tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12150605.post145794249469501229..comments2024-03-27T02:56:19.634-06:00Comments on Melissa Amateis: Writing the Tough ScenesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12150605.post-86531262625227812202007-08-14T06:52:00.000-06:002007-08-14T06:52:00.000-06:00That Snoopy comic made me laugh so hard I teared u...That Snoopy comic made me laugh so hard I teared up!Kelly Boycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15459592836145655997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12150605.post-28935095318812575832007-08-12T22:11:00.000-06:002007-08-12T22:11:00.000-06:00It seems I'm ALWAYS working on a tough scene that ...It seems I'm ALWAYS working on a tough scene that needs to be slapped around and reworked. <BR/>Oh, wait, it's not the scene that's really the problem, is it? It's me, the author who's writing it!!!!Holly Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02336717023482533615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12150605.post-88019023723263886072007-08-12T08:19:00.000-06:002007-08-12T08:19:00.000-06:00I haven't dealt with it in an efffective way yet. ...I haven't dealt with it in an efffective way yet. <BR/><BR/>The ones I have written, I just pushed out of my mind that they were important scenes and just wrote them and went back and edited them weeks later.<BR/><BR/>The one big one I have...is just a blank peice of paper right now. My plan is to sit down and try to write it every day and in the meantime read other books that have similar scenes and similar situations and learn from the masters.Lyzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08155401430382041177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12150605.post-13379823415799160252007-08-11T19:17:00.000-06:002007-08-11T19:17:00.000-06:00I remember once being daunted by a party scene, wh...I remember once being daunted by a party scene, where there would be much going on and a lot of characters involved. I ended up writing it from several points of view, then taking the best bits. It was the only way I felt like I could get the sense of action I wanted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12150605.post-53900500777912919742007-08-11T10:57:00.000-06:002007-08-11T10:57:00.000-06:00I write it and then let it sit and come back fresh...I write it and then let it sit and come back fresh a day or two later and then repeat the process as many times as needed.Merettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03860086164332852221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12150605.post-26943459694884001012007-08-10T18:45:00.000-06:002007-08-10T18:45:00.000-06:00It is so cool to see insight into how others work ...It is so cool to see insight into how others work out their writer's kinks. I'm just like you. I've spent hours tweaking a 2 page scene until I felt it was right. It is only when I look back at it later that I realize that it was a pivotal scene which was why I wrestled so hard and mightily over it.Ello - Ellen Ohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18311917335471167591noreply@blogger.com