tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18036722.post3420864612584052767..comments2023-11-05T04:31:12.866-05:00Comments on Two Voices Publishing: HypocriticismTwo Voices Publishing http://www.blogger.com/profile/13509265828424193303noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18036722.post-2939147114292936722008-02-17T13:48:00.000-05:002008-02-17T13:48:00.000-05:00I still get upset about the pov thing too. I love...I still get upset about the pov thing too. I love Nora Roberts. I don't get confused, I don't get a heahache...I settle into the story and get lost. So, shouldn't we be emulating her style rather than lauding her as the exception to the rule? I mean, she is the most read romance novelist ever, right? Her readers are the same readers I'm trying to snag...so why would I try to use a different method than the one clearly working?<BR/><BR/>It is like saying: Bob is the most world reknowned fisherman ever. Bob fishes at the sunny part of the lake and catches the best, biggest fish over and over all day long. But all you other fisherman can't fish there because everyone knows that fishing at the shady part of the lake is better. Everyone but Bob anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18036722.post-82645184411148967842008-02-14T08:39:00.000-05:002008-02-14T08:39:00.000-05:00And here's the big question - ultimately does it m...And here's the big question - ultimately does it make a difference to the readers or just to the editors? <BR/><BR/>I didn't know what head popping was until I became a writer. It never occured to me to be confused by it when I was just a reader, same with passive verbs. Is the double standard really making better writers out of the newbies or just frustrating people who othewise have good stories, but get discouraged because they can't follow all the 'rules?'Two Voices Publishing https://www.blogger.com/profile/13509265828424193303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18036722.post-76960614767112664892008-02-14T02:30:00.000-05:002008-02-14T02:30:00.000-05:00Yeah, I think sometimes when a person gets a few b...Yeah, I think sometimes when a person gets a few books under them, they kind of get a creative license and do as they please. Miffs me too :)Toni Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14351098190464142362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18036722.post-39350892200110863712008-02-13T19:29:00.000-05:002008-02-13T19:29:00.000-05:00I've taken at least three workshops, and I still g...I've taken at least three workshops, and I still get told that I do too much telling instead of showing. Well, hey, I'm a storyteller—not a storyshower, so I give up.L.K. Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772597654874412965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18036722.post-54782895462799110352008-02-13T19:09:00.000-05:002008-02-13T19:09:00.000-05:00Hi Traci! Passives are a universal problem - and I...Hi Traci! Passives are a universal problem - and I think it's because being avid readers, we've been bonked on the head with passive verbs in published work. We think it's okay until we start submitting then get bonked on the head to STOP using them and it's confusing.Two Voices Publishing https://www.blogger.com/profile/13509265828424193303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18036722.post-53594989681475555982008-02-13T15:56:00.000-05:002008-02-13T15:56:00.000-05:00God, I still love that cover! Thanks for the remin...God, I still love that cover! Thanks for the reminder on watching the passive verbs, it is something I struggle with!Traci Flowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11505251789911290463noreply@blogger.com