tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111171655054723851.post5784430721141084538..comments2023-10-31T07:37:17.417-05:00Comments on Pro(B)logue: A Character's Class Schedule: Happiness AppreciationSilent Pageshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06538537005860204111noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111171655054723851.post-16343220960529841712011-08-28T10:46:05.779-05:002011-08-28T10:46:05.779-05:00Silent, I agree with the whole too much gloom, her...Silent, I agree with the whole too much gloom, here. <br /><br />I have a Canadian writer whose writing I really like, but there is no redeeming his books. He likes to hurt his characters in the worst ways, and there's nothing to alleviate it. Nothing at all. In the middle of his stories, I put the book down to read something flowery and light, then go back to him. <br /><br />But I always press on hoping that in the end, something good will come out of it...<br /><br />Never happens. <br /><br />Another great blog post!Tanyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426585005950143758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111171655054723851.post-32302143061787189552011-08-27T16:11:32.271-05:002011-08-27T16:11:32.271-05:00Well, I would certainly hope you would slip in som...Well, I would certainly hope you would slip in some smiley moments! Nothing worse than a teacher who does not practice what she teaches! ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111171655054723851.post-67808581625974589652011-08-26T22:56:48.078-05:002011-08-26T22:56:48.078-05:00@ JA: I'll confess... A lot of my stories turn...@ JA: I'll confess... A lot of my stories turn out a lot more depressing/creepy than I mean them to. XD But I try to slip in some of those smiley moments here and there, to break the tension. :]<br /><br />@Small Town Shelly Brown: Thanks. ^^ And, pun appreciated. :) Seriously. I'm like, the QUEEN of puns. I use them way too often. XDSilent Pageshttp://probloguewriter.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111171655054723851.post-90511737463319176502011-08-26T22:49:58.366-05:002011-08-26T22:49:58.366-05:00This is great stuff! Seriously great stuff (no pun...This is great stuff! Seriously great stuff (no pun intended)!Small Town Shelly Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13535247595352753415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111171655054723851.post-4135948930814694282011-08-26T19:28:37.179-05:002011-08-26T19:28:37.179-05:00I've stopped reading books before that were no...I've stopped reading books before that were nothing but constant doom and gloom. I've stopped watching movies for the same thing. Give me something to smile at - even for a brief moment. Just give me some hope!<br /><br />After all, if there is not hope whatsoever for a happy ending, there's no point in me reading your book. I like happy endings.They don't necessarily all have to be fluffy-happy-rainbow-unicorn happy endings - but I need to be left with a feeling of hope.<br /><br />Life can be depressing enough - I don't need a book to add to it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111171655054723851.post-43336348093627756452011-08-26T18:43:38.689-05:002011-08-26T18:43:38.689-05:00Like I said, lol, it's a great way to add conf...Like I said, lol, it's a great way to add conflict. ^^ If everything always goes right for a character, where's the interesting story supposed to be? XDSilent Pageshttp://probloguewriter.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111171655054723851.post-39584869565263226892011-08-26T16:22:41.431-05:002011-08-26T16:22:41.431-05:00I love the idea of letting characters win a "...I love the idea of letting characters win a "petty victory." I'll remember that. I do have a scene of eternal despair in my middle grade novel, The Christmas Village, which will be out soon. Jamie has found himself magically transported into his Grandma's Christmas Village, and he is desperate to get back home. Things get more and more complicated and he despairs of ever getting home again. I took a workshop where the presenter said, "make things bad for your protagonist. then make them worse. then make them even worse." I remembered that, even for my kid's book!Melissa Ann Goodwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13454907380469372468noreply@blogger.com