Tag Archive | Random thoughts

Refining Dialogue

Originally posted on Musings of a Mystery Novelist:
In the midst of plotting, pondering, and (alternate?) world building, actual!writing, albeit within the confines of the mind, marches forth on this March Fourth. Pun quite intended. Amid the scene setting and character building is crafting the dialogue between the characters (spoken or implied) from which the…

The State of the Land of Exposition

By The Owl Lady February 21, 2017 Leave a comment

Originally posted on Musings of a Mystery Novelist:
Extract from The Tales from the Land of Exposition – Journal of Plot Monitor #9 Celestial Time Stamp: Later Than Anticipated Weather: Suspiciously mild, with bouts of random musings So it’s been a while since the last update, but the state of things in the Land of…

Illusions and Delusions

By The Owl Lady February 13, 2017 Leave a comment

Originally posted on Musings of a Mystery Novelist:
The notion of perspective and its involvement in shaping (just about) everything in the story remains at the forefront of the plotting and pondering process. Toying with the idea of multiple narrators (first or third) is an option to consider, as it’s an effective, if complex method…

Sorting Out The Details

By The Owl Lady January 24, 2017 Leave a comment

Originally posted on Musings of a Mystery Novelist:
The plotting and pondering continues, as the world (real and fictional) changes from what it was into what it will be. How things will play out in the (near) future is yet to be determined; needless to say it’s going to be interesting (if not frustrating) from…

Random thoughts for August 7th

By The Owl Lady August 9, 2014 Leave a comment

Originally posted on Mageowl's Blog:
Tonight I’m sharing a few random thought with you for lack of a better idea. What do you think of when you think of chips? Potato chips? Tortilla chips? Pita chips? Paint chips? Chips in a windshield? a cup with a chip? There are even more kind of chips,…

Random thoughts for July 10th

By The Owl Lady July 12, 2014 Leave a comment

Originally posted on Mageowl's Blog:
If cats made sense: The world would end It would rain when you wanted it to Ice cream would be free Faster than light travel would be a reality (for humans, cats already are that fast.) Translation of two cats interacting: Merger! -Let’s play! Mergerr! -Get away from me!…

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