tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2757189962843231486.post2924361065925873437..comments2023-11-03T02:39:20.368+10:30Comments on Apple Leaf Blog Faith, Family and Fiction: A little, miracle wordPaula Vincehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02079952414990463270noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2757189962843231486.post-52142535029380900282009-05-12T16:25:00.000+09:302009-05-12T16:25:00.000+09:30There is a very fine line between wordy and descri...There is a very fine line between wordy and descriptive and very often we teeter on both sides. :o)Leingang Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347474088428016816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2757189962843231486.post-63471440332940731782009-05-12T15:17:00.000+09:302009-05-12T15:17:00.000+09:30I recently dealt with this issue when I was writin...I recently dealt with this issue when I was writing my story for that contest I entered. I took something that happened in my own life and turned it into fiction, which I am starting to like more and more all the time. I think you have mentioned it before that with fiction, you (the writer) are in control of the story's destiny. So I let the story turn and end how I wanted it to, not how it really happened. Perhaps that is more like historical fiction. Anyway ... one of the lines I had written sounded too wordy for me, so I changed it. Todd had read the story prior to my editing and said he liked the line just as I first had it. I reluctantly changed it and I'm certain that line will haunt me for awhile! Not that it will make or break my story but I can just imagine a judge saying, "Oooh, this line is way too wordy, throw this story out!" (LOL!) <br /><br />Hope you had a good Mother's Day! Enjoy your week - Kate<br /><br />P.S. By the way, when we were in Leavenworth, WA, we met a couple from Tasmania on tour of the western U.S. They were really nice and we had lots to talk about. We mentioned our friends in Australia, of course! It's such a small world, isn't it?call*me*katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01902146131211374792noreply@blogger.com