Comments on: Dropping out

By: Georganna Hancock

Georganna Hancock — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 03:20:04 +0000

Good! Now you can get to work rewriting the novel you wrote last year!

By: Georganna Hancock

Georganna Hancock — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 03:20:04 +0000

Good! Now you can get to work rewriting the novel you wrote last year!

By: Pete Gall

Pete Gall — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 00:10:48 +0000

Sorry to hear that, John. But December’s another month. So’s January.

You may still enjoy checking out Robert McKee’s book, Story, to see his treatment of dialogue. It’s screenwriting, but as I mentioned in the email, the way he pulled apart the scene from Chinatown was some of the most exciting writing I’ve ever encountered.

February’s another month too. A good one for a contest to create the most horrible “History of St. Valentine’s Day” story. I have an old one – from a time when singleness had me about ready to drive into a bridge embutment – I’d enter.

March is good too. And April. And before you know it, you’ll be able to do November again.

By: Pete Gall

Pete Gall — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 00:10:48 +0000

Story, to see his treatment of dialogue. It's screenwriting, but as I mentioned in the email, the way he pulled apart the scene from Chinatown was some of the most exciting writing I've ever encountered.

February's another month too. A good one for a contest to create the most horrible "History of St. Valentine's Day" story. I have an old one - from a time when singleness had me about ready to drive into a bridge embutment - I'd enter.

March is good too. And April. And before you know it, you'll be able to do November again.