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This is good! I don't dislike her - I have a feeling one too many hard knocks has made her stiff. Now who is going to show up and soften her up?
posted by
adnohr
on March 12, 2010 at 6:36 PM
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Pat
Very well done! I dislike her already...
posted by
Nautikos
on March 9, 2010 at 6:56 PM
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I say it again....you are the master at sucking us into the plot, making us feel that we know the characters well; or someone just like them. Good writing, Pat!
posted by
Darson
on March 9, 2010 at 5:51 PM
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Good character building here! Very interesting too!
posted by
Ariala
on March 9, 2010 at 2:44 PM
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Re my emotions are over the top anger....
Wiley! what's made you mad?
posted by
Pat_B
on March 9, 2010 at 11:39 AM
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PatB
Let me explain, my emotions are over the top anger, so it just has to be terrific writing kiddo--------
posted by
WileyJohn
on March 9, 2010 at 10:23 AM
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Like to know more about what the story is about
Now have a lot of information but which parts will unfurl first? Even in a biography I think the information
is put out slowly over time
I think you just write then worry about what anyone thinks because the work will find its own path.
Then you will see if it's biography or fiction. Fiction frees you to tell the truth, to capture the essence of
the story. Give yourself permission to tell the story, tell yourself it's just for you, and then see what happens.
posted by
Azur
on March 9, 2010 at 10:17 AM
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PAT.......IS THIS YOU OR ME.
I may have to fictionalize this. Work the bits into a novel. My sibs don't want to look at this in print for all the world to see. Don't know why, it's got a good "triumph over adversity" spin to it -- But then they're respectable people with an image to maintain. I'm the odd wad that took off for parts unknown and doesn't know when to keep her mouth shut. lol
it'sgoing tobe great stuff.
posted by
Kabu
on March 9, 2010 at 10:01 AM
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Pat_B
This is what I call characterisation, with a capital K. You had me hooked after I read para 4.
posted by
johnmacnab
on March 9, 2010 at 9:37 AM
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So far, she doesn't seem as bad as my MIL was--close, but so far Agnes has her beat in that respect.
posted by
TAPS.
on March 9, 2010 at 7:36 AM
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Uh-Oh.......
Looks like we're in for a bumpy ride.......
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on March 9, 2010 at 4:19 AM
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