Hatrack River Writers Workshop: Last Ask Mr. Writing Person post, I promise

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Posted by trousercuit (Member # 3235) on :

EDIT: I'd rather the thread title be, "Last Mr. Writing Person thread, I promise," but I can't change it.

Since Mr. Writing Person seems to have a small group of fans here, I'm going to post updates. I won't keep making threads for them, though - that's just a little pretentious, even for me - so I'll just bump this one whenever I make an Ask Mr. Writing Person post. I'll try to do those on Friday, and then post a follow-up on Monday or Tuesday. Here's my main page URL:

http://mr-writing-person.blogspot.com/

Beth wrote something on another thread about how I troll for topics on Hatrack, and well, that's not exactly far from the truth. Various books on writing, Uncle Orson's Writing Class, some stuff from SFWA, and this place make up the bulk of my material. (How could I satirize good writing instruction if I don't know what "good" is?) So to you folks I owe a debt of gratitude, or at least lunch.

If you have any suggestions for future Ask Mr. Writing Person topics or follow-ons, I'd love to hear them.

[This message has been edited by trousercuit (edited June 02, 2006).]

Posted by trousercuit (Member # 3235) on :

Bump!

Ask Mr. Writing Person: Plum Great Dialogue

quote:
Welcome back to Ask Mr. Writing Person, where the weather is a puppet and the characters are vexed! Joining us today is Bruce Boondocks, from Bitter End, Tennessee. He's a long-time fan of mine [Ed: two days, is it?], and just as excited as can be to participate. Isn't that right, Bruce?
Q. Oh, yeah. I'm so plum excited, I'm gonna wet myself.

Posted by trousercuit (Member # 3235) on :

Bumpity-bump!

Ask Mr. Writing Person: Serial Romance

quote:
It's Ask Mr. Writing Person time, in which we discover the meaning of schadenfreude [Ed: which I feel all the time] and how to steam up the windows of any novel, no matter how tame. Hooper Harlitt joins us from Los Angeles, California. He has a question about writing romance novels:
Q. I want to get published by Harlequin, but all of my attempts at writing a romance novel fall flat. I keep getting rejection letters that say, "Not steamy enough." How do I steam them up?
A. You came to the right person, Hooker.

And a follow-up from last week's:

Harry Potter and the Crackling Dialogue of Storgé

[This message has been edited by trousercuit (edited May 26, 2006).]

Posted by pooka (Member # 1738) on :

Now are you aware of the difference in meaning between a post and a thread?

Posted by trousercuit (Member # 3235) on :

I am, but it snuck by me when I created this thread and I haven't figured out how to change the title. Is there a way to do it?

Posted by pooka (Member # 1738) on :

I'm not sure there is. I know of at least one forum with that feature/bug, and this may be it.

Posted by trousercuit (Member # 3235) on :

Ask Mr. Writing Person: Subcranial Ravioli

I almost used evil robot monkeys, but settled on geriatric disco chimps instead. The evil robot monkeys just weren't speaking to me.

Also, make sure you check out Mr. Writing Person's "Fack".

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Posted by trousercuit (Member # 3235) on :

Bumpity!

Seuss's New Metaphors (and one-legged puppies)

Ask Mr. Writing Person: MacGuffin the Magical Pants

I actually taught a real concept in this one, which is quite shocking. It's also a response to a real reader who had a real-ish question (okay, so his dilemma was completely made up), which is kind of a milestone, I suppose.

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Posted by pooka (Member # 1738) on :

I'm almost curious enough to go look, but I shall resist on the principle of not rewarding your shameless self-promotion.

Posted by trousercuit (Member # 3235) on :

I'm currently sending invasive mind-control waves your direction. I hope you're wearing your tin-foil hat, because those actually amplify the signal.