Comments on: Writing Excuses Episode 4: Beginnings http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/03/02/writing-excuses-episode-4-beginnings/ Fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry and we're not that smart. Mon, 12 May 2008 00:06:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Chris (The Book Swede) http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/03/02/writing-excuses-episode-4-beginnings/#comment-216 Chris (The Book Swede) Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:06:43 +0000 http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/03/02/writing-excuses-episode-4-beginnings/#comment-216 Really like this podcast :) Just pimped it on the blog. I got a book to review the other day with a hook that I thought was brilliant. It's by Lauren Groff, from The Monsters of Templeton: "The day I returned to Templeton steeped in disgrace,the fifty foot corpse of a monster surfaced in Lake Glimmerglass." Tres cool. Maybe you could do a show on names ... or maybe not, now that I think of it, how would you approach the subject?! Could be difficult. Best wishes, ~Chris Really like this podcast :) Just pimped it on the blog. I got a book to review the other day with a hook that I thought was brilliant.

It’s by Lauren Groff, from The Monsters of Templeton:

“The day I returned to Templeton steeped in disgrace,the fifty foot corpse of a monster surfaced in Lake Glimmerglass.”

Tres cool. Maybe you could do a show on names … or maybe not, now that I think of it, how would you approach the subject?! Could be difficult.

Best wishes,
~Chris

]]> By: Mike Barker http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/03/02/writing-excuses-episode-4-beginnings/#comment-197 Mike Barker Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:12:28 +0000 http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/03/02/writing-excuses-episode-4-beginnings/#comment-197 I've put up a summary of this episode at http://mbarker.livejournal.com/62405.html Hope it helps I’ve put up a summary of this episode at
http://mbarker.livejournal.com/62405.html

Hope it helps

]]> By: Sam http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/03/02/writing-excuses-episode-4-beginnings/#comment-138 Sam Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:52:46 +0000 http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/03/02/writing-excuses-episode-4-beginnings/#comment-138 What about prologues? That might be a can of worms, but I was hoping you would talk about it during the podcast and it never came up. When is a prolgue appropriate, and when is it extraneous? What about prologues? That might be a can of worms, but I was hoping you would talk about it during the podcast and it never came up. When is a prolgue appropriate, and when is it extraneous?

]]> By: Lauren http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/03/02/writing-excuses-episode-4-beginnings/#comment-118 Lauren Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:24:29 +0000 http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/03/02/writing-excuses-episode-4-beginnings/#comment-118 Thanks for your help. I really enjoy these podcasts! Maybe I'll get to meet some of you sometime since I live in Orem, UT. Lauren Thanks for your help. I really enjoy these podcasts! Maybe I’ll get to meet some of you sometime since I live in Orem, UT.

Lauren

]]> By: Matthew Bowman http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/03/02/writing-excuses-episode-4-beginnings/#comment-115 Matthew Bowman Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:48:54 +0000 http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/03/02/writing-excuses-episode-4-beginnings/#comment-115 One problem with the transcript is that I am still completely unused to your voices and I have my own hearing problem regarding processing. I can get all your words, but sometimes the voices run together. However, I assume that one of you can put in the right names if I get them wrong or leave it blank. One problem with the transcript is that I am still completely unused to your voices and I have my own hearing problem regarding processing. I can get all your words, but sometimes the voices run together. However, I assume that one of you can put in the right names if I get them wrong or leave it blank.

]]> By: Howard Tayler http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/03/02/writing-excuses-episode-4-beginnings/#comment-113 Howard Tayler Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:02:44 +0000 http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/03/02/writing-excuses-episode-4-beginnings/#comment-113 Thanks, Matthew! If you'll email the transcript to one of us, we can post it on the site here where it's easy to find, and will remain archived with the podcasts themselves. --Howard (... dot tayler at gmail dot com) Thanks, Matthew!

If you’ll email the transcript to one of us, we can post it on the site here where it’s easy to find, and will remain archived with the podcasts themselves.

–Howard (… dot tayler at gmail dot com)

]]> By: Matthew Bowman http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/03/02/writing-excuses-episode-4-beginnings/#comment-110 Matthew Bowman Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:24:05 +0000 http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/03/02/writing-excuses-episode-4-beginnings/#comment-110 I'm willing to make a transcript. I'm not a font of time myself, but I already took a few notes on the earlier ones. I type fast, so it might not take me much time. I'll just go ahead and make one for episode 4 anyway and see how long it takes me. If it isn't too much trouble, I can go back to episode 1 and go from there. I’m willing to make a transcript. I’m not a font of time myself, but I already took a few notes on the earlier ones. I type fast, so it might not take me much time.

I’ll just go ahead and make one for episode 4 anyway and see how long it takes me. If it isn’t too much trouble, I can go back to episode 1 and go from there.

]]> By: Steven http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/03/02/writing-excuses-episode-4-beginnings/#comment-109 Steven Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:26:15 +0000 http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/03/02/writing-excuses-episode-4-beginnings/#comment-109 Eh. Its alright. I just wondered. Eh. Its alright. I just wondered.

]]> By: Brian http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/03/02/writing-excuses-episode-4-beginnings/#comment-108 Brian Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:19:40 +0000 http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/03/02/writing-excuses-episode-4-beginnings/#comment-108 Ok, I did remember it correctly...I looked it up to be sure... "The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel." Ok, I did remember it correctly…I looked it up to be sure… “The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.”

]]> By: Michael http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/03/02/writing-excuses-episode-4-beginnings/#comment-107 Michael Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:14:26 +0000 http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/03/02/writing-excuses-episode-4-beginnings/#comment-107 ...So, what is the first line of Neuromancer? …So, what is the first line of Neuromancer?

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