Comments on: A Different Point of View

By: Natasha Fondren

Natasha Fondren — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:32:34 +0000

Oh isn’t that something, Jewel? I’m always so shocked when one of my stories feels like a real story. It’s really surreal. I never get over it.

By: Jewel/Pink Ink

Jewel/Pink Ink — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:41:33 +0000

I pretend I am a reader like myself, picking up a book to test out a new world according to somebody else. So it is exciting to me when, a few chapters in, I think hey, I want to know what happens – in my own manuscript.

That happened to me recently, unearthing my first novel and being thrilled that it read complete. Not perfect, but it felt like a “real” book.

By: Beyond NaNoWriMo – Revision, Anyone?

Beyond NaNoWriMo – Revision, Anyone? — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:02:52 +0000

[...] one so many of us have trouble with. It’s by writer, blogger–and NaNoWriMo winner– Natasha Fondren, for whom the secret of revision is a special skill you might call multiple-personality [...]

By: Natasha Fondren

Natasha Fondren — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:29:07 +0000

Colby, that sounds perfect! You’ve got all your bases covered.

By: Natasha Fondren

Natasha Fondren — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:28:32 +0000

Reenie, ya’ know, I don’t think I include myself in it, really. Weird.

Wow, it’s great to have such good readers so handy, LOL!

By: Natasha Fondren

Natasha Fondren — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:27:18 +0000

Oh cool, Merry! That is a lot of shoes to slip into… characters, readers, editors…

I usually don’t have the benefit of time and space, unfortunately. But I’m gradually improving the skill, given my limitations!

By: Natasha Fondren

Natasha Fondren — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:25:12 +0000

Eric, you know, I guess I think so much of the readers that it’s second nature to me. I was operating under the illusion that I was normal, LOL.

Ah well. This writing thing. So difficult.

By: Natasha Fondren

Natasha Fondren — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:23:46 +0000

LOL, Bill. They do say ADD leads to greater creativity. I hope they’re right, Bill!

By: Reenie

Reenie — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:13:24 +0000

I read as myself as I’m writing. During editing reads I try to read my manuscripts through other eyes. My husband and son were excellent 1st & 2nd readers. (I divorced the husband and not because of his critiques, & the son is in DC and has more important things to do. Besides, I haven’t touched a manuscript in 12 or 24 months or more or less and then some.) Beyond the hubs and son, I tried to select readers who quailfied as my target audience – that only made sense to me.

By: Merry

Merry — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:22:09 +0000

Wow, you do put on many hats in your re-reading! I read it as myself, and as my editor, and I do read multiple times while I’m writing each draft. I do notice more now than I used to, and I can pick out when I’m using words that are mine, rather than my characters’ – actually, Erica Orloff has been instrumental in pointing that out to me. (Love my blogging writing friends!)

The other thing I notice is that I catch more with a little time and space away. Fresh eyes catch waaaay more.