tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18926017.post7295252287885926602..comments2024-01-30T10:45:45.922-05:00Comments on Fiction Writing and Other Oddities: Character VulnerabilityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18926017.post-79497908675992382862008-07-30T11:11:00.000-04:002008-07-30T11:11:00.000-04:00I agree--but then you actually have to explain tha...I agree--but then you actually have to explain that the heartburn is a substitute for crying. So one way or the other, you have to explain. :-) <BR/><BR/>I'm trying to make lemons into lemonade. We'll see if I can do it successfully. There is another contract (novella) on the horizon but I don't want to goober it up by talking about it before everyone signs on the dotted line.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18122506895024303225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18926017.post-58405827811988450422008-07-30T09:21:00.000-04:002008-07-30T09:21:00.000-04:00So sorry to hear about the rejection. Their loss, ...So sorry to hear about the rejection. Their loss, I'm sure.<BR/><BR/>In any case, I'm sure your edits will be brilliant. I have a hard time with how much emoting I should do in my manuscripts too. An editor actually wrote, "That's very dramatic," one time in the margins, but most of the time, I get comments on the opposite end of the spectrum. "I have no idea how she feels about such-and-such."<BR/><BR/>A neat trick I've found is that if the heroine doesn't even know how she feels, you can use that. If you have a tough girl who thinks she's being tough, but, you know, she's crying inside, you can do something like they did in The Holiday with Cameron Diaz's massive heartburn attacks that turned out to be a substitute for crying. I find that even if I feel fine, I'll know I'm stressed out by the signals my body gives. Your body doesn't really do "tough girl."<BR/><BR/>Anyway, hope everything goes well with it, and don't give up!Sonja Fousthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00874425238467467926noreply@blogger.com