tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post1856318736707022405..comments2024-03-29T09:06:41.513-04:00Comments on Read Write Believe: Famous Last WordsSarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12225998457253574928noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-31752704689498856392007-07-16T07:38:00.000-04:002007-07-16T07:38:00.000-04:00I also found this interesting post:Now What: Last ...I also found this interesting post:<BR/><A HREF="http://nowwhatblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/best-last-lines.html" REL="nofollow">Now What: Last Lines</A>Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225998457253574928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-4182431960558663002007-07-15T19:20:00.000-04:002007-07-15T19:20:00.000-04:00Robin, just so you know: my search engine doesn't ...Robin, just so you know: my search engine doesn't do that, so your little fixes are secret from me. And if you haven't already, go watch the video over at Fuse 8: the "authorial blooper reel." That's just how the inside of my head feels when I'm writing.<BR/><BR/>Little Willow: You are so right about what stays with a reader. And so right to be careful with BOTH your beginnings and your endings.<BR/><BR/>Florine: Welcome to the US! My college French has mostly left me, but I see that your blog has a giant smiley face in it, and everyone understands that!Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225998457253574928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-84011257742423110142007-07-15T15:29:00.000-04:002007-07-15T15:29:00.000-04:00Sara, HUGE congratulations for finishing your seco...Sara, HUGE congratulations for finishing your second book! Even if it's not finished-finished, getting that first pass on paper is such an accomplishment. Hurray for you!<BR/><BR/>As for the blog, yeah, I tweak after posting. I try not to do it too much because I know some search engines alert people when I have a new post up, and I hate to burden them with four versions of the exact same one, especially when all I've done is change one sentence those four times. I kind of embarrass myself when I do that.<BR/><BR/>These blogs seem so informal, and it's not until you see your words quoted someplace else that you think, "Wait a minute--people--even strangers--are reading this? But I was just rambling on!"<BR/><BR/>For now I prefer to think that everyone who reads my blog is just some pal I already know. If I started imagining who's out there lurking, I'm sure I'd be a LOT more self-conscious about what I post.Robin Brandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07971393580756079934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-28044137296972637882007-07-15T13:27:00.000-04:002007-07-15T13:27:00.000-04:00I am very careful with the first line and closing ...I am very careful with the first line and closing line in my stories.<BR/><BR/>Speaking of John Green, my favorite passage from Alaska arrives right before the book ends.<BR/><BR/>One of my favorite Sarah Dessen passages is, in fact, the very end of The Truth about Forever. <BR/><BR/>One of my all-time favorite novels, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is filled with amazing words and lines. The end, the beginning, the middle... but especially the end remain with readers.Little Willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17058463472836988047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-67707160143963093522007-07-15T11:19:00.000-04:002007-07-15T11:19:00.000-04:00Wonderful story!!!The blog on a student exchange f...Wonderful story!!!<BR/><BR/>The blog on a student exchange from France to Pennsylvania, USA : http://florine-aux-usa.blogspot.com/Florinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10406485979407311413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-62947065562651101452007-07-14T11:58:00.000-04:002007-07-14T11:58:00.000-04:00It's only a blog. It's different from books.It's j...It's only a blog. It's different from books.<BR/>It's just a blog. It's so different than a book.<BR/>It's a mere blog. Quite different, all told, from a book.<BR/><BR/>I'm trying to believe it. I am.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225998457253574928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-77633059871475441182007-07-14T10:00:00.000-04:002007-07-14T10:00:00.000-04:00I would view tweaking blog posts and settling on t...I would view tweaking blog posts and settling on the endings of books two worlds that almost don't exist in the same universe, he says having not-yet-been-published.<BR/><BR/>I check the blog posts a couple times before hitting the button and then look them over as they will be seen by the rest of the world. If I catch something then (or more likely, when my wife catches a mistake) I'll go back and fix it. I've gone back a couple times and seen some older posts with some glaring problems and cringed so hard it hurt for days, but in the end I tell myself "It's only a blog..."<BR/><BR/>As for endings, I'm going to have to get back to you on that. I've got a few things to finish first.david elzeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16653215150526146224noreply@blogger.com