Comments on: When Should You Kill Your Loved Ones? http://www.yaoi911.com/when-should-you-kill-your-loved-ones/ For all your Yaoi emergencies... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:55:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Alex Woolfson http://www.yaoi911.com/when-should-you-kill-your-loved-ones/#comment-171 Alex Woolfson Sat, 01 Sep 2007 04:00:47 +0000 http://www.yaoi911.com/when-should-you-kill-your-loved-ones/#comment-171 Well, working may be hard, but it sounds like you are up to a bunch of cool stuff! I've been slacking on my reading of the blogosphere even more than my writing, but I'll poke my head over at <a href="http://ggymeta.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">GGY</a> and read about your novel. :-) Good luck with it all -- I'll be curious to hear more about your forays into the world of "non-yaoi"...<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('171','Alex Woolfson'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('171','Alex Woolfson','Well, working may be hard, but it sounds like you are up to a bunch of cool stuff! I\'ve been slacking on my reading of the blogosphere even more than my writing, but I\'ll poke my head over at <a href=\"http:\/\/ggymeta.wordpress.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">GGY<\/a> and read about your novel. :-)\n\nGood luck with it all -- I\'ll be curious to hear more about your forays into the world of \"non-yaoi\"...'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Well, working may be hard, but it sounds like you are up to a bunch of cool stuff! I’ve been slacking on my reading of the blogosphere even more than my writing, but I’ll poke my head over at GGY and read about your novel. :-)
Good luck with it all — I’ll be curious to hear more about your forays into the world of “non-yaoi”…
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]]> By: gynocrat http://www.yaoi911.com/when-should-you-kill-your-loved-ones/#comment-170 gynocrat Sat, 01 Sep 2007 03:33:00 +0000 http://www.yaoi911.com/when-should-you-kill-your-loved-ones/#comment-170 I'm working on my first novel - most are following along with this experiment in my blog. LOL! Mostly I've been trying to score an agent, not submitting as much as I'd like these days, but I've got three scripts being drawn right now, so until they get further along, I wont be submitting them. I recently submitted something to Class Comics, and I was asked to resubmit the same story--with a self-contained first issue, a 5 issue limit, and with an artist attached. LOL! I wrote a non-yaoi script, now being illustrated, and I'm about to pitch it when I find the time ^^. Blogging is easy, working is hard. :(<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('170','gynocrat'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('170','gynocrat','I\'m working on my first novel - most are following along with this experiment in my blog. LOL! Mostly I\'ve been trying to score an agent, not submitting as much as I\'d like these days, but I\'ve got three scripts being drawn right now, so until they get further along, I wont be submitting them. I recently submitted something to Class Comics, and I was asked to resubmit the same story--with a self-contained first issue, a 5 issue limit, and with an artist attached. LOL!\n\nI wrote a non-yaoi script, now being illustrated, and I\'m about to pitch it when I find the time ^^. \n\nBlogging is easy, working is hard. :('); return false;">Quote</a></div> I’m working on my first novel - most are following along with this experiment in my blog. LOL! Mostly I’ve been trying to score an agent, not submitting as much as I’d like these days, but I’ve got three scripts being drawn right now, so until they get further along, I wont be submitting them. I recently submitted something to Class Comics, and I was asked to resubmit the same story–with a self-contained first issue, a 5 issue limit, and with an artist attached. LOL!

I wrote a non-yaoi script, now being illustrated, and I’m about to pitch it when I find the time ^^.

Blogging is easy, working is hard. :(

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]]> By: Alex Woolfson http://www.yaoi911.com/when-should-you-kill-your-loved-ones/#comment-169 Alex Woolfson Sat, 01 Sep 2007 03:24:25 +0000 http://www.yaoi911.com/when-should-you-kill-your-loved-ones/#comment-169 I've been great, Tina. :-) Not a great <em>blogger</em> ::blush::, but things have been going really well with the book and I just got back from a kick-ass meditation retreat. In truth, there are actually a bunch of blog posts I'm eager to write, but my scripts take priority and that's what I've been spending my time on. (My hat is really off to you for managing to keep up your creative output and your blog so well...) But I have this review I'm getting ready to post up. And I still have to put more art up that Winona's done. So you'll see more from me here soon. ;-) And yourself? Things been good with you?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('169','Alex Woolfson'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('169','Alex Woolfson','I\'ve been great, Tina. :-) Not a great <em>blogger<\/em> ::blush::, but things have been going really well with the book and I just got back from a kick-ass meditation retreat. In truth, there are actually a bunch of blog posts I\'m eager to write, but my scripts take priority and that\'s what I\'ve been spending my time on. (My hat is really off to you for managing to keep up your creative output and your blog so well...)\n\nBut I have this review I\'m getting ready to post up. And I still have to put more art up that Winona\'s done. So you\'ll see more from me here soon. ;-)\n\nAnd yourself? Things been good with you?'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I’ve been great, Tina. :-) Not a great blogger ::blush::, but things have been going really well with the book and I just got back from a kick-ass meditation retreat. In truth, there are actually a bunch of blog posts I’m eager to write, but my scripts take priority and that’s what I’ve been spending my time on. (My hat is really off to you for managing to keep up your creative output and your blog so well…)

But I have this review I’m getting ready to post up. And I still have to put more art up that Winona’s done. So you’ll see more from me here soon. ;-)
And yourself? Things been good with you?

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]]> By: gynocrat http://www.yaoi911.com/when-should-you-kill-your-loved-ones/#comment-168 gynocrat Sat, 01 Sep 2007 02:26:29 +0000 http://www.yaoi911.com/when-should-you-kill-your-loved-ones/#comment-168 My personal diary, yes...my GGy blog-- no. LOL! How have you been? It's been so long. 0_0<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('168','gynocrat'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('168','gynocrat','My personal diary, yes...my GGy blog-- no. LOL! \n\nHow have you been? It\'s been so long. 0_0'); return false;">Quote</a></div> My personal diary, yes…my GGy blog– no. LOL!

How have you been? It’s been so long. 0_0

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]]> By: Alex Woolfson http://www.yaoi911.com/when-should-you-kill-your-loved-ones/#comment-167 Alex Woolfson Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:49:02 +0000 http://www.yaoi911.com/when-should-you-kill-your-loved-ones/#comment-167 Hey Tina, Nice to hear from you. :-) <blockquote>I think sometimes it’s necessary to kill a character, especially if you know that this characters demise will in fact, impact your protagonist.</blockquote> And I would agree -- sometimes it is necessary to the story to kill a character off, even the protagonist. I just think that for certain genres you need a damn good reason and you should take in consideration the impact on the reader of your choice. A "senseless death" can feel like avoiding cliche for a neophyte writer (and even some experienced ones), but the truth is, it's been done and often. Much less cliche to come up with a demise that actually says something, IMHO. It can be tempting as a creator to feel like you are entitled to do as you damn well please with your creations -- I was just arguing that you have an obligation to the story and to your readers that should be heeded. <blockquote> Boy don’t I know it! One editor said to me… ‘no one should die in BL.’ 0_0. Needless to say, Roulette will be death free, regardless of how I originally wrote it.</blockquote> Interesting. Sounds like there's a story there -- can I find it on your blog? Alex<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('167','Alex Woolfson'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('167','Alex Woolfson','Hey Tina,\n\nNice to hear from you. :-)\n\n<blockquote>I think sometimes it’s necessary to kill a character, especially if you know that this characters demise will in fact, impact your protagonist.<\/blockquote>\n\nAnd I would agree -- sometimes it is necessary to the story to kill a character off, even the protagonist. I just think that for certain genres you need a damn good reason and you should take in consideration the impact on the reader of your choice. A \"senseless death\" can feel like avoiding cliche for a neophyte writer (and even some experienced ones), but the truth is, it\'s been done and often. Much less cliche to come up with a demise that actually says something, IMHO.\n\nIt can be tempting as a creator to feel like you are entitled to do as you damn well please with your creations -- I was just arguing that you have an obligation to the story and to your readers that should be heeded.\n\n<blockquote>\nBoy don’t I know it! One editor said to me… ‘no one should die in BL.’ 0_0. Needless to say, Roulette will be death free, regardless of how I originally wrote it.<\/blockquote>\n\nInteresting. Sounds like there\'s a story there -- can I find it on your blog?\n\nAlex'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Hey Tina,

Nice to hear from you. :-)

I think sometimes it’s necessary to kill a character, especially if you know that this characters demise will in fact, impact your protagonist.

And I would agree — sometimes it is necessary to the story to kill a character off, even the protagonist. I just think that for certain genres you need a damn good reason and you should take in consideration the impact on the reader of your choice. A “senseless death” can feel like avoiding cliche for a neophyte writer (and even some experienced ones), but the truth is, it’s been done and often. Much less cliche to come up with a demise that actually says something, IMHO.

It can be tempting as a creator to feel like you are entitled to do as you damn well please with your creations — I was just arguing that you have an obligation to the story and to your readers that should be heeded.

Boy don’t I know it! One editor said to me… ‘no one should die in BL.’ 0_0. Needless to say, Roulette will be death free, regardless of how I originally wrote it.

Interesting. Sounds like there’s a story there — can I find it on your blog?

Alex

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]]> By: gynocrat http://www.yaoi911.com/when-should-you-kill-your-loved-ones/#comment-165 gynocrat Sun, 26 Aug 2007 02:57:03 +0000 http://www.yaoi911.com/when-should-you-kill-your-loved-ones/#comment-165 I think sometimes it's necessary to kill a character, especially if you know that this characters demise will in fact, impact your protagonist. <em>In the end, the stories you write might come from you, but they aren’t just for you.</em> Boy don't I know it! One editor said to me... 'no one should die in BL.' 0_0. Needless to say, Roulette will be death free, regardless of how I originally wrote it.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('165','gynocrat'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('165','gynocrat','I think sometimes it\'s necessary to kill a character, especially if you know that this characters demise will in fact, impact your protagonist. \n\n<em>In the end, the stories you write might come from you, but they aren’t just for you.<\/em>\n\nBoy don\'t I know it! One editor said to me... \'no one should die in BL.\' 0_0. Needless to say, Roulette will be death free, regardless of how I originally wrote it.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I think sometimes it’s necessary to kill a character, especially if you know that this characters demise will in fact, impact your protagonist.

In the end, the stories you write might come from you, but they aren’t just for you.

Boy don’t I know it! One editor said to me… ‘no one should die in BL.’ 0_0. Needless to say, Roulette will be death free, regardless of how I originally wrote it.

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