tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3959160240106540323.post8561740613264019215..comments2023-10-19T06:26:27.924-07:00Comments on Linn Prentis Literary: Author Tip #4: What's your problem?Linn Prentis Literaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13981823173718028226noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3959160240106540323.post-77000729161982238202010-05-31T21:14:46.905-07:002010-05-31T21:14:46.905-07:00Yeah I think it is hard to get across (or even fin...Yeah I think it is hard to get across (or even find) the central conflict. i think the problem is that authors are too close to their work and they see all the itty bitty conflicts in each character/situation, and all are important to them (the author). <br /><br />I recently stumbled upon this one how-to pitch guide. Sooooo freaking helpful! Here's the link.<br /><br />http://querytracker.blogspot.com/2010/05/building-your-pitch.htmlT.J. Carsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13916627399622909282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3959160240106540323.post-1038560814251855282010-05-24T08:24:17.909-07:002010-05-24T08:24:17.909-07:00Glad to be of help. Nathan Bransford had a similar...Glad to be of help. Nathan Bransford had a similar post last week (synchronicity is funny that way) that you may want to check out at well.Linn Prentis Literaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13981823173718028226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3959160240106540323.post-913291397210813352010-05-22T16:47:41.713-07:002010-05-22T16:47:41.713-07:00This was one of those sneaky posts, that you read ...This was one of those sneaky posts, that you read at first and nod at, then find yourself coming back and thinking about it more and more often in later days.<br /><br />You gave me a lot to ponder, and I wanted to say thank you for that.jesselcairnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07456794852461553659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3959160240106540323.post-64102859455986638102010-05-20T21:04:22.304-07:002010-05-20T21:04:22.304-07:00I've been struggling with that a lot lately.
...I've been struggling with that a lot lately. <br /><br />See this huge whale washed up on the beach, so at first the protagonist (whom I named Whalen. get it?) wanted to save the whale, but then the whale died because some Japanese fishermen poisoned it so they could harvest the ambergris (which they did in an extended Dostoevsky-themed parable), so now Whalen wants to bury the whale (it's a symbol of his past lifestyle as a Plushie) but of course you can't bury a whale on a beach because the excavation costs are enormous and also due to erosion and exposion. I'm pretty sure that's a word.<br /><br />Anyway, those events (with flashbacks and flash sideways's involving the whale's parents never meeting) comprise the first 150,000 words. So I'm looking to wrap up in another 100,000 or so, but what are you going to do with the whale at this point? Blowing it up is so cliché. I had this idea where the whale is an emissary from an advanced space culture that comes to reclaim him, but that was too heavy an homage to the Mormon church.<br /><br />I was thinking Whalen could live inside the whale, but even if I take a fantasy cue and the whale doesn't rot, what's the significance of that? It seems like a lazy ending.<br /><br />Oh there's also a love story involving the great-granddaughter of a Nazi POW-camp guard-turned Nazi hunter whose past comes back to haunt her and who is also literally haunted by the ghosts of the Nazi's killed by her Nazi ancestors. I should probably bring the two plot lines together soon. I dunno; I'll figure something out this weekend.<br /><br />And when this project is finished, I'm definitely submitting to you first!Vincent Rupphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11836323143937164616noreply@blogger.com