tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10937707.post3329901164447061289..comments2023-09-05T03:24:40.988-05:00Comments on Seize the day -- the blog of writer Molly Blaisdell: Pitfalls -- AmalgamMolly/Cecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14754996366796005745noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10937707.post-40977661914449928152013-07-15T21:17:59.753-05:002013-07-15T21:17:59.753-05:00Hi, Gina, thanks for dropping in. It's totally...Hi, Gina, thanks for dropping in. It's totally alchemy to find those transformative combinations that create a new unified enity. Molly/Cecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14754996366796005745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10937707.post-64746520153063823442013-07-15T16:38:30.077-05:002013-07-15T16:38:30.077-05:00This is a great post! It's always important to...This is a great post! It's always important to put things together the right way.<br /><br />www.modernworld4.blogspot.comGina Gaohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09032273127593718883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10937707.post-35910042519487436252013-07-14T18:29:41.739-05:002013-07-14T18:29:41.739-05:00Hi, Mirka, I think you are right about outline. I&...Hi, Mirka, I think you are right about outline. I'm a big fan of outlining, but I think there are some exceptions. The "seat of their pants" method works for some folks. Outlining just never going to be a tool admit using. Of course they will swear up and down that they don't use outlines and follow that up with a need to follow some classic story like Cinderella to get all that pesky plot stuff out of the way. I do think following a classic plot may be construed as a form of outlining, but but, hey, we are the myth makers. Molly/Cecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14754996366796005745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10937707.post-657222521830683512013-07-14T18:23:34.958-05:002013-07-14T18:23:34.958-05:00Hi Vijaya, I think you could have all those elemen...Hi Vijaya, I think you could have all those elements in a book but it would be a superior hat trick. Molly/Cecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14754996366796005745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10937707.post-28002020296992104632013-07-14T12:09:24.758-05:002013-07-14T12:09:24.758-05:00Some write by the seat of their pants, making it u...Some write by the seat of their pants, making it up as they go. The story that doesn't know where it's going is a serious pitfall, if you work this way. Careful, thoughtful, outlining can go a long way to ameliorate this.Mirka Breenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00653086859905415156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10937707.post-18040900988517920862013-07-14T10:19:43.174-05:002013-07-14T10:19:43.174-05:00That was my first novel, Molly. Time travel, histo...That was my first novel, Molly. Time travel, historical, romance, betrayal, political assassinations, industrial accidents and more!!! <br /><br />You hit the nail on the head about synthesizing all the elements into a cohesive whole. Great post.Vijayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07876606729146077830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10937707.post-55710216950873485472013-07-14T09:25:04.617-05:002013-07-14T09:25:04.617-05:00Hi Candi! I was really circling an idea. And you ...Hi Candi! I was really circling an idea. And you are right there. I've done this too. I think help to pare down those ideas.Molly/Cecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14754996366796005745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10937707.post-86794342339612236082013-07-14T07:54:51.392-05:002013-07-14T07:54:51.392-05:00Ha! I love it. "Book Cannibal" When I re...Ha! I love it. "Book Cannibal" When I read that part of your post, it touched a chord in me. I wonder if some writers (me!) do this because we want to include all of the greatest elements in one book because we think it's the only opportunity we're ever going to get. So why not mix up everything we've got and cram it into one novel. Wow. Now that I've typed the thought out, it makes sense. Yikes. This is what I did years ago with my YA historical (147k). Mystery, supernatural, history, YA, humor, romance. It does haunt me, for sure. Maybe one day. ;)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02691497935668743387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10937707.post-25318850970828192522013-07-13T14:29:54.787-05:002013-07-13T14:29:54.787-05:00It does sound scary. In fact it sounds like a good...It does sound scary. In fact it sounds like a good book title. <br />Hmm. <br /><br />I like seagull too. The look so awkward on land but not in the sky.Molly/Cecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14754996366796005745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10937707.post-85261563024377003672013-07-13T11:49:25.665-05:002013-07-13T11:49:25.665-05:00"Don't be a book cannibal"- Yikes! T..."Don't be a book cannibal"- Yikes! That sounds scary! And a nice doodle, I like seagulls. Oddly enough I saw some early this spring at a JayC parking lot- and I live in Indiana! Leandra Wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00381034024025750992noreply@blogger.com