tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058856697581528687.post1958126609190721370..comments2023-12-30T13:57:12.322-08:00Comments on Leigh Ann Kopans, YA Author: A Different StoryLeigh Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15827971896088856057noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058856697581528687.post-84854684763724935142012-02-29T09:57:06.355-08:002012-02-29T09:57:06.355-08:00It's a good sign if your stories evolve. If th...It's a good sign if your stories evolve. If they didn't, you'd certainly be in trouble lol. I gave you a couple awards to boost your day! Pop over and get them when you get a minute. :-)Megan Lallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11176772484150176951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058856697581528687.post-47455373075625389382012-02-28T16:52:22.457-08:002012-02-28T16:52:22.457-08:00You rock in so many ways, Leigh Ann. I am constant...You rock in so many ways, Leigh Ann. I am constantly in awe.<br /><br />My MCs have not been very like me, but I can understand them fairly well nonetheless. It's the secondary characters that kill me! Lots and lots of rounds of revisions is what usually does it for me. :)Peggy Eddlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10241451940725996650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058856697581528687.post-25027128718253842422012-02-27T09:16:37.983-08:002012-02-27T09:16:37.983-08:00I've only been writing for fourteen months. So...I've only been writing for fourteen months. So, I doubt it. :)<br /><br />Your superhero story sounds like so much fun! Mine had sparse worldbuilding as well, which was intentional too. :)<br /><br />"It's a lot easier to edit something if it's written" is exactly right. :))Leigh Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15827971896088856057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058856697581528687.post-8972501330334998152012-02-27T09:11:21.200-08:002012-02-27T09:11:21.200-08:00I adore YOU, Emy. Serious.
There's nothing WR...I adore YOU, Emy. Serious.<br /><br />There's nothing WRONG with writing your own voice, obviously. Such an interesting combination, though! After this whole thing, I'm realizign that the important thing is to be AWARE of the voice.<br /><br />And, um...if you find any writing exercises that you love, will you send them my way??? kthxLeigh Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15827971896088856057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058856697581528687.post-33726893737437726652012-02-27T09:10:00.430-08:002012-02-27T09:10:00.430-08:00I know. Shared CP brain is getting a little creepy...I know. Shared CP brain is getting a little creepy. (You know. In an AWESOME way.)<br /><br />1st person present is so so so much fun. It took me a couple days to get into it, b ut I LOVED writing Merrin that way. Can't WAIT to read this one, G. Seriously.Leigh Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15827971896088856057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058856697581528687.post-17438778996549604732012-02-27T09:09:03.466-08:002012-02-27T09:09:03.466-08:00Yeeeeeeah. I sense a LOT of editing down the pike ...Yeeeeeeah. I sense a LOT of editing down the pike for me, just because I think these words are allll kinds of sucky.<br /><br />But you're right. We can agonize about not starting, or we can just START, and hope the voice flows from that. <br /><br /><3 You are the BEST.Leigh Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15827971896088856057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058856697581528687.post-27435885891434449432012-02-27T09:03:38.760-08:002012-02-27T09:03:38.760-08:00Bless YOU my friend. I'm so jealous that you h...Bless YOU my friend. I'm so jealous that you have amazing ideas that you can work on FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES. and I can't wait to read both of them. :)Leigh Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15827971896088856057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058856697581528687.post-73422894075002912262012-02-27T08:52:46.509-08:002012-02-27T08:52:46.509-08:00Wow, that is HUGE. I can't imagine changing ag...Wow, that is HUGE. I can't imagine changing age range. YIKES. I'm so so glad it (obviously) worked out for you! <br /><br />Knowing that writing is all about the breakthroughs is both terrifying and exciting. Makes me a little shaky thinking about what will come next....<br /><br />Thanks for your lovely wishes. <3Leigh Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15827971896088856057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058856697581528687.post-86436084309327206702012-02-27T08:23:07.490-08:002012-02-27T08:23:07.490-08:00I can't IMAGINE varying genres as wildly as yo...I can't IMAGINE varying genres as wildly as you do. You're BRILLIANT!<br /><br />Your story about falling in love with a book and wanting to write something as good as that is SO inspirational. <br /><br />PALADIN is amazing. I wouldn't be surprised if it was BETTER. You are a gem, my friend. <3Leigh Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15827971896088856057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058856697581528687.post-39698595985681424032012-02-27T08:21:26.336-08:002012-02-27T08:21:26.336-08:00Thank you! Now let's just hope it lasts.....Thank you! Now let's just hope it lasts.....Leigh Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15827971896088856057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058856697581528687.post-49334500349038204402012-02-27T08:10:40.366-08:002012-02-27T08:10:40.366-08:00I think you've probably been writing far longe...I think you've probably been writing far longer than I have, but I feel like I've had a couple of minor breakthroughs like this. With my first WiP I wrote it VERY fast, and only really got down the bare bones of the story. Now, months later -- after a rough patch of not knowing what to write -- I think it's finished.<br />I'm also writing a superhero story in which the main character is a guy. THAT has been the most difficult for me so far. For some reason I can't pinpoint how to start it, and therefore I haven't been able to get it going. Kind of the same issue as you, except without so much world-building. It has a little (I'd call it contemporary fantasy, or maybe paranormal) but it takes place in the current time and on earth, not some other world like y first WiP.<br />In my opinion, you're doing great if you can get those words on the page. It's a lot easier to edit something if it's written ;-)Darci Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00155604971570768765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058856697581528687.post-49533056837275426062012-02-27T07:53:32.386-08:002012-02-27T07:53:32.386-08:00Yay for writing breakthroughs!
I adore this post,...Yay for writing breakthroughs!<br /><br />I adore this post, Leigh! It's giving me a lot of food for thoughts. In my current WiP, I am writing the main character using my own "voice." But even though certain aspects of her character mirror mine, at core, she is very, very different from me. Maybe that's why writing her has been such a difficulty. I'll have to try approaching it different (with writing exercises! which I've never done before either :)).Emy Shinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06841308748068494839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058856697581528687.post-56811868775432022382012-02-27T05:26:54.089-08:002012-02-27T05:26:54.089-08:00Ok, so our posts are eerily alike today. I'm s...Ok, so our posts are eerily alike today. I'm similarly terrified of leaving my comfort zone, but I'm determined to do it. And that might even include NOT having the story end happily, which I wouldn't have even considered two years ago. And #3 is probably going to be written in 1st person present, which I've also never done before.<br /><br />But if we don't grow as writers, I don't think we can really call ourselves writers, ya know?Gina Cioccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18024256412233972412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058856697581528687.post-46657464762144976252012-02-27T05:25:03.235-08:002012-02-27T05:25:03.235-08:00Yay! I'm so glad you had a breakthrough!! Keep...Yay! I'm so glad you had a breakthrough!! Keep those words coming :)<br /><br />I'm not sure if it's a breakthrough, rather than a realization, but when was starting on TB, I couldn't get anyone's voice to come to me. I kept writing anyway, and eventually I figured I needed a POV change from first to third. But...because I was comfortable in first, I started that way and it eventually lead to that realization. I think sometimes we just need to let the suck flow, try to get the words on paper, and we'll figure out the problem eventually :) <br /><br />I'm SO excited about Chrome and cannot WAIT to read it!!!Jamie Greyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07504892632149036762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058856697581528687.post-27126637009121572602012-02-27T05:17:21.932-08:002012-02-27T05:17:21.932-08:00Bless this post. You already know my problem--but ...Bless this post. You already know my problem--but luckily, the superhero story MC is being much less stubborn about crawling out of my brain. I think another of my problems with working on EW, besides that one MC doesn't really think/react like I do, is that the OTHER MC doesn't really think/react like I do. So I've got a dual PoV and neither of them are like me. (At least...not yet.) We'll see how they end up at the end of their arcs.<br /><br />I'll probably flip-flop between EW and the superhero story, because I want to finish EW, but I think the superhero story will be something to write to relieve stress. But yeah--if a writer isn't writing something they don't feel comfortable with, they aren't progressing as a writer. <br /><br />CHROOOOOOMEEEEEE.Francesca Zappiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16876692064254806825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058856697581528687.post-70564053047252562672012-02-27T04:49:38.919-08:002012-02-27T04:49:38.919-08:00My biggest writing breakthrough was the novel I wr...My biggest writing breakthrough was the novel I wrote when I first realised I wanted to write YA. It felt SO different to anything else I'd ever written, which was wonderful and scary both at the same time. Wonderful because I knew, in a way I'd never known before, that this was 'my' genre, and scary for, well, the exact same reason - if it didn't work, I had no idea where to go next.<br /><br />Writing is all about the breakthroughs for me. The more challenging the writing feels, the more I know I'm learning and progressing – which is a good, if stressful place to be! <br /><br />Best of luck with CHROME. Have fun with it and if all else fails, there's always chocolate. :) I'll be cheering you along too!Emma Passhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18209194238119830841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058856697581528687.post-45523283367022839972012-02-27T03:36:11.343-08:002012-02-27T03:36:11.343-08:00Most of my stories have been wildly different from...Most of my stories have been wildly different from each other, more so because apparently I alternate between literary and fantasy, and quiet introspective stories and stories with ALL THE PLOT. (Although I can easily pinpoint the overall themes too.)<br /><br />Anyhow, lately my two biggest breakthroughs were in writing something wildly different from all the rest--an adult literary short story--and challenging myself to get giant leaps better. <br /><br />The first one was the most difficult. I hadn't written short stories in forever, let alone LITERARY ones. Because of that, but even more because of the story--'my' Holocaust story, that required both a lot of awful research and resolving personal issues--it was the hardest thing I've written so far. Bar none. <br /><br />My other breakthrough was the scariest, and one I'm pretty sure I've mentioned before: falling in love (like, head over heels, completely) with a book mere weeks before I wanted to query one of my own MSs and subsequently binning said manuscripts and starting from scratch. Because I was going to make my story as good as that book and *nothing* was going to get in the way of that. At the time it was the scariest decision, but now that PALADIN is almost finished, I know it was absolutely worth it :)<br /><br />(I'll get around to blogging about both at some point.)<br /><br />It's not an easy road, but CHROME will shine. It will be absolutely awesome :) And we'll cheer you on every step of the way ;) (Also, I love plotting and writing exercises. Just sayin')Mariekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16383960692054256957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058856697581528687.post-14610198739564910032012-02-27T02:53:58.608-08:002012-02-27T02:53:58.608-08:00Congrats on the breakthrough! :D What little detai...Congrats on the breakthrough! :D What little details you've given here make it sound really interesting too. Good luck writing the rest of the book!Miss Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05014234633679291480noreply@blogger.com