tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15451736.post760611227264984210..comments2024-03-28T07:46:42.106-04:00Comments on Margaret Moore: Strengths and WeaknessesMargaret Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11556769462995493735noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15451736.post-48106783418020539252007-10-31T12:27:00.000-04:002007-10-31T12:27:00.000-04:00Having just done a slash and burn on my own ms. be...Having just done a slash and burn on my own ms. because I found bits slow, I hope I don't wind up with skippable bits. But as I said, sometimes one person's lush style can be another person's boring, so I don't think you can ever really know for sure what some folks will skip.<BR/><BR/>If I'm finding a book boring (ie. skippable), I stop reading it. And sometimes I can tell from the first page that I'm going to find the author's style tough going, so I don't get the book.Margaret Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11556769462995493735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15451736.post-15212392738891957252007-10-31T09:25:00.000-04:002007-10-31T09:25:00.000-04:00Yeah, Maureen, I could never write erotica. Or ex...Yeah, Maureen, I could never write erotica. Or extremely bloody battle scenes. LOLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15451736.post-7929119478749761232007-10-31T01:27:00.000-04:002007-10-31T01:27:00.000-04:00Oh, and Kimber... I never skip those parts. LOLOh, and Kimber... I never skip those parts. LOLMaureen McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15451736.post-1646711976192979102007-10-31T01:26:00.000-04:002007-10-31T01:26:00.000-04:00I've never been an intentional skipper. But I am g...I've never been an intentional skipper. But I am guilty of going several pages and then realizing I need to go back and read them again because my mind drifted. My goal as a writer is to avoid places where that happens... but perhaps given this subjective media and the amount of control we must hand over to the reader... Perhaps it isn't possible to write something that no one will skip parts of or drift away through parts of... But a gal can dream...Maureen McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15451736.post-73045403126488075722007-10-30T11:31:00.000-04:002007-10-30T11:31:00.000-04:00I've skipped over certain parts of novels (not you...I've skipped over certain parts of novels (not yours) when the sensuality is out of my comfort zone (blunt names for body parts and activities) yet the story is too strong to walk away from.<BR/><BR/>I know I'm going to miss a chunk of the story but the rest of the writing makes up for it.<BR/><BR/>It is kind of like closing my eyes during graphic scenes in movies (which I do... a lot).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com