tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post1907012762172684599..comments2024-01-12T00:48:48.031-06:00Comments on Go Teen Writers: Think Movies, Not SitcomsStephanie Morrillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-35144857342519197832015-06-03T10:50:32.714-05:002015-06-03T10:50:32.714-05:00Yes. Frodo. Always Frodo.Yes. Frodo. Always Frodo.Shannon Dittemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757781231485815876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-66916089558133610282015-06-03T10:50:06.900-05:002015-06-03T10:50:06.900-05:00Hooray! I'm so glad!Hooray! I'm so glad!Shannon Dittemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757781231485815876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-71173223003767546442015-06-03T10:49:38.066-05:002015-06-03T10:49:38.066-05:00Oh yeah! Jill is great at this!Oh yeah! Jill is great at this!Shannon Dittemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757781231485815876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-85686412136176037322015-06-01T15:13:48.218-05:002015-06-01T15:13:48.218-05:00I loved Space Camp! As to people in books, I go ba...I loved Space Camp! As to people in books, I go back so often to Frodo, who goes from thinking it was a pity that Bilbo did not kill Gollum to having pity on him himself, who goes from being scared to death of his calling as Ring-bearer to fearfully but completely embracing his vocation, who has a deep faith and trust in the One Who chose him even though he does not know Who that is. He is such an inspiration in so many ways!Anne Marie Gazzolohttp://www.annemariegazzolo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-33779690431095667952015-06-01T08:19:25.337-05:002015-06-01T08:19:25.337-05:00I've been writing a book scene by scene, and I...I've been writing a book scene by scene, and I'm really enjoying it compared to writing it the whole way through (mostly because I get to write all the good bits now). I'll have to watch out and make sure it doesn't turn into a sitcom, though. Thanks for the great advice!Victoria J.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-35213742592989870812015-06-01T05:04:37.609-05:002015-06-01T05:04:37.609-05:00Hi!
To be honest, one character in the "Blood...Hi!<br />To be honest, one character in the "Blood of Kings" trilogy is what jumps out at me lately when I think of character development.<br />I love how we get to meet Vrell Sparrow at first, then meet Averella Amal in the veil. It shows the major changes that have happened over the last year, and in a awesome way! (The Veil was fascinating!)Rebekah D. Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216040512555099417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-34528372912540569132015-05-31T20:34:14.021-05:002015-05-31T20:34:14.021-05:00She learned to accept the way things we're aft...She learned to accept the way things we're after trying to change them and be in control. She at first gave freely, then became greedy. Her social life slacked. Then circumstances changed that again so that she was even better than before.Keturah Lambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05041749245034077912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-15502335532686028892015-05-31T20:32:27.309-05:002015-05-31T20:32:27.309-05:00Awesome advice!!!!! I use this book all the time :...Awesome advice!!!!! I use this book all the time :) Lyddie by Katherine Paterson :) The girl Lyddie has grows considerably through out the book :)Keturah Lambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05041749245034077912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-32651383472119399142015-05-30T19:20:28.882-05:002015-05-30T19:20:28.882-05:00<3<3Shannon Dittemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757781231485815876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-76183706284844686542015-05-30T06:20:46.014-05:002015-05-30T06:20:46.014-05:00Thank you! I've been writing contemp fantasy f...Thank you! I've been writing contemp fantasy for about eight years now and was worrying when I had the thriller idea, but you've encouraged me to go for it! Thank you, Mrs. Dittemore. :)Linea Marshallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-38385050939085360012015-05-30T03:39:33.057-05:002015-05-30T03:39:33.057-05:00Growling Gimli! Emily, that was EXACTLY what I was...Growling Gimli! Emily, that was EXACTLY what I was going to say! High five!!! :DAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12331254068588265995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-21172852190197968302015-05-29T16:28:26.339-05:002015-05-29T16:28:26.339-05:00I LOVE NICO! What a great character he is. Don'...I LOVE NICO! What a great character he is. Don't beat yourself up about the length of your chapters. Keep writing. Your style and preferences may change as you journey on or they may not. It's not a cause for concern.Shannon Dittemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757781231485815876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-46949022310115285552015-05-29T16:26:26.007-05:002015-05-29T16:26:26.007-05:00Hooray! I haven't read the Mother-Daughter Boo...Hooray! I haven't read the Mother-Daughter Book Club, but you've got me curious.Shannon Dittemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757781231485815876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-67830983134507792312015-05-29T16:25:53.610-05:002015-05-29T16:25:53.610-05:00Oh yay! I'm glad this helped, because yes! It ...Oh yay! I'm glad this helped, because yes! It can be confusing. Keep writing, friend.Shannon Dittemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757781231485815876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-56774158863202531902015-05-29T16:25:05.200-05:002015-05-29T16:25:05.200-05:00Oh yes! Frodo is an EXCELLENT example of a transfo...Oh yes! Frodo is an EXCELLENT example of a transformed character. Heartbreaking and inspiring, you're right.Shannon Dittemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757781231485815876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-2005942951509593392015-05-29T16:24:00.994-05:002015-05-29T16:24:00.994-05:00Thank you!Thank you!Shannon Dittemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757781231485815876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-87513730161381362472015-05-29T16:23:25.819-05:002015-05-29T16:23:25.819-05:00Definitely write WHATEVER you're passionate ab...Definitely write WHATEVER you're passionate about. I worried about this too at one point, but my agent put my mind at ease. If you're not writing what you're passionate about, you're just going to give up on it. There may come a time in your journey when you decide to be more selective about your projects. But not now. Now, write whatever you want and ENJOY it.Shannon Dittemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757781231485815876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-4970010151523237162015-05-29T16:21:47.169-05:002015-05-29T16:21:47.169-05:00I love that you're thinking about it! In the d...I love that you're thinking about it! In the drafting stage, we should ALWAYS feel free to write, write, write. It's in the editing stage that we need to really be sure our scenes are moving the story forward. So, keep writing! Shannon Dittemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757781231485815876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-19657658594379106622015-05-29T15:05:52.387-05:002015-05-29T15:05:52.387-05:00*slaps forehead* YES!!! Why did I not think of Nic...*slaps forehead* YES!!! Why did I not think of Nico? So much character growth, and I somehow missed him when trying to think of characters with surprising development! Elliehttp://thespellboundreader.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-80493473538155754302015-05-29T13:36:00.771-05:002015-05-29T13:36:00.771-05:00So true! As for a book...Nico di Angelo from Percy...So true! As for a book...Nico di Angelo from Percy Jackson/ Heroes of Olympus. It was nice to see him change, for the worse and then the better. And there were many surprises along the way, too :). I often include too *less* into a scene, and they come out dwarf size. Not good. I'm generally a short writer, which is strange, for I adore long chapters. But not scenes, for then I'm like *get on with the story!* :DAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03465957545134125403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-3350212208726366332015-05-29T13:03:33.195-05:002015-05-29T13:03:33.195-05:00In The Mother-Daughter Book Club series by Heather...In The Mother-Daughter Book Club series by Heather Vogel Frederick, the girls all mature and everything that's happened to them help shape who they are and who they become throughout each book. <br /><br />And thank you for this, it opens up my mind on how to think about character development now.If This Bookworm Has Offendedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02041437815135509478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-79722071176450921742015-05-29T10:51:34.269-05:002015-05-29T10:51:34.269-05:00Wow. This is a really cool way to think about it! ...Wow. This is a really cool way to think about it! I've definitely heard the scene by scene thing a lot, but it never really helped me except when I'm freaking out about how long a novel is. Then I just remind myself to take it a bit at a time. But now that you mention it, I think this is probably why thinking like that never worked for me--because a novel is one big story. Sure, it's got subplots, but whenever I tried to think about each scene having its own story it confused me and...yeah. <br /><br />Not to say that what I've read is wrong, because I think the point was that each scene needs to have a reason for being in the story, and conflict, that sort of thing. But I guess I got confused with that and forgot that while doing that, it's important to look at how the scene fits into the story/drives it forward.<br /><br />Thanks so much for helping clear it up!Amanda Fischernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-89457025085567935972015-05-29T08:54:49.425-05:002015-05-29T08:54:49.425-05:00The first thing that comes to mind regarding chara...The first thing that comes to mind regarding character growth is Lord of the Rings, particularly Frodo. At the beginning he's just a young, innocent little hobbit going about life without a care in the world, blissful and quiet. But then when he gets stuck with the Ring and the responsibility of getting rid of it, he starts to realize that there's something very serious going on, and the task he's meant to complete begins to change him. By the end of the story he's such a different person, it's heartbreaking and inspiring at the same time.Emily Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-65324176567002959632015-05-29T07:54:38.071-05:002015-05-29T07:54:38.071-05:00This post is really lovely. law EssayThis post is really lovely. <a href="http://www.lawessaypros.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">law Essay</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12027670104106909594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-64957227265198508082015-05-29T06:57:21.914-05:002015-05-29T06:57:21.914-05:00Great advice as always, Mrs. Dittemore! For charac...Great advice as always, Mrs. Dittemore! For character growth, I think of an oldie: On the Far Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George. Sam starts off as irritated with his sister Alice when she runs away, but at the end of the novel, when he discovers [no spoilers] that she ran away to get something special for him, he realizes just how much she cares for him.<br /><br />An unrelated question, if you don't mind--I've always written fast-paced contemporary fantasy and figured I always would. But now I have an idea for a thriller that I want to try, and I'm dying to go for it even though I know writers should try to stick to one genre. Suppose I were to land an agent, would s/he be okay with repping a writer who writes both thrillers and fast-paced contemp fantasies? Or would that be stretching my brand out too far?<br /><br />Thanks, Mrs. Dittemore!Linea Marshallnoreply@blogger.com