tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25133444.post116940548678787616..comments2023-11-05T04:02:39.418-05:00Comments on Michelle's Spell: Seduce The ReaderMichelle's Spellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15769666862403600253noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25133444.post-1169885298061963052007-01-27T03:08:00.000-05:002007-01-27T03:08:00.000-05:00I especially loved Thomas Harris' prologue in one ...I especially loved Thomas Harris' prologue in one of his works. It spoke of writing in complete solitude somewhere in the Mississippi Delta. He used a quote when describing his characters...<BR/><BR/>"I do not keep falcons. They live with me."<BR/><BR/>There may be a fine line between the time when you are using the character to seduce your reader and the one in which your character seduces you.<BR/><BR/>Long live seduction!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25133444.post-1169859493063006842007-01-26T19:58:00.000-05:002007-01-26T19:58:00.000-05:00Yeah, Walking Man, Thomas Harris wrote Silence of ...Yeah, Walking Man, Thomas Harris wrote <I>Silence of the Lambs</I>, and in the sequels he has redeemed him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25133444.post-1169846048915135432007-01-26T16:14:00.000-05:002007-01-26T16:14:00.000-05:00I'll take my characters to hell and back, just to ...I'll take my characters to hell and back, just to see what they're made of. My problem is letting go of them. I enjoy their company too much.JR's Thumbprintshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479324326541901987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25133444.post-1169842739145652692007-01-26T15:18:00.000-05:002007-01-26T15:18:00.000-05:00I once woke in pain after a character came to me i...I once woke in pain after a character came to me in a dream and bit my neck. I hadn't written him yet, but after waking I had to. He was dangerous, very pale, and all day I was haunted and hungry, rubbing my neck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25133444.post-1169832287830494412007-01-26T12:24:00.000-05:002007-01-26T12:24:00.000-05:00Was it Thomas Harris who wrote Silence of the Lamb...Was it Thomas Harris who wrote Silence of the Lambs? I read an interview with him that he said it took him years before he could go back and write the sequal to that book because of Hannibal Lecter and the authors asumption and portrayal of him as a true Psychopath. <BR/><BR/>I believe he said that the character disturbed him so much because he was able to bring him onto the page he was reluctant to revisit the story.<BR/><BR/>Now in his own way I will admit Hannibal was a very seductive and engaging character, but one you would not want to be left alone with.<BR/><BR/>Is this the type of seduction you speak of, a character that just pulls you into the story and no matter what they do you are taken by it to the reality of the scene, being able to feel for example the nurses tongue being bitten out by Lecter when the warden told Clarice the story and showed her the picture?<BR/><BR/>And the question is how soon into the story do you have start making your characters identifiable with the reader. Shoule there be some back ground, setting of the first scene or do you just jump in by introducing them? <BR/><BR/>I know we all (thank God) write in different styles telling different storys but generally speaking these are the questions your post of the day bring to my mind. Hopefully to teach me without have to pay for the credit hour ol.<BR/><BR/>Peace and snow (first real one) and theres really only a month of winter left not counting Tigers opening day when it is always winter like.<BR/><BR/>More peace just for the hell of it<BR/><BR/>TWM<BR/><BR/>thanks for the compliment on the otherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25133444.post-1169828044352850392007-01-26T11:14:00.000-05:002007-01-26T11:14:00.000-05:00Natural is art. Surreal is a joke.Natural is art. Surreal is a joke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25133444.post-1169827354064890872007-01-26T11:02:00.000-05:002007-01-26T11:02:00.000-05:00Some good insights here, for sure. Yes, seduction ...Some good insights here, for sure. Yes, seduction is both truth and lie, and working hard to make your writing look "natural" is just as much an artifice as writing surrealism. I also agree that a writer has to have some level of sympathy for all his/her characters in order to write them convincingly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25133444.post-1169827021067048432007-01-26T10:57:00.000-05:002007-01-26T10:57:00.000-05:00I became deathly ill when Emma ate the rat poison....I became deathly ill when Emma ate the rat poison. It all boiled down to her going to wrong dances. Some women think of themselves too much as the belle of the ball.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25133444.post-1169826822916513942007-01-26T10:53:00.000-05:002007-01-26T10:53:00.000-05:00Jay seduced me--twice. I must admit that I'm parti...Jay seduced me--twice. I must admit that I'm partial to men in uniform, money and power. The usual things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25133444.post-1169826655279697802007-01-26T10:50:00.000-05:002007-01-26T10:50:00.000-05:00I think Jim Harrison became seriously depressed wh...I think Jim Harrison became seriously depressed when I sent him back his Christmas gift of the beard and mustache trimmer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25133444.post-1169826495889294392007-01-26T10:48:00.000-05:002007-01-26T10:48:00.000-05:00My second marriage was a mutual seduction of the p...My second marriage was a mutual seduction of the parties.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25133444.post-1169826392826744322007-01-26T10:46:00.000-05:002007-01-26T10:46:00.000-05:00Ya gotta believe!Ya gotta believe!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25133444.post-1169826223498745822007-01-26T10:43:00.000-05:002007-01-26T10:43:00.000-05:00He's just kidding. Aren't you, darling?He's just kidding. Aren't you, darling?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25133444.post-1169826171264517052007-01-26T10:42:00.000-05:002007-01-26T10:42:00.000-05:00So was my dad!So was my dad!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25133444.post-1169826068307123042007-01-26T10:41:00.000-05:002007-01-26T10:41:00.000-05:00I vas a goot liddle notzi.I vas a goot liddle notzi.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25133444.post-1169825933190878972007-01-26T10:38:00.000-05:002007-01-26T10:38:00.000-05:00Good insight, Norm.Good insight, Norm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25133444.post-1169825832497787592007-01-26T10:37:00.000-05:002007-01-26T10:37:00.000-05:00My Jesus novel failed because, now that I look bac...My Jesus novel failed because, now that I look back on it, I subconsciously had an ax to grind with that bastard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com