tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136317338267812281.post2245846001163567267..comments2023-07-06T17:27:01.924+03:00Comments on Shadows of the Past: Writing Tips (XXII) Realistic or Hollywood endingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06645785208371532099noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136317338267812281.post-13775624665288240972017-02-04T21:12:27.497+02:002017-02-04T21:12:27.497+02:00Hope you have a pleasant, productive weekend, Carm...Hope you have a pleasant, productive weekend, Carmen:)Sandra Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814573408898140885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136317338267812281.post-81085644418910924342017-02-02T15:58:28.638+02:002017-02-02T15:58:28.638+02:00You have a good day too, my friend.You have a good day too, my friend.Sandra Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814573408898140885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136317338267812281.post-86818340722457679352017-02-02T12:08:00.089+02:002017-02-02T12:08:00.089+02:00I am totally with you, Sandra!
Have a lovely day!I am totally with you, Sandra!<br />Have a lovely day!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06645785208371532099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136317338267812281.post-65578005643572913682017-02-01T23:15:28.417+02:002017-02-01T23:15:28.417+02:00A little dark can be a good thing, at least in wri...A little dark can be a good thing, at least in writing:) It makes us appreciate the light.<br />Have a great one, Carmen.Sandra Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814573408898140885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136317338267812281.post-47767213087273748632017-02-01T00:22:08.366+02:002017-02-01T00:22:08.366+02:00Well said, Carmen:)Well said, Carmen:)Sandra Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814573408898140885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136317338267812281.post-41845778918224298942017-01-29T20:21:34.319+02:002017-01-29T20:21:34.319+02:00Thank you for checking the post, Flossie!Thank you for checking the post, Flossie!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06645785208371532099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136317338267812281.post-68974099672443087162017-01-29T10:17:34.133+02:002017-01-29T10:17:34.133+02:00My novels have happy endings. As you said, life ha...My novels have happy endings. As you said, life has enough tragedy. You said it perfectly with HEA, to stop it in the right place after the achievement of the goal/girl. If I have a hankering to read darker works, I'll go for the old classics or for urban fantasy, which is gritty but still escapist. Thanks for another on target writing post.Flossie Benton Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09014187603260716073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136317338267812281.post-5278086908410435962017-01-26T18:05:07.601+02:002017-01-26T18:05:07.601+02:00Thank you, Mae!
You know, reading your reply and S...Thank you, Mae!<br />You know, reading your reply and Sandra's and thinking of what I also say, it means that life isn't as easy or rosy as we want and reading/writing HEA or even HFN offer us the blessed escapism road.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06645785208371532099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136317338267812281.post-37317199423211390692017-01-26T17:36:11.461+02:002017-01-26T17:36:11.461+02:00I'm definitely an HEA girl. That's not to ...I'm definitely an HEA girl. That's not to say I don't like to read dark or gritty books. I just want the characters I bond with to triumph in the end. I don't need fairytale endings, but I do need GOOD endings, if that makes sense :)<br /><br />Like Sandra, I read for escapism. I guess I write that way too. Nice post, Carmen!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136317338267812281.post-49509632862001155182017-01-25T22:54:49.600+02:002017-01-25T22:54:49.600+02:00Escapism is the word, indeed, Sandra. And the inne...Escapism is the word, indeed, Sandra. And the inner craving, like you say, to live where all is positive and at least HFN.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06645785208371532099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136317338267812281.post-15979498272232162222017-01-25T21:52:50.631+02:002017-01-25T21:52:50.631+02:00I try for happy. To me reading is all about escap...I try for happy. To me reading is all about escapism. Life can be challenging enough. I read to escape into a world where anything is possible.Sandra Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814573408898140885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136317338267812281.post-47922165593796673072017-01-25T13:01:18.376+02:002017-01-25T13:01:18.376+02:00 I remember how sad I was – I cried - reading the ... I remember how sad I was – I cried - reading the last part of Dumas’s historical novel The Three Musketeers, The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later. I read the Three Musketeers and Twenty Years After three times. But the last part only once. So I admit I understand people’s wanting to see an optimistic end. Shadows of the Past had an HFN end, practically an open end, though not a cliffhanger. Till Life Do Us Part was a tragic end, initially. Then at the advice of my editor and my betareaders I changed it. Reluctantly at first, but it seems it was a better choice.<br />Thank you for dropping by!<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06645785208371532099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136317338267812281.post-46833540853331076972017-01-25T02:13:33.857+02:002017-01-25T02:13:33.857+02:00I really wanted to make The Cock of the South into...I really wanted to make The Cock of the South into a Greek tragedy. I knew the world would expect a happy ending. I found a way to split the difference.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com