tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-153744575087369817.post8635310662440709448..comments2023-05-18T09:41:06.466-05:00Comments on an aspiring author's journey: how do you write??eden tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599335588966259388noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-153744575087369817.post-53906770816622676602009-06-22T21:41:32.098-05:002009-06-22T21:41:32.098-05:00nice!! i ramble, as well, so i love to see others ...nice!! i ramble, as well, so i love to see others do it.<br />it's interesting how you write. your stories sound cool!!<br />i'm using the name bennett, but because it's my late grandfather's middle name. but now i have another reason that i hadn't even thought about.<br />my urban fantasy is about dark faeries right now. it was young adult, but it ended up being a big too dark, so i had to change it. up her age and tweak a few things..<br />i love reading other people's work for whatever reason---critiques, pure enjoyment, edits, whatever...<br />if you ever want an opinion on something, let me know. also, if you're interested in any of my work, i'll gladly send you some.<br />i have a few pages of excerpts (plus some posts) on my other blog (edentylerwriter.com).<br /><br />see, i ramble too lol ;)<br /><br />thanks for stopping by---first visitor woohoo!!<br />glad ya like the blog. it's a boring default theme atm, but it's cool enough for me for right now =)<br /><br />ttyl!<br /><br />p.s. i think experiencing the place you're writing about is sooo important. i set my first novel in my hometown, albeit a different name, but it's still the same place in my head for the most part... keeping it simple to start out...eden tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17599335588966259388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-153744575087369817.post-72851878681302673522009-06-22T14:29:44.590-05:002009-06-22T14:29:44.590-05:00...sorry- I wrote a lot- I ramble some times :)...sorry- I wrote a lot- I ramble some times :)Pen Penhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18443147029903410419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-153744575087369817.post-77240234696104317662009-06-22T14:29:14.034-05:002009-06-22T14:29:14.034-05:00:) I like ur new blog!! -and I'm interested to...:) I like ur new blog!! -and I'm interested to know the type of fantasy ur writing!! <br />I finished a first draft of a paranormal thriller(that's what agents call it- I call it a ghost story :). I have always written, and started many other novels, but would drop them when I felt they didn't really say what I felt my heart was trying to put across. I have high standards for a first novel I guess-I just wanted the first one to say something in case I never get another chance. I deals with some real life experiences-tragedies in my family that had always seemed unexplainable. I had a..."experience" a couple of years ago that shook me--I was raised strict Southern Baptist, so-when it happened-I didn't know what to say to people. I cam home one night while living with my parents(nope-I had not been drinking or anything else-and I was not sleepy), and I saw my mom's back as she walked into the living room. I was on the other side of the back door unlocking it. I followed her to her room - I was maybe 15 feet behind-saw her in a white nightgown. When I got into her room, she was fast asleep in bed and rolled up in the covers. I heard a noise in her bathroom- like a voice. I walked into there, and heard my own name. I scared the CRAP out of me!! I didn't tell anyone for a long time and tried to forget about it. Maybe it was an angel(that's what I'd like to think), or maybe I was hallucinating(never hallucinated before, but who knows-). I have no idea what happened, but I wrote the experience down and it became a first chapter. :)<br />My characters went to New Orleans, and I was able to go there and research places. My parents are both from there, so my mom went with me--It was an AMAZING experience being there with her, and it's beyond helpful to not just know what ur setting looks like, but also what it smells like-or what the lighting is like and things like that. I did a lot of research that ties real things into a fiction story line(I think that 'The Da Vinci Code' did that well--tho the writing was horrible).<br />I write my first draft completely out of my head- then go back and expand or change what needs to be changed. I didn't make an outline till recently cuz I wanted to check off what had been covered, and keep a reference guide for myself of what I needed to fix. I DID write out character historys tho- and I dress them according to their personalities. I also made their names have meaning. They all have a first and last name of someone real who displays different characteristics that character shows. EX: I have a female character named Tasha Bennett. Tasha- after Tasha Tudor- the childrens book author and artist who loved to garden and live a simple life. Bennett-After Elizabeth Bennett from 'Pride and Prejudice'-who is strong and a bit stubborn. I think any extra real life tidbits or ideas you can add to a novel to give it depth should be added! :)Pen Penhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18443147029903410419noreply@blogger.com