tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285825281902714579.post4379855498858503396..comments2023-09-12T00:58:57.476-07:00Comments on Deborah Walker: Novel AbandonmentDeborah Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10120928766455872439noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285825281902714579.post-57021527646655418842011-09-30T07:47:07.484-07:002011-09-30T07:47:07.484-07:00Funny coincidence, Do Androids Dream was my PKD bo...Funny coincidence, Do Androids Dream was my PKD book of choice for my vacation this year. It's brilliant. I followed it up with We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Shirley Jackson's final novel, which blew my socks off, and is also short. I'm beginning to see that a shorter novel can be like a swift, hard punch to the solar plexus: impressive and difficult to forget. <br /><br />I've got too many partial manuscripts in my trunk to offer authoritative advice, but I do think that some kind of outline, even a sketchy one, is the way to go.Elizabeth Twisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133959633383307056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285825281902714579.post-73860271455549966792011-09-27T03:51:25.521-07:002011-09-27T03:51:25.521-07:00Hello Sylvia and CherylAnne, thanks for the suppor...Hello Sylvia and CherylAnne, thanks for the support guys. I'm beginning to think that plotting is going to be the way to go.Deborah Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10120928766455872439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285825281902714579.post-52915029076598860672011-09-27T03:42:32.939-07:002011-09-27T03:42:32.939-07:00Hi Deb. You are so so so not alone. I tend to go b...Hi Deb. You are so so so not alone. I tend to go back and forth a bit too. One day I'm pulling my hair out over something and after a day or two away I'm like, "Oh, it's not so bad after all". LOL<br /><br />I pantsed my last book and it's pretty broken. I realized that I can't foreshadow events I haven't planned out yet, etc., etc. This time I trying the outline and so far I'm pretty jazzed about how it's going. :D It is all a learning experience, for sure.CherylAnne Hamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02324135447961686703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285825281902714579.post-6395731558063928342011-09-26T08:56:24.589-07:002011-09-26T08:56:24.589-07:00Hah. I'm glad I'm not the only one who doe...Hah. I'm glad I'm not the only one who does this!Sylviahttp://www.intrigue.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285825281902714579.post-8892107221422647922011-09-20T03:13:21.073-07:002011-09-20T03:13:21.073-07:00Hello everyone. Thanks for your support and good w...Hello everyone. Thanks for your support and good wishes. I've, err... decided to plod on. Thinking that there might be more to be gained. Good grief!Deborah Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10120928766455872439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285825281902714579.post-90243621843183447662011-09-20T00:01:25.928-07:002011-09-20T00:01:25.928-07:00You can do it!!! Says she who is struggling with h...You can do it!!! Says she who is struggling with her own.Cate Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634397106201021055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285825281902714579.post-70368809386257645972011-09-19T15:25:58.411-07:002011-09-19T15:25:58.411-07:00I know I shouldn't laugh, but I did. We have s...I know I shouldn't laugh, but I did. We have such different predicaments as writers. Somehow I can never abandon a novel, not after writing 30k words of it.<br /><br />Hoping you'll hit your stride with another story.J.L. Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05666634455836834179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285825281902714579.post-4222639138146135362011-09-19T14:55:42.193-07:002011-09-19T14:55:42.193-07:00You wouldn't be the first to walk away from a ...You wouldn't be the first to walk away from a novel. Look at it this way: it's better to find out it's not for you at 30k than 100k, right?Joe Romelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16059002667037520395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285825281902714579.post-45964634371281084622011-09-19T10:20:17.485-07:002011-09-19T10:20:17.485-07:00I have plenty of novel beginnings and even some mi...I have plenty of novel beginnings and even some middles lurking around in my files, but I think that's pretty normal:) Always good to follow your gut instinct, even if it tells you to abandon something. Good post!Lindsay N. Curriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347055390748782853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285825281902714579.post-7533974740115290442011-09-19T10:19:31.815-07:002011-09-19T10:19:31.815-07:00I have a few abandoned novels hiding on my flash d...I have a few abandoned novels hiding on my flash drive too. Sometimes my stories have a mind of their own and go off in directions I didn't expect and might not have wanted. It might still be good though!Christine Rainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08263694662585963900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285825281902714579.post-41952604691008545202011-09-19T10:09:14.770-07:002011-09-19T10:09:14.770-07:00Well, you have to follow your heart in these thing...Well, you have to follow your heart in these things. I'm thinking I might plot a bit more heavily for my next one to see how it goes.<br /><br />As to this book - one of the few where the film is better than the book it's based on. Discuss.Simon Kewinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11537163555998763769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285825281902714579.post-76890686115413449922011-09-19T09:32:27.982-07:002011-09-19T09:32:27.982-07:00I'm a happy panster for shorts. But novels are...I'm a happy panster for shorts. But novels are proving to be a new beat. You got to keep trying new things. <br /><br />Reading Dick is leaving me both inspired and depressed. That man could rock it. I wonder if he was a panster.Deborah Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10120928766455872439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285825281902714579.post-72222956035793761302011-09-19T09:28:41.271-07:002011-09-19T09:28:41.271-07:00Pantsing it often leaves me in a similar predicame...Pantsing it often leaves me in a similar predicament; I wonder if I should plan more, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285825281902714579.post-71712082077643569052011-09-19T08:56:40.564-07:002011-09-19T08:56:40.564-07:00Thanks, Trisha. I appreciate that. Hopefully it...Thanks, Trisha. I appreciate that. Hopefully it's all part of the learning process.Deborah Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10120928766455872439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285825281902714579.post-66065044570618286642011-09-19T06:53:12.211-07:002011-09-19T06:53:12.211-07:00Fear not, I think all of us writers have a few aba...Fear not, I think all of us writers have a few abandoned novels tucked away in a drawer somewhere. I know I do.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10736441732672508192noreply@blogger.com