tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1133568317365346510.post7080639472827341960..comments2024-01-28T23:26:14.870-08:00Comments on Dead Houseplants*: Writing Emotion: How do great writers do it?Kim Aippersbachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02556947405633680410noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1133568317365346510.post-12784280484921295512013-02-18T04:08:22.833-08:002013-02-18T04:08:22.833-08:00Wow - thanks for this very thorough post on creati...Wow - thanks for this very thorough post on creating emotions. I can see I'm going to have to do some revising of my WIP!Andrea Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15250681746122381149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1133568317365346510.post-47047922728523027402013-01-11T14:46:26.507-08:002013-01-11T14:46:26.507-08:00Wow! I'm a bit behind, I just read this Kim. T...Wow! I'm a bit behind, I just read this Kim. Terrific post. I wrote a post on emotions yesterday, I wish I'd seen yours! Karen Woodwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05497346859460691324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1133568317365346510.post-8067215052369704202013-01-09T14:24:12.566-08:002013-01-09T14:24:12.566-08:00I love Ibbotson's books for younger readers, l...I love Ibbotson's books for younger readers, like Which Witch (so funny!), but I was blown away by Journey to a River Sea. I think that's still my favourite.<br /><br />I have a real book of A Civil Campaign, and it opens naturally to the page with Miles' letter. Yes to the brilliance. I don't have it in front of me, but Ekaterina's response to it: "It wasn't just honest, it was naked. Every sentence that didn't begin with 'I' began with 'but'." (Another little lesson on using grammar to convey emotion!)Kim Aippersbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02556947405633680410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1133568317365346510.post-75981546815312170592013-01-09T12:51:47.803-08:002013-01-09T12:51:47.803-08:00I can see I'm not yet reading closely enough. ...I can see I'm not yet reading closely enough. Maybe that's for the third read-through? First is plot, second is the writing in general, maybe the third to watch the details of the how.<br /><br />Yes! on Ibbotson. I have a few of her books. They feel simple and childish but resonate in my heart while leaving my brain alone. Very strange, the feeling, but she conveys a non-American sensibility through all that, by what's left out of the character's thoughts, and which fascinates me. <br /><br />I saved Miles's letter to Ekaterina and it's been on my PDA/Clie/iPhone since the book came out. Brilliant writing and a proper apology while spewing anguish all over the page. I love it and reread it often.<br />Carynnoreply@blogger.com