tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post3195070635619264363..comments2024-01-12T00:48:48.031-06:00Comments on Go Teen Writers: Make it PersonalStephanie Morrillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-67065581320975914532015-04-20T18:00:42.926-05:002015-04-20T18:00:42.926-05:00Love this!Love this!Keturah Lambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05041749245034077912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-91851243809082197672015-04-14T23:20:31.319-05:002015-04-14T23:20:31.319-05:00Yes! Awesome advice!
I recently had to switch fro...Yes! Awesome advice! <br />I recently had to switch from third person to first person because for my story third person just wasn't working. My MC has many depths and many layers to her, the switch was the key to making it more personal. Alice Shawhttp://aliceshawwrites.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-49469950497210942802015-04-14T22:53:48.182-05:002015-04-14T22:53:48.182-05:00Awesome post! I always struggled to do this when I...Awesome post! I always struggled to do this when I wrote dystopian/sci-fi, but it's a lot easier when I'm writing contemporary. With my contemporary WIP I'm working on now, I'm not writing about anything huge like a war or something, but struggling with anxiety is a big theme throughout the story. I'm nervous about portraying it well, but also excited because it's definitely very personal for me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06057163913600512938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-50162505407319321932015-04-14T20:28:30.325-05:002015-04-14T20:28:30.325-05:00Yes yes yes. My last first draft ended up WAY more...Yes yes yes. My last first draft ended up WAY more personal than I'd anticipated - it was a dystopia set in Norway so it really couldn't have been more different than my personal circumstances, but the MC showed up with extreme anxiety - something I've always dealt with a lot. It took some turns I could relate to a lot and basically wrecked me as I wrote, but I think it turned out way better because of it. Aimee Meesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02288344639711547844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-59514696093844386922015-04-14T16:18:23.886-05:002015-04-14T16:18:23.886-05:00Do you have any advice on what to do when you find...Do you have any advice on what to do when you find yourself having the opposite problem? I always feel like I'm focusing so much on my characters that I'm almost losing my story, and I have trouble sometimes pulling back and looking at my story as a whole. Is this even a problem? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-23968862378526098332015-04-14T14:46:57.787-05:002015-04-14T14:46:57.787-05:00Ooh, this is great advice. Narrowing down the focu...Ooh, this is great advice. Narrowing down the focus to how something so broad affects people on a detailed level makes a story so much more interesting. In history class I have a hard time getting into the material if my class speeds over a time period and gives me only a general sense of that section of history. However, when we take the time to delve into the details and learn about the people behind a time period, I find history to be so much more interesting. I guess stories are the same way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-47760514766461374992015-04-14T11:10:47.896-05:002015-04-14T11:10:47.896-05:00This is such wonderful advice...I love it. So many...This is such wonderful advice...I love it. So many times writing the emotional scenes takes us away from the story instead of drawing us in... because they're so hard to write without being tacky or cliché!! I always try to think of it as writing not to force the reader to feel emotion based on what it happening in my book, but writing with the intent of them making connections between the book and their own life - and then dealing with their real-life emotions while they're reading the emotional scene in my book. does that make sense? Am I on the right track? :)<br /><br />(I love GTW...I've been following for years now, but I never comment...just wanted to say thanks for all you do!)Olivia Smithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06248659353869417682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-37778379093881670182015-04-14T11:05:17.624-05:002015-04-14T11:05:17.624-05:00And if we're writing from our heart, we're...And if we're writing from our heart, we're in good shape to do just that :)Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-7195935778358978102015-04-14T11:04:45.190-05:002015-04-14T11:04:45.190-05:00Sounds like you're being very smart as you thi...Sounds like you're being very smart as you think through your story!Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-78551358871026375212015-04-14T11:04:07.012-05:002015-04-14T11:04:07.012-05:00That's an excellent quote. From a very unlikel...That's an excellent quote. From a very unlikely source :)Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-80634130524211379692015-04-14T10:52:55.819-05:002015-04-14T10:52:55.819-05:00Yes, it does! Yes, it does! Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-83551739864987597842015-04-14T10:52:38.989-05:002015-04-14T10:52:38.989-05:00That's a great way to think about it, Linea.That's a great way to think about it, Linea.Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-22003090546365902832015-04-14T08:13:22.558-05:002015-04-14T08:13:22.558-05:00This is really good advice...we need to stay focus...This is really good advice...we need to stay focused in our writing, and our focus above all needs to be to make it personal. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17102112870911606839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-46812836759755818832015-04-14T07:41:48.784-05:002015-04-14T07:41:48.784-05:00True! Good luck, Linea.True! Good luck, Linea.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03465957545134125403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-32669722028051857962015-04-14T07:41:15.464-05:002015-04-14T07:41:15.464-05:00I agree :).I agree :).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03465957545134125403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-20081440357421550912015-04-14T07:41:00.466-05:002015-04-14T07:41:00.466-05:00A Kazakh genocide novel sounds very interesting! J...A Kazakh genocide novel sounds very interesting! Joseph Stalin's words are chilling.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03465957545134125403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-58890039952175558882015-04-14T07:40:13.405-05:002015-04-14T07:40:13.405-05:00Hear, hear. My book is about a centuries old confl...Hear, hear. My book is about a centuries old conflict and war between elves and humans, and I love making it a one man's war about my MC, the assassin Dorlin Hull who is conflicted between himself, and his mysterious past. Great quote.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03465957545134125403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-19737569791360367782015-04-14T07:18:00.418-05:002015-04-14T07:18:00.418-05:00I think this is the answer to my Kazakh genocide n...I think this is the answer to my Kazakh genocide novel. When writing about communism, and the near extinction of a people, take one person's loss and pain, because as humans we can't relate to an event or number. As the tyrant Joseph Stalin himself said, "The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic."Michaella Valkenaarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05941534174780538506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-44805559929163536122015-04-14T06:32:39.100-05:002015-04-14T06:32:39.100-05:00I think this is the struggle of epic writers. It ...I think this is the struggle of epic writers. It becomes so... convenient to have our characters exist only to artificially advance the plot.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06401287896327956210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-11737194566126724432015-04-14T06:14:09.053-05:002015-04-14T06:14:09.053-05:00Thank you for this great advice! I'm doing my ...Thank you for this great advice! I'm doing my best to make it personal, especially with the character. If the character isn't connected to the "big thing" in some personal way, the "big thing" and the character won't be worth the reader's care.Linea Marshallnoreply@blogger.com