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Posted on 01/31/2004 9:52:08 AM PST by ecurbh
You go in the cage?
Cage goes in the water.
Shark's in the water.
Farewell and adieu to you, fair Spanish ladies. . .
No, ma'am, I am just a dolphin. Will you let me in, please?
I am NOT a fan of cold water! Just standing in the waves took my breath away!!
I like warm water!--much better than snorkeling around here in 50-60-degree water, plus you can see farther down there because the water is clearer. Wouldn't want to be in the water with jellyfish, though! I can also sympathize with Renee not wanting to be in the water with sharks--seen too many documentaries on surfing "accidents" :)
BTW, did you get my last reply to you last night with regards to the writing question I asked you? I think I posted it right after you logged off, so if you missed it here it is again:
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Does that help? I'm struggling with "make something happen, everyone's just talking", myself.
Thanks, that helps some--fits with the advice I'm getting from Ben Bova's book on writing SF, which I'm reading now for tips. On the thing you're struggling with, there's some good discussion of that in Monica Wood, Description, Chapters 2 and 4. If you can't find it in your library/bookstore I can write up a summary for you--should probably review that myself anyway. Offhand a couple things I'd suggest are 1) make the talking relate to the action and 2) when people are talking, whenever possible describe them as moving rather than sitting still--like for instance they might be travelling in a car between scenes; this is something I do in my novel so that there's still a sense of motion/progress even during dialogue.
Me, neither :) I have a permanent injury from scuba diving in Lake Geneva in October. Went down to see a wreck and I came near to getting hypothermia. As it was for the next two hours my fingers and toes were frozen like carrot sticks and the combination of water pressure and cold water on my right ear was like having an icicle stuck in my ear. I was lucky it didn't turn out worse, but as it is my circulation has never been the same sense, in either my limbs or my right ear. Can't deal with cold like I used to. Like warm water, though :)
BTW the same series that book is from has a really good book on plot structure:
Jack M. Bickham, Scene and Structure
If you click on that link, down the page there are also some other books from the same series you may find useful, esp. Ansen Dibell's Plot and Nancy Kress' Beginnings, Middles & Ends. I'd also recommend an out-of-print book Dean Koontz wrote a while back, How To Write Bestselling Fiction , which has a very insightful analysis of Stephen King's plot technique.
Arguments between relatives--never thought of that one, that's a good idea :) On the buildup, do you have some action in the opening scene? Koontz's formula for keeping the action flowing is that the opening scene should plunge the protagonist into some type of crisis, and every attempt to resolve this crisis should complicate things even further until the final scene actually resolves the crisis. As you describe your story, it sounds like maybe your opening scene would relate to how the hero became convicted of a crime. Maybe if you start at the crime scene you could get some action in there?
ecurbh and I have to run to town.... see ya when we get back, if we don't get beat up.
Danger!
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