tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post5529440414048950159..comments2023-12-09T00:33:24.572-08:00Comments on Novel Matters: Work With Me HereBonnie Grovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11377519561074174038noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-50951172536834956772014-01-23T07:12:24.056-08:002014-01-23T07:12:24.056-08:00Latayne, you were very gracious to rewrite it. He...Latayne, you were very gracious to rewrite it. Her friends and family know the rest of the story. :)Debbie Fuller Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09174333267329587740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-91707666895473691592014-01-22T17:34:29.196-08:002014-01-22T17:34:29.196-08:00Most of my experiences collaborating have been pos...Most of my experiences collaborating have been positive. But you know how just one thing can make you sour on an experience? In my book, "Why We Left A Cult," I interviewed and then wrote the story of a woman who was of, shall we say, a certain age. (Harrumph. I was in my 30's then, and she was the age I am now. A youngster.) But she had lived a lot of places, so to "anchor" her story, I mentioned the places she'd lived. (Information she provided of course.) When she got the account I'd written of her life, she said I'd made her sound like a hobo. I was astounded Turns out she (Iike most of us) just wanted the good details, that would make her look good, in her story. And she thought this would make her look bad, and she wasn't going to have it!<br /><br />End of story-- I had to rewrite her portion and she did indeed only "look good," which all fiction and non fiction writers know means she wasn't believable. Shot herself in the foot. Nobody loves perfect people except Jesus.<br />Latayne C Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06133535124591010838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-703100952497254202014-01-22T17:33:32.953-08:002014-01-22T17:33:32.953-08:00For one novel I was working on (since put on the b...For one novel I was working on (since put on the back burner), I asked the staff of a particular department at the Children's Hospital (people I was well-familiar with) what their reaction would be to a particular scenario. I had explained it was for a character in a book and everything, but somehow they missed that part and went into a panic, wanting to help this poor woman and her child. Even after I explained two or three times that the woman did not exist, it was just for a book I was writing, they were still somewhat overwrought. Next time I will try to make it even clearer, I guess!Jannoreply@blogger.com