tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10109540.post116558348425061659..comments2023-10-30T10:03:21.741-04:00Comments on BETH CIOTTA: HooptedoodleBeth Ciottahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02251212401535078560noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10109540.post-1165677198342794292006-12-09T10:13:00.000-05:002006-12-09T10:13:00.000-05:00Anna's First Rule of Writing1. Never say Never.;-...Anna's First Rule of Writing<BR/><BR/>1. Never say Never.<BR/><BR/>;-) Oh, you already said that... ggg perhaps I should modify that to:<BR/><BR/>1. Be suspicious of any writer who tells you there's only one 100% right way to do something.Anna Louise Luciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069551559749215187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10109540.post-1165623811526517362006-12-08T19:23:00.000-05:002006-12-08T19:23:00.000-05:00Jen, Julie, & Jordan, glad you enjoyed the link! G...Jen, Julie, & Jordan, glad you enjoyed the link! Gave me food for thought, too! <BR/><BR/>Tori, thanks for the rocking definition. I need to print that out. What a hoot!<BR/><BR/>Constance, one of my my rules..."Never say Never." *g*<BR/><BR/>Gabrielle, I can see where many of those rules wouldn't apply to what you write. Historical fiction... a whole other world! ;)Beth Ciottahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02251212401535078560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10109540.post-1165622529869847182006-12-08T19:02:00.000-05:002006-12-08T19:02:00.000-05:00Lol, I don't follow #9 (the setting - and the char...Lol, I don't follow #9 (the setting - and the characters' reaction to it - is an important part of my novels, thus there are descriptions) and sometimes I break #4, too, by adverbially modifying a said-tag or have a character whisper. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10109540.post-1165609029155505602006-12-08T15:17:00.000-05:002006-12-08T15:17:00.000-05:00Great advice, Beth. :) I write sparce, so it's nic...Great advice, Beth. :) I write sparce, so it's nice to hear this. Of course, writing this way makes filling the book tougher. *ggg*Jordan Summershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00437563784716604402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10109540.post-1165597250188668032006-12-08T12:00:00.000-05:002006-12-08T12:00:00.000-05:00Hmm. A bit of Oppositional Defiance Disorder arise...Hmm. A bit of Oppositional Defiance Disorder arises when people tell me 'Never". Of course, the other half of me goes, "well, duh. I know this." *g* <BR/>And on the other hand <BR/>.<BR/>.<BR/>.<BR/>you have different fingers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10109540.post-1165592601175386102006-12-08T10:43:00.000-05:002006-12-08T10:43:00.000-05:00I googled "hooptedoodle" and found this:"hooptedoo...I googled "hooptedoodle" and found this:<BR/><BR/><I>"<B>hooptedoodle</B> - A literary word that, technically, has no place being in this dictionary. Hooptedoodle is stuff that gets in the way of a story's making progress, it is wordy, unnecessary, space-taking, and, typically, should be edited out. Related to balderdash, folderol, flummery, foolishness, and fill; nonsense, prattle, blather, bombast, and baloney."</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com