Comments on: Free HOOK Edit: My guitar case bounced— http://victoriamixon.com/2009/08/10/my-guitar-case-bounced/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:18:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: gotheca http://victoriamixon.com/2009/08/10/my-guitar-case-bounced/comment-page-1/#comment-360 gotheca Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:32:21 +0000 http://victoriamixon.com/?p=2003#comment-360 Those husband people. You can't get anything past 'em. Victoria Those husband people. You can’t get anything past ‘em.

Victoria

]]> By: Marie Devers http://victoriamixon.com/2009/08/10/my-guitar-case-bounced/comment-page-1/#comment-359 Marie Devers Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:04:51 +0000 http://victoriamixon.com/?p=2003#comment-359 Yep, I made it up. Future topics: yet another reason for me to keep coming back. My husband once said, "How come when I do it it's called lying, and when you do it it's called fiction?" Yep, I made it up.

Future topics: yet another reason for me to keep coming back.

My husband once said, “How come when I do it it’s called lying, and when you do it it’s called fiction?”

]]> By: gotheca http://victoriamixon.com/2009/08/10/my-guitar-case-bounced/comment-page-1/#comment-358 gotheca Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:28:33 +0000 http://victoriamixon.com/?p=2003#comment-358 Marie, I'm laughing hysterically--you MADE UP that stuff? OK Morale is YOU?? That's completely fabulous! Let me add that to the Future Topics list, will you? What a heck of an idea! Victoria Marie, I’m laughing hysterically–you MADE UP that stuff? OK Morale is YOU?? That’s completely fabulous!

Let me add that to the Future Topics list, will you? What a heck of an idea!

Victoria

]]> By: Marie Devers http://victoriamixon.com/2009/08/10/my-guitar-case-bounced/comment-page-1/#comment-357 Marie Devers Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:38:38 +0000 http://victoriamixon.com/?p=2003#comment-357 Hey, I'm Marie, the writer of this hook. Thank you soooooo much, A. I think your free hook editing is a great idea because 1.) you made my hook better, and 2.) i am now looking at your editing services page the way I look at the kindle page, the LA SCBWI page, and my Amazon wishlist: I WANT IT ALL! Maureen. Thanks for the kudos. Can I risk being annoying and ask a follow-up question? Moxie is a (female, sorry) songwriter, so she quotes songs throughout the novel. Because I'm afraid of copyright infringement and cool bands who suddenly become lame without warning, I made up all the bands and all of the lyrics she mentions in the novel. Does this give me a free pass to talk lyrics, or would you recommend ditching the lyric angle altogether? And thanks for the link to the dialogue post. I am a WIP, and I need all the help I can get. Hey, I’m Marie, the writer of this hook. Thank you soooooo much, A. I think your free hook editing is a great idea because 1.) you made my hook better, and 2.) i am now looking at your editing services page the way I look at the kindle page, the LA SCBWI page, and my Amazon wishlist: I WANT IT ALL!

Maureen. Thanks for the kudos.

Can I risk being annoying and ask a follow-up question? Moxie is a (female, sorry) songwriter, so she quotes songs throughout the novel. Because I’m afraid of copyright infringement and cool bands who suddenly become lame without warning, I made up all the bands and all of the lyrics she mentions in the novel.

Does this give me a free pass to talk lyrics, or would you recommend ditching the lyric angle altogether?

And thanks for the link to the dialogue post. I am a WIP, and I need all the help I can get.

]]> By: gotheca http://victoriamixon.com/2009/08/10/my-guitar-case-bounced/comment-page-1/#comment-356 gotheca Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:27:25 +0000 http://victoriamixon.com/?p=2003#comment-356 Maureen, those are called epigrams. They can be extremely significant and add a valuable layer of meaning to your theme. But again, if your epigram is better than your whole novel, you've backed yourself into a corner. I do not recommend epigrams to beginners for this reason. Copyright infringement is a whole other subject. Publishers know how to get permission to reprint, and most authors are willing to give such permission if asked nicely. Victoria Maureen, those are called epigrams. They can be extremely significant and add a valuable layer of meaning to your theme. But again, if your epigram is better than your whole novel, you’ve backed yourself into a corner. I do not recommend epigrams to beginners for this reason.

Copyright infringement is a whole other subject. Publishers know how to get permission to reprint, and most authors are willing to give such permission if asked nicely.

Victoria

]]> By: Maureen http://victoriamixon.com/2009/08/10/my-guitar-case-bounced/comment-page-1/#comment-355 Maureen Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:57:39 +0000 http://victoriamixon.com/?p=2003#comment-355 Victoria said: "I do not use song lyrics or fragments of poetry or other writers’ works in my stuff..." I've always kind of liked those quotations you sometimes see at the beginning of every chapter. If this writer had chosen to use the lyrics that way (separate from the writing itself), would you have edited them out? How much can you quote without infringing on copyright? I do agree with the edits here but in neither version did I like the friend Summer. A lot has been said about likable protags, but I don't know if it matters so much with a secondary character. That said, this seems like the beginning of a fresh, original YA novel. Good job! Victoria said: “I do not use song lyrics or fragments of poetry or other writers’ works in my stuff…”

I’ve always kind of liked those quotations you sometimes see at the beginning of every chapter. If this writer had chosen to use the lyrics that way (separate from the writing itself), would you have edited them out? How much can you quote without infringing on copyright?

I do agree with the edits here but in neither version did I like the friend Summer. A lot has been said about likable protags, but I don’t know if it matters so much with a secondary character.

That said, this seems like the beginning of a fresh, original YA novel. Good job!

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