Comments on: MRUs Will Be Up Next http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/09/15/mrus-will-be-up-next/ America's Mad Professor of Fiction Writing Wed, 16 May 2012 16:25:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Alice http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/09/15/mrus-will-be-up-next/#comment-6508 Alice Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:22:45 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/09/15/mrus-will-be-up-next/#comment-6508 All hail the Snowflake! The Snowflake rules! I wrote my forst book without it and it took months longer than it should've. My next 2 books would've been a Grade-A mess without it. All hail the Snowflake! The Snowflake rules!

I wrote my forst book without it and it took months longer than it should’ve. My next 2 books would’ve been a Grade-A mess without it.

]]> By: Amy VR http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/09/15/mrus-will-be-up-next/#comment-6509 Amy VR Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:52:54 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/09/15/mrus-will-be-up-next/#comment-6509 Good luck with your lecture this week. How I wish I could attend! Snowflake Pro? Are you kidding me? Sign me up! I cannot wait for it! If you just happen to need someone to "test" the software before it is released to the masses, let me know. (Hint-Hint, Nudge Nudge!) PS: Mentioning a "major new feature" and then not telling us... that's just mean, Randy! Good luck with your lecture this week. How I wish I could attend!

Snowflake Pro? Are you kidding me? Sign me up! I cannot wait for it! If you just happen to need someone to “test” the software before it is released to the masses, let me know. (Hint-Hint, Nudge Nudge!)

PS: Mentioning a “major new feature” and then not telling us… that’s just mean, Randy!

]]> By: Amy VR http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/09/15/mrus-will-be-up-next/#comment-6510 Amy VR Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:54:46 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/09/15/mrus-will-be-up-next/#comment-6510 Oh! I forgot the most important part of my comment... THANK YOU for answering my science question! It has given me more confidence to "fool with the rules" a bit. Oh! I forgot the most important part of my comment… THANK YOU for answering my science question! It has given me more confidence to “fool with the rules” a bit.

]]> By: Richard Mabry http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/09/15/mrus-will-be-up-next/#comment-6511 Richard Mabry Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:41:27 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/09/15/mrus-will-be-up-next/#comment-6511 Randy, Thanks, as always, for sharing your expertise with us. See you in Minneapolis. Randy,
Thanks, as always, for sharing your expertise with us. See you in Minneapolis.

]]> By: Camille http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/09/15/mrus-will-be-up-next/#comment-6512 Camille Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:43:39 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/09/15/mrus-will-be-up-next/#comment-6512 Randy sez: Be brilliant. Aha! I should have known. Thanks, Randy. :) Have a blast at ACFW and don't get suckered into reading any manuscripts on the plane - those people can be a real pain. ;) Randy sez: Be brilliant.

Aha! I should have known. Thanks, Randy. :)

Have a blast at ACFW and don’t get suckered into reading any manuscripts on the plane - those people can be a real pain. ;)

]]> By: Daniel Smith http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/09/15/mrus-will-be-up-next/#comment-6513 Daniel Smith Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:57:45 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/09/15/mrus-will-be-up-next/#comment-6513 Thank you so much for answering my question! I realized that the Snowflake method was probably where my solution lay after I posted my comment. So, you confirmed that and I appreciate it. I also must thank you for pointing out that it can and should be adapted. It doesn't work for what I have in mind as-is, but I should be able to adapt it. Thanks again and have a great conference. I do so wish I could attend too! Thank you so much for answering my question! I realized that the Snowflake method was probably where my solution lay after I posted my comment. So, you confirmed that and I appreciate it. I also must thank you for pointing out that it can and should be adapted. It doesn’t work for what I have in mind as-is, but I should be able to adapt it. Thanks again and have a great conference. I do so wish I could attend too!

]]> By: Ann Isik http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/09/15/mrus-will-be-up-next/#comment-6514 Ann Isik Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:59:21 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/09/15/mrus-will-be-up-next/#comment-6514 Can't wait, won't wait for Snowflake Pro. I want it now! :) Looking forward to MRUs and I do wish I were going to Minneapolis. I hope the conference is good for you and attendees, despite hurricanes. Ann Can’t wait, won’t wait for Snowflake Pro. I want it now! :)

Looking forward to MRUs and I do wish I were going to Minneapolis. I hope the conference is good for you and attendees, despite hurricanes.

Ann

]]> By: Karen http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/09/15/mrus-will-be-up-next/#comment-6515 Karen Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:25:33 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/09/15/mrus-will-be-up-next/#comment-6515 You know, FedEx is not FE, perhaps you could try coining a new acronym like PEmEx or PEEx. OK they look silly, but really? I have to provide my audience with PEE? LOL! Have a seriously wonderful time at ACFW. Now that I've finally joined, I'm wishing I could be there even more. :) Karen You know, FedEx is not FE, perhaps you could try coining a new acronym like PEmEx or PEEx.

OK they look silly, but really? I have to provide my audience with PEE?

LOL!

Have a seriously wonderful time at ACFW. Now that I’ve finally joined, I’m wishing I could be there even more.

:) Karen

]]> By: Mark Goodyear http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/09/15/mrus-will-be-up-next/#comment-6516 Mark Goodyear Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:22:50 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/09/15/mrus-will-be-up-next/#comment-6516 Randy, your response to Martha is especially helpful in thinking about some rewrites I'm working on. Thanks for sharing so freely here! Randy, your response to Martha is especially helpful in thinking about some rewrites I’m working on. Thanks for sharing so freely here!

]]> By: Gerhi Janse van Vuuren http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/09/15/mrus-will-be-up-next/#comment-6517 Gerhi Janse van Vuuren Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:53:11 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/09/15/mrus-will-be-up-next/#comment-6517 I think PEmEx will catch on... I think PEmEx will catch on…

]]> By: Gina http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/09/15/mrus-will-be-up-next/#comment-6518 Gina Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:17:38 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/09/15/mrus-will-be-up-next/#comment-6518 Randy said, "A goal is often rooted in a character’s backstory." Light bulb moment! My protag starts off with a selfish goal, then by the end of the book it is all about her family. I knew her backstory and her growth came out of that, but I never made a conscious connection of why her goal should change, but it works! And now I see the reason why, and just in time for ACFW editor meetings! Randy said, “A goal is often rooted in a character’s backstory.”

Light bulb moment! My protag starts off with a selfish goal, then by the end of the book it is all about her family. I knew her backstory and her growth came out of that, but I never made a conscious connection of why her goal should change, but it works! And now I see the reason why, and just in time for ACFW editor meetings!

]]> By: Camille http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/09/15/mrus-will-be-up-next/#comment-6519 Camille Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:05:58 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/09/15/mrus-will-be-up-next/#comment-6519 oops. I just realized I meant GCD, not GCM. I was tatooing my face with a keyboard at the time I posted that question, I think. Goal, Conflict, Disaster. Sorry, Mr. Swain. For the Question Pile when Randy Returns: 1. Should you be thinking MRU while initially laying down the story? I still get hung up on breaking up the M and the R into separate paragraphs. The more I analyze it, the more it seems to interfere with the flow of story or my voice, if I even have such a thing. 2. MUST all Ms & Rs be separate? In a story with a lot of internal conflict like mine, Motivation and Reaction often occur in the same internal thought, sort of feed off each other. Do some Ms and Rs ever blend together? oops. I just realized I meant GCD, not GCM. I was tatooing my face with a keyboard at the time I posted that question, I think. Goal, Conflict, Disaster. Sorry, Mr. Swain.

For the Question Pile when Randy Returns:

1. Should you be thinking MRU while initially laying down the story? I still get hung up on breaking up the M and the R into separate paragraphs. The more I analyze it, the more it seems to interfere with the flow of story or my voice, if I even have such a thing.

2. MUST all Ms & Rs be separate? In a story with a lot of internal conflict like mine, Motivation and Reaction often occur in the same internal thought, sort of feed off each other. Do some Ms and Rs ever blend together?

]]> By: Andra M. http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/09/15/mrus-will-be-up-next/#comment-6520 Andra M. Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:25:10 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/09/15/mrus-will-be-up-next/#comment-6520 Like Amy VR, I would love to beta-test your software. Not only am I a techno-geek who drools over new computer hardware and software, but I know how to find their limitations - usually quite by accident. Yep, are my most-used keys. Like Amy VR, I would love to beta-test your software. Not only am I a techno-geek who drools over new computer hardware and software, but I know how to find their limitations - usually quite by accident. Yep, are my most-used keys.

]]> By: Andra M. http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/09/15/mrus-will-be-up-next/#comment-6521 Andra M. Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:51:28 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/09/15/mrus-will-be-up-next/#comment-6521 Hmm. Looks like part of my comment was cut off. It meant to read: "Yep, Ctrl-Alt-Delete are my most-used keys." Hmm. Looks like part of my comment was cut off. It meant to read: “Yep, Ctrl-Alt-Delete are my most-used keys.”

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