tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622477097361465.post8827101697350855089..comments2024-03-10T00:27:43.883-08:00Comments on <center>Aimee L. Salter</center>: Critical Plot Elements - BEGINNINGS #1 - Writing the Rule BookAimeeLSalterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17763596557256341788noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622477097361465.post-56687554506384399912016-11-25T07:16:14.155-08:002016-11-25T07:16:14.155-08:00Every single order is sent to the client after tri...Every single order is sent to the client after triple check of every requirement to ideally correspond the initial instructions, <a href="http://pro-academic-writers.com" rel="nofollow">have a peek at the web-site</a> here.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00365440368469994795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622477097361465.post-39170794285636692272013-05-31T06:56:56.105-07:002013-05-31T06:56:56.105-07:00Aimee, I just stumbled onto your blog and am findi...Aimee, I just stumbled onto your blog and am finding the critical plot elements series very insightful. Thanks. I am procrastinating before I dive back into my own re-plotting. Wait, no, this is research right?<br />Years ago, I read a book by Jude Deveraux, A Knight in Shining Armor, that I always called a wall thumper because that's what happened at the very end. I literally threw it against the wall (Hardback). Now, I have a great love and respect for books but the author ended this book in such a way that I just heaved it. It's a romance with time travelling where the heroine travels back in time to the Victorian age(I think) and meets the hero. She ended it with the heroine returning to her own time, finding out that the hero had lived a long life alone. On a plane she meets a man the author alludes to being the re-incarnated hero. THUMP. Maybe if she had read a post like this, she could have handled it better and not lost a reader.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06481916397825236710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622477097361465.post-34307287000666916492013-05-08T08:12:33.615-07:002013-05-08T08:12:33.615-07:00Thanks for stopping by!
Thanks for stopping by!<br />AimeeLSalterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17763596557256341788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622477097361465.post-47732428523064085462013-05-08T07:38:17.890-07:002013-05-08T07:38:17.890-07:00Great, thanks.Great, thanks.Mora Fandoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06046073142240665376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622477097361465.post-370181221988215072011-08-22T16:54:36.502-07:002011-08-22T16:54:36.502-07:00It's always the simple things we don't thi...It's always the simple things we don't think of that make us go oh, yeah!<br /><br />thanks for stopping by, great post!Cynthia DiFilippo Elomaahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07690665731154250664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622477097361465.post-74526288508370696742011-08-20T20:09:23.822-07:002011-08-20T20:09:23.822-07:00That's great advice! I completely agree with y...That's great advice! I completely agree with you...there must be set expectations! Although, there was one author who I used to read a lot of (I couldn't remember her name to save my life, I wish I could!) and her books were GREAt at turning the plot over on it's head and surprising the reader. I loved it and she didn't use a lot of hinting either. Sometimes it can work, but not often!Nicole Pyleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06920135146911951755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622477097361465.post-43800903044728258362011-08-20T01:23:55.645-07:002011-08-20T01:23:55.645-07:00Fantastic post, Aimee! There's nothing worse ...Fantastic post, Aimee! There's nothing worse than an author who pulls a 'bait and switch' on her readers, and changing the rules midway gets jarring. I about screamed when I got to the 4th book in the Twilight series and saw that, out of nowhere, Jacob popped up with his own section. And as much as I love Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series, she almost lost me when she introduced a 3rd person POV in book 2. Book 1 had been told entirely from the MC's perspective, and in 1st person, and a departure from a voice that was incredibly strong and forceful was really difficult for me to swallow.<br /><br />Excited to read the next part of the series!jamilajamisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09343161298632681693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622477097361465.post-59426669259917070772011-08-19T17:09:02.943-07:002011-08-19T17:09:02.943-07:00Great post!
thanks Aimee
sarahGreat post!<br /><br />thanks Aimee<br /><br />sarahSarah Ketleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13421335686195152108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622477097361465.post-25090619462778488262011-08-19T10:13:31.193-07:002011-08-19T10:13:31.193-07:00I read a fantasy novel that changed the rules abou...I read a fantasy novel that changed the rules about 2/3 of the way through the book. Even though the new premise was intriguing, I had liked the old one, and I was very disappointed to discover it would never be explored. So disappointed, in fact, that I put the book down and haven't touched the rest of the series.<br /><br />So, to add to your list of rules: If your whole plot centers on throwing over the old system of magic for a new one, there needs to be some hint of that in the first 50 pages.Nancy Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00209727822644631003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622477097361465.post-86485798677122270242011-08-19T09:30:37.681-07:002011-08-19T09:30:37.681-07:00Such a helpful post! I love the way you word your ...Such a helpful post! I love the way you word your advice - it makes so much sense, and I can see how it can/will/should be applied! :) Looking forward to this series!Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08846251713093236356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622477097361465.post-35040919680324182382011-08-19T03:43:22.929-07:002011-08-19T03:43:22.929-07:00Great post, Aimee. I've read a book that succe...Great post, Aimee. I've read a book that successfully broke the 'no changing POVs halfway through' rule you set - Queen Kat, Carmen and St Jude save the world. The three title characters tell a third of the book in 1st person each. HOWEVER the author sets this up by introducing each of them in the initial chapters, which are told in third person. If these initial chapters didn't exist, it would have been a lot harder to accept perspective shifts.Cally Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08313803959936813426noreply@blogger.com