Comments on: Desperately Rankling Susan

By: Susan Gable

Susan Gable — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 13:35:12 +0000

Ummmm…you can quote dead guys? (G)

Saving my ire? I dunno about that. My ire appears only at certain times, like when confronted with such travesties. (Sort of the Hulk, ya know? Don’t make me angry, you wouldn’t like me when I’m angry. LOL) So if you can arrange for travesties to happen when I’m guest hosting, then sure, there will be ire. LOL.

I’m so glad we agree about the compressing of climaxes. (g)

By: Booksquare

Booksquare — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 03:34:16 +0000

But if I can’t quote you without permission, who can I quote?

Hmm, maybe I want to rethink that. But not enough that ethics might overpower natural laziness. I will give you credit where credit is due — climaxes should never be compressed. I get a lot of spam that assures me of that point.

I hope you’re saving some of your ire for your guest stint!

By: Susan Gable

Susan Gable — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 01:12:35 +0000

Oh, yeah, and it’s not just the compressing of the plot that irks me. It’s the whole-sale slaughter of the language. ACK, ACK. Using it for email and text messages is one thing. Taking an author’s words and changing them into THAT? A travesty. LOL.

Susan G., still irked and rankled. LOL.

By: Susan Gable

Susan Gable — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 01:00:10 +0000

Climaxes should not be compressed. It damages things. Romance writers know these things. (wink)

(And you’re just EVIL,too, BookSquare. Picking on me like that. Quoting me without warning or permission, for that matter! LOL.)

If people want to fillet out only the important elements of the plot, they should stick with flashfiction. It’s a whole new genre for attention-impaired folks. (Actually, I happen to like flash fiction. It’s fun. But seriously, if they want to compress plot, perhaps stick with the flash in the first place.)

Susan G.