tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post1670537393371578079..comments2024-03-28T08:20:38.025-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: ON PLASTICJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-42625182512742619082008-02-26T19:24:00.000-05:002008-02-26T19:24:00.000-05:00Yes, Mo, yes yes yes. And that's why I always just...Yes, Mo, yes yes yes. And that's why I always just leave everything in for the (way too long) first draft. Because it never fails (cross fingers, knock wood) that something I put in someplace in the beginning, because it just seemed to happen, is incredibly relevant later. And is even a turning point. <BR/><BR/>I can tell you, absolutely, that's happened in all three books, and already in the synopsis of the fourth. It's one of the most wonderful things. It's like--s gift that your mind gives yourself. The key is there--but you didn't realize it. Til, like some Rubik's cube, it all clicks into place.<BR/><BR/>And, thanks Mo. I think I'll put a kitchen cabinet in Drive Time. Hmm. But in whose kitchen?Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-86305262707844511942008-02-26T16:41:00.000-05:002008-02-26T16:41:00.000-05:00Be thankful it was Tupperware, Hank. I regularly g...Be thankful it was Tupperware, Hank. I regularly get beaned by flashlights and spray paint cans tumbling off the shelf of our utility closet. (The door sticks, too, so I have to open it with a yank hard enough to dislodge a police-issue maglite.)<BR/><BR/>That scenario is a great start for a "discovery" type of mystery. What will our heroine find at the back of that closet when she finally empties every last thing out of it in frustrated fury?<BR/><BR/>Question, Hank: When you are cutting back all those words, do you find elements that would not have been in there if you hadn't over-written in the first place? Example: Maybe you didn't know why there was a Tupperware avalanche in chapter one until you got to chapter 20 and Charlotte realized how out-of-character it was for an otherwise neatnik to have a haphazard pots and pans cabinet.<BR/>MoAliasMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02215864597874551595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-86098657459636010092008-02-25T10:37:00.000-05:002008-02-25T10:37:00.000-05:00I only have three Tupperware tubs, which probably ...I only have three Tupperware tubs, which probably says volumes about the way I manage my cooking/eating, but it also means I have no solutions to the lotsa-Tup dilemma.<BR/><BR/>The sight picture of Hank's avalanche was great though. Very cinematic!<BR/><BR/>Hoosh. Backstory and editing. I've read your comments here with interest. Some of them deserve to be bronzed.<BR/><BR/>Great post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-46223020172413563052008-02-25T10:12:00.000-05:002008-02-25T10:12:00.000-05:00With the lid ON?Radical.With the lid ON?<BR/>Radical.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-9156365461965478222008-02-25T08:56:00.000-05:002008-02-25T08:56:00.000-05:00Ah, the plastic container problem. I keep all of o...Ah, the plastic container problem. I keep all of ours, EACH WITH ITS LID ON, in a big drawer in the kitchen. When the drawer gets full, we have too many containers and it's off to the recycling bin with the flimsy ones. I wish my writing were so tidy...<BR/><BR/>Great SINC/NE meeting yesterday at Hanscom. I took a walk in the housing area afterwards to stretch my legs before getting back in the car. Most units have names like "Capt. George and Jane Green" or "Sgt. Smith and Family" posted above the doors. One said "Go Red Sox" instead.<BR/><BR/>Edith MaxwellEdith Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.com