perspective or the argument backwards.<br /><br />For instance, in my first pubbed book (THE BABY WAIT), in the original version, I'd had the cheerful optimistic Heroine lose it, and her negative-nelly Hero finally decide to get with the pogram.<br /><br />But that wasn't ringing true for me. Bam! It hit me (after I'd agonized over this and my editor had asked for revisions) that it was not in either character's personality to act like this. So, I had to go back, rip it apart and fix it.<br /><br />That's when I got it right. (Well, hopefully anway). That's when it made me cry.<br /><br />So write it, and give yourself permission as you do to not get it right. I don't -- more often than I'd like to admit. But at least I know then what WON'T work.<br /><br />(oops. That was a sermon, wasn't it? Commence hitting myself)Cynthia Reesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128418037470085123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174226224096540850.post-6475693169151331102010-03-30T11:45:49.187-04:002010-03-30T11:45:49.187-04:00Oh, yes. If you ain't tense when writing a ten...Oh, yes. If you ain't tense when writing a tense scene, perhaps your scene ain't tense enough. And if you're writing a sad scene, and you ain't sad, your scene ain't sad enough. It's that whole empathy thing we writers have to have. Puts us through the wringer sometimes, but I wouldn't have it any other way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174226224096540850.post-19921689604274233422010-03-30T11:16:20.157-04:002010-03-30T11:16:20.157-04:00hey bestie!! eee on the tornados!!
(wanted to le...hey bestie!! eee on the tornados!! <br /><br />(wanted to let you know i left you an award on my blog!!)Taherehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03111022596822176769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174226224096540850.post-27366415660567908802010-03-30T11:00:19.060-04:002010-03-30T11:00:19.060-04:00PS The weather people here adore a devastating pie...PS The weather people here adore a devastating piece of news!Unspokenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16065870952905767595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174226224096540850.post-41682057491944994302010-03-30T10:59:25.406-04:002010-03-30T10:59:25.406-04:00I often slip into feeling what they do, as I go. B...I often slip into feeling what they do, as I go. But, I generally write small pieces with one main character. Easy!Unspokenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16065870952905767595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174226224096540850.post-80605474697733317292010-03-30T10:57:51.320-04:002010-03-30T10:57:51.320-04:00Wow, an Australian Shepard? That's a lot of co...Wow, an Australian Shepard? That's a lot of commitment. <br /><br />And I'd ditto the weather radio. My mom has 3. :-)Summer Freyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04234534550255682010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174226224096540850.post-49110495263340518542010-03-30T10:48:27.418-04:002010-03-30T10:48:27.418-04:00We got into our pool yesterday, and it was so so S...We got into our pool yesterday, and it was so so SO very cold. I'm not sure WHAT we were thinking, but I couldn't get the daughter out--I think they're stronger than we are. :)<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by Elana's blog and reading my interview today!~Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08872228115110257474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174226224096540850.post-76970143996116871722010-03-30T10:36:36.834-04:002010-03-30T10:36:36.834-04:00Sarah -- HERDS not heards. Jeesh, you would think...Sarah -- HERDS not heards. Jeesh, you would think I would have caught that one.Anne Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05816355522284492131noreply@blogger.com