tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10937707.post6973566430089962808..comments2023-09-05T03:24:40.988-05:00Comments on Seize the day -- the blog of writer Molly Blaisdell: Novel Craft: The Big PictureMolly/Cecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14754996366796005745noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10937707.post-40021825169155823722013-02-07T13:16:24.274-06:002013-02-07T13:16:24.274-06:00You are always welome, Faith!You are always welome, Faith!Molly/Cecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14754996366796005745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10937707.post-91429033949846560032013-01-17T00:19:55.596-06:002013-01-17T00:19:55.596-06:00I love coming here for writing advice. You have su...I love coming here for writing advice. You have such a great way of wrapping it all together so that it makes sense and isn't too intimidating. Thank you! Faith Prayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09711135740295281493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10937707.post-9942589754222052292013-01-16T21:31:12.112-06:002013-01-16T21:31:12.112-06:00Ok, first page to last page. Work for me. I make n...Ok, first page to last page. Work for me. I make notes on the second pass. I just read it because notes slow me down. I have heard some make verbal notes. I might try that some time. SCBWI REPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15794472462409712483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10937707.post-48169667256329602602013-01-16T10:38:31.568-06:002013-01-16T10:38:31.568-06:00I agree, the only way to see the big picture of yo...I agree, the only way to see the big picture of your story is to read it cover to cover, or first page to last page, making notes along the way.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02691497935668743387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10937707.post-70269673487092785372013-01-13T11:55:55.183-06:002013-01-13T11:55:55.183-06:00Hi, Vijaya, for me the big picture stuff is last....Hi, Vijaya, for me the big picture stuff is last. I can't do it until I have a solid draft. Science will be your friend here. Experiment and draw conclusions. Eventually you discover something. <br /><br />Ah, Mirka, we are circling the same stuff. "Pulling together", I like that, it implies that you have stuff -- it's finding the perfect arrangement that will best display it all that's the trick.<br /><br />I also like the idea of transcendence. It takes experimentation to find success. I also have learned a lot from nature -- takes a long time to carve out a landscape. Molly/Cecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14754996366796005745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10937707.post-31547113021932953982013-01-12T23:19:01.512-06:002013-01-12T23:19:01.512-06:00Eloquent, as always, Molly.
I think of the big pic...Eloquent, as always, Molly.<br />I think of the big picture as that residue the reader is left with, that something really got pulled together and has reverberations that continue long after. You won’t get this form a list or form episodes that don’t come together.<br />It’s our job as story tellers to achieve this big picture. Like musicality that transcends the notes.<br />Mirka Breenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00653086859905415156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10937707.post-87783286327310893332013-01-12T16:49:02.722-06:002013-01-12T16:49:02.722-06:00Molly, the first couple of revisions are killers f...Molly, the first couple of revisions are killers for me because of the big picture stuff. It's so hard to get it right. I'm still struggling with my historical. Vijayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07876606729146077830noreply@blogger.com