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by RandiS
October 1st, 2010, 4:19 pm
Forum: Procrastination
Topic: What's your favorite song that tells a story?
Replies: 58
Views: 28934

Re: What's your favorite song that tells a story?

My immediate reaction to this post was to say "Puff the Magic Dragon." As a kid, I LOVED that song, but now I can't get "Meet the Fockers" out of my head. So disturbing. Puffing the magic dragon...childhood fantasies were shattered. So I'm going with another song choice. Living i...
by RandiS
September 24th, 2010, 1:27 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: pacing
Replies: 4
Views: 2051

Re: pacing

My sense is that pacing is directed by the genre, and if it's a literary work, then perhaps by the focus. Is it active or adventurous? Is the plot complicated or does it contain a mystery? 60K is a median word count for YA. You have some room if you believe the story and the characters need more de...
by RandiS
September 16th, 2010, 10:51 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: pacing
Replies: 4
Views: 2051

Re: pacing

I'm replying to myself because I just found a very similar question posed a month ago on this board. So, let me focus my question just a little...do you think YA fiction differs from "grown up" fiction in terms of pacing?
by RandiS
September 16th, 2010, 10:40 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: pacing
Replies: 4
Views: 2051

pacing

I'm working on my first novel. YA fiction. The first draft is finished and I've had several friends and colleagues read it. One of my readers is a very analytical high school English teacher who writes book and film critiques, and I really value his opinion, but I'm not sure how to handle some comme...
by RandiS
September 3rd, 2010, 3:52 pm
Forum: Nominate Your Query or First Page for a Critique on the Blog
Topic: Page Critique Friday 9/3/10
Replies: 21
Views: 30059

Re: Page Critique Friday 9/3/10

I loved the use of food to show your characters' state of mind, and the dialogue was well done. I always think it's preferable to write dialogue using as few tags as possible, which you did beautifully. I did get a little lost in the middle, particularly where Eddie said "But most aren't."...