Comments on: On Reaction Scenes http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/05/29/on-reaction-scenes/ America's Mad Professor of Fiction Writing Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:38:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Felicia Karlson Fredlund http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/05/29/on-reaction-scenes/#comment-7697 Felicia Karlson Fredlund Sat, 30 May 2009 18:10:55 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/05/29/on-reaction-scenes/#comment-7697 As everything else in a novel, the different lengths of chapters, scenes should be intentional. Of course sometimes you'll get it really good just because you're skilled or have a stoke of luck. So in a romance novel Reaction should have a big art, because if the heroine nad the hero were suddenly getting it on, like kissing or more. Then it wouldn't really be a romance novel; it would be more for an erotic or even pornographic one. A book's genre is decided on its content, and especially on how the content it shown. As everything else in a novel, the different lengths of chapters, scenes should be intentional. Of course sometimes you’ll get it really good just because you’re skilled or have a stoke of luck.
So in a romance novel Reaction should have a big art, because if the heroine nad the hero were suddenly getting it on, like kissing or more. Then it wouldn’t really be a romance novel; it would be more for an erotic or even pornographic one.
A book’s genre is decided on its content, and especially on how the content it shown.

]]> By: Sheila Deeth http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/05/29/on-reaction-scenes/#comment-7699 Sheila Deeth Sat, 30 May 2009 18:55:31 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/05/29/on-reaction-scenes/#comment-7699 You put such interesting novels side by side. Very nice. I'm already recommending Writing Fiction for Dummies to friends and family. You put such interesting novels side by side. Very nice. I’m already recommending Writing Fiction for Dummies to friends and family.

]]> By: Camille Cannon Eide http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/05/29/on-reaction-scenes/#comment-7702 Camille Cannon Eide Sun, 31 May 2009 00:36:19 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/05/29/on-reaction-scenes/#comment-7702 I am ready to order a case of Writing Fiction For Dummies. I have collected far too many critique partners. I love them all, but I can't keep up with all the crits. So I'm going to buy a case of WFFD and give them to all my writing buds. Then instead of commenting on their work, all I have to do is insert "BFF: See WFFD page#127 on SDT your hero's GCS. OMG, too much R in your RDD. IMHO." I am ready to order a case of Writing Fiction For Dummies. I have collected far too many critique partners. I love them all, but I can’t keep up with all the crits. So I’m going to buy a case of WFFD and give them to all my writing buds. Then instead of commenting on their work, all I have to do is insert “BFF: See WFFD page#127 on SDT your hero’s GCS. OMG, too much R in your RDD. IMHO.”

]]> By: Lynnette Bonner http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/05/29/on-reaction-scenes/#comment-7714 Lynnette Bonner Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:38:38 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/05/29/on-reaction-scenes/#comment-7714 lol, Camille. :) I'm looking forward to the book too! Get it published already! :) lol, Camille. :) I’m looking forward to the book too! Get it published already! :)

]]> By: T. http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/05/29/on-reaction-scenes/#comment-7768 T. Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:51:14 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/05/29/on-reaction-scenes/#comment-7768 'Show, don't Tell' works very well in books like your 'For Dummies' - what doesn't work well is abstract stuff which may be crystal clear to you, because you have been doing a lot of thinking about it, but is vague and unhelpful to a reader who is coming to it afresh. Show, don't tell, Baby. Practise what you preach. T.B. ‘Show, don’t Tell’ works very well in books like your ‘For Dummies’ - what doesn’t work well is abstract stuff which may be crystal clear to you, because you have been doing a lot of thinking about it, but is vague and unhelpful to a reader who is coming to it afresh.

Show, don’t tell, Baby. Practise what you preach.

T.B.

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