tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033598682489350651.post927304129550421629..comments2023-05-27T01:53:21.676-04:00Comments on Diane L. Major: Dense, or Encompassing?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033598682489350651.post-24425986358731666072016-02-06T14:27:16.507-05:002016-02-06T14:27:16.507-05:00About the way I will spend mine!
You'll do fi...About the way I will spend mine!<br /><br />You'll do fine with the scene, I'm sure of it. You might feel like you need a shower afterwards, or a prayer. You might you hate doing these types of scenes, but if it's critical to the time period, it wouldn't make sense to leave it out. Unfortunately.Donnaevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09026536210749494257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033598682489350651.post-84325240560847331382016-02-05T12:35:45.966-05:002016-02-05T12:35:45.966-05:00I don't think I could write the novel and leav...I don't think I could write the novel and leave out such a major event taking place in the city. It's a formative crisis for one character comparable to the shooting of Ronald Reagan or 9/11, and it also establishes the extremely important follow up by Theodoric the Great - and, indeed, sheds some light on the earliest instances of anti-semitism within the Christian world. One of the other watershed events, a particular murder, occurs at a moment coinciding with what people like to call "The Dark Ages" ... these things *are* the story.<br /><br />So the trick is going to be the contextualization.<br /><br />I have a feeling I may have just figured out how I may spend Super Bowl Sunday!DLMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08768285199864217885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033598682489350651.post-42118422854329165072016-02-05T09:38:40.414-05:002016-02-05T09:38:40.414-05:00Sheesh. 519?
My questions would also be, is it...Sheesh. 519? <br /><br />My questions would also be, is it necessary as a new direction for the story, i.e. a way to introduce something horrific which actually took place back then, and thereby set the context for the relationships which may have already been suffering? A sort of catalyst to show this was inevitable? IMO, it's about story direction. What will the scene accomplish for your story direction?<br /><br />Not that you're looking for input. :) The tough scenes are hard to write because, much like a movie playing in your head, you have to go *there.* <br /><br />Donnaevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09026536210749494257noreply@blogger.com