tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982069049641262423.post232621345672419988..comments2024-01-01T21:34:29.568-06:00Comments on C.J. Redwine: My Writing Process - Part TwoC.J. Redwinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18133349802945244028noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982069049641262423.post-49626045859405407772007-07-14T22:49:00.000-05:002007-07-14T22:49:00.000-05:00lol mayberry!I've read a few books that were missi...lol mayberry!<BR/><BR/>I've read a few books that were missing definite conflict. Okay, I didn't actually READ them because after a chapter or two of aimless prose, I chucked it into the Good Will bag.<BR/><BR/>I need to know the stakes and they have to be high.C.J. Redwinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18133349802945244028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982069049641262423.post-35350374082765168922007-07-13T11:05:00.000-05:002007-07-13T11:05:00.000-05:00Conflict! So that's what my novel is missing...Conflict! So that's what my novel is missing...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982069049641262423.post-25136642698497459872007-07-13T11:02:00.000-05:002007-07-13T11:02:00.000-05:00Honestly, until I wrote it out in that post, I did...Honestly, until I wrote it out in that post, I didn't realize everything I was doing. I don't do it formally either, but I do it.<BR/><BR/>I just throw smaller conflicts into the larger one and as I get to know my character, I explore her internal conflicts (because what fun is a character who has it all together?) and then I throw in a few more curve balls and watch the whole thing explode.<BR/><BR/>But when I stopped to think it through, those are the questions I'm answering and that's how I layer in my conflict.C.J. Redwinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18133349802945244028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982069049641262423.post-38812913914820678602007-07-13T10:35:00.000-05:002007-07-13T10:35:00.000-05:00One of the things I love about conflict in books i...One of the things I love about conflict in books is where the defining moments are physically painful for me to read.<BR/><BR/>Nora Roberts does that to me a lot. When everything comes to a point and I can't stop reading but I'm actually rubbing my chest because it just <B>hurts</B> to see what the characters are going through.<BR/><BR/>Or alternately where I shout for joy when something awesome happens.<BR/><BR/>I think I do something similar to what you just laid out CJ, though I don't know I've ever been that formal about it. :D Usually I just like throwing crap at my characters and see how they react to it.<BR/><BR/>Which might explain why things get scattered at times. *laughs*<BR/><BR/>KWandererInGrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16379510416686650094noreply@blogger.com