Comments on: The Middle - Neglected Filling or Main Course? http://www.sfnovelists.com/2007/08/14/the-middle-neglected-filling-or-main-course/ A mutual support group for SF/F Novelists Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:59:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Diana Pharaoh Francis http://www.sfnovelists.com/2007/08/14/the-middle-neglected-filling-or-main-course/#comment-86 Diana Pharaoh Francis Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:28:52 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2007/08/14/the-middle-neglected-filling-or-main-course/#comment-86 It's odd, but when I write any more, I don't think of a middle. It's like there's no real middle. There's a turning point at which everything starts to come together, but it's a point for me, rather than a actual lengthy bit. I know on a meta-level that certainly, I have a beginning, a middle and an end, but when I'm writing, I talk myself out of that thought for some reason. It must help me get there. See, now we need a discussion about odd ways that writer psyche themselves into getting over humps and such. Di It’s odd, but when I write any more, I don’t think of a middle. It’s like there’s no real middle. There’s a turning point at which everything starts to come together, but it’s a point for me, rather than a actual lengthy bit. I know on a meta-level that certainly, I have a beginning, a middle and an end, but when I’m writing, I talk myself out of that thought for some reason. It must help me get there. See, now we need a discussion about odd ways that writer psyche themselves into getting over humps and such.

Di

]]> By: S.C. Butler http://www.sfnovelists.com/2007/08/14/the-middle-neglected-filling-or-main-course/#comment-83 S.C. Butler Tue, 14 Aug 2007 21:29:25 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2007/08/14/the-middle-neglected-filling-or-main-course/#comment-83 Me, I love neglecting the middle. That way it's much more exciting when I finally find it lurking evilly in the back of mind, waiting to take over. Me, I love neglecting the middle. That way it’s much more exciting when I finally find it lurking evilly in the back of mind, waiting to take over.

]]> By: Marie Brennan http://www.sfnovelists.com/2007/08/14/the-middle-neglected-filling-or-main-course/#comment-78 Marie Brennan Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:59:09 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2007/08/14/the-middle-neglected-filling-or-main-course/#comment-78 You mean I'm not the only one who thinks of writing in endless metaphors of textiles? Huzzah! The middle is indeed like weaving. And it's better if it's nice, thick cloth, instead of a few pathetic threads trying to keep the beginning and the ending from falling apart. You mean I’m not the only one who thinks of writing in endless metaphors of textiles? Huzzah!

The middle is indeed like weaving. And it’s better if it’s nice, thick cloth, instead of a few pathetic threads trying to keep the beginning and the ending from falling apart.

]]> By: Sarah Prineas http://www.sfnovelists.com/2007/08/14/the-middle-neglected-filling-or-main-course/#comment-77 Sarah Prineas Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:43:43 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2007/08/14/the-middle-neglected-filling-or-main-course/#comment-77 First of all, I'm glad I'm not a vegetarian. Also, yeah, middles. I like to think of middles as weaving. Bringing various plot threads together, tightening them, letting the tension rise toward the cascading action scenes of the climax. I don't outline any of this, no. The threads just sort-of become evident as I go along. After it's all done I can go back and knit in the ones I left hanging. First of all, I’m glad I’m not a vegetarian.

Also, yeah, middles. I like to think of middles as weaving. Bringing various plot threads together, tightening them, letting the tension rise toward the cascading action scenes of the climax. I don’t outline any of this, no. The threads just sort-of become evident as I go along. After it’s all done I can go back and knit in the ones I left hanging.

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