tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930358664981152962.post7031807718895876981..comments2024-01-14T21:28:37.623-05:00Comments on In the Shade of the Cherry Tree .... Hope Comes Home: Repainting or Remodeling?Zan Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13403563510118660546noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930358664981152962.post-49401800708626484612012-02-11T19:45:30.945-05:002012-02-11T19:45:30.945-05:00Glad you like my images. I'm trying to remodel...Glad you like my images. I'm trying to remodel my first scene and it's as bad as the worst nightmare renovation. ; )Zan Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13403563510118660546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930358664981152962.post-42849411114780027592012-02-11T16:05:34.178-05:002012-02-11T16:05:34.178-05:00What a fun and apt analogy! I really do tend to re...What a fun and apt analogy! I really do tend to repaint a lot, myself. I'd rather cut out difficult scenes entirely than try to remodel them, sometimes. But move around sentences and emphasis and commas and arguments enough, and the scene really does become something new!Deniz Bevanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930358664981152962.post-49788624235099209402012-02-07T15:53:08.413-05:002012-02-07T15:53:08.413-05:00(blush) Thanks, Charlotte. I'm the daughter of...(blush) Thanks, Charlotte. I'm the daughter of a master carpenter and my husband is very handy, too. In fact, the photo of the wall coming down is of him when he replaced the siding on our 90+ year old house.Zan Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00166450116524323462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930358664981152962.post-67829602170304426922012-02-07T11:01:39.198-05:002012-02-07T11:01:39.198-05:00I'm a dedicated remodeler. I love trying to f...I'm a dedicated remodeler. I love trying to figure out what would make a scene better. But today, most of all what I love is applying these terms to revising scenes--brilliant!Charlotte Rains Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12657052065864065323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930358664981152962.post-83925675215143799642012-02-06T16:17:11.548-05:002012-02-06T16:17:11.548-05:00Glad the post hit home for you, Scarlett. I really...Glad the post hit home for you, Scarlett. I really need to sledgehammer a few right now and I'm reluctant. I know--I'm a whimp. ; )<br /><br />BTW, you'll never regret time spent at B&W. I love the place.Zan Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00166450116524323462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930358664981152962.post-38229022283395264702012-02-06T16:15:11.100-05:002012-02-06T16:15:11.100-05:00I've dumped a few in the trash myself. ; ) And...I've dumped a few in the trash myself. ; ) And sometimes they're the ones I *love*.Zan Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00166450116524323462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930358664981152962.post-57859219000941204762012-02-06T15:06:46.161-05:002012-02-06T15:06:46.161-05:00Wow! How relevant to my life right now.
I tend to...Wow! How relevant to my life right now.<br /><br />I tend to go in with a sledge hammer when a scene just isn't working. Which is why I am in the middle of re-working an entire chapter! Too much?<br /><br />As much as I am pulled away from my WIP by Life, I just find it hard to make necessary changes without starting at the beginning. For me, that's at the start of the chapter, generally speaking. <br /><br />I've grown a lot as a writer,I think, I hope, since I started the WIP. It is taking every ounce of my being to NOT go back and start over at Chapter One. Bad writer! Very, very bad. It is a first draft, after all.<br /><br />Thanks for the push, Zan Marie. STILL trying to schedule regular visits and begin participating on Book Writers! I'll get there.Scarletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02194637248895827402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930358664981152962.post-14817787837328357552012-02-06T14:24:03.398-05:002012-02-06T14:24:03.398-05:00I've had scenes like that. Usually they're...I've had scenes like that. Usually they're ones I have to decide on whether they need to be in the book at all. Sometimes I just chuck them and the story flows better without them. Other times, I do a little painting, but rarely do I entirely deconstruct a scene and build it all back up all over again.Mary Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09429769115085903305noreply@blogger.com