tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post7268876666163312881..comments2024-03-07T04:13:36.330-06:00Comments on The Storyteller's Inkpot: WritingTicsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-42769383724514273952011-08-11T14:01:19.625-05:002011-08-11T14:01:19.625-05:00Marsha, I'm reading a junior literary version ...Marsha, I'm reading a junior literary version of the Man in the Iron Mask and am drooling to read the original again soon. That Dumas guy has some swashbuckling stories!Cheryl Bardoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00084503940091474111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-20783868690588879452011-08-08T14:23:22.351-05:002011-08-08T14:23:22.351-05:00Can't wait to hear your lecture!!!!Can't wait to hear your lecture!!!!Mellisa Dempseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14350597062105039404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-77378931103545679962011-08-08T14:22:35.208-05:002011-08-08T14:22:35.208-05:00@ Peter: I'm so in <3 with Ida B!@ Peter: I'm so in <3 with Ida B!Mellisa Dempseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14350597062105039404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-17127899574591289672011-08-08T14:19:44.948-05:002011-08-08T14:19:44.948-05:00@Mellisa: Ida B is one of my all-time favorites. ...@Mellisa: Ida B is one of my all-time favorites. I'm using it in my thesis.Peter Pearsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05680264754278143181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-66919455321135313102011-08-08T12:52:05.661-05:002011-08-08T12:52:05.661-05:00LOL@ Andy! I, too, wonder if the nodding, arching ...LOL@ Andy! I, too, wonder if the nodding, arching eyebrows issue results from inattention, fatigue, or lack of "seeing." Maybe a combination of all three? I love the idea of running a tic check on a WIP. My characters stare an awful lot. And they always do something annoying with their hair--perhaps a group visit to the salon is in order.<br /><br />Great article, Marsha!<br /><br />Reading: Ida B, Modern Art and the Death of a Culture (H.R. Rookmaaker), Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams, and the usual The Chronicle of Higher Ed. and random books on craft. :0)Mellisa Dempseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14350597062105039404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-75724042422209920762011-08-07T13:10:22.305-05:002011-08-07T13:10:22.305-05:00My characters nod and shake their heads so much th...My characters nod and shake their heads so much they should all be in neck braces. <br /><br />What's really interesting in this article is how fiction writers use stock descriptions (nodding, arching eyebrows, etc.) to elicit emotional responses. As a reader, I like to be surprised, and as a writer I'm dissatisfied with my characters nodding--my characters could be doing more interesting things, more visually interesting things. <br /><br />You hear the recommendation to have characters doing something in a scene--maybe along with that we can try imagining what objects there are in a particular setting that the characters might interact with or fix their attention on.Andy Cochranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13488591613265971587noreply@blogger.com