tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764329434741342023.post8874784293223657037..comments2023-04-20T18:24:37.591+01:00Comments on Carol's Corner: There's Only So Many Plots...Carolbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05578076528292643928noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764329434741342023.post-69991941605541152902013-04-14T12:37:30.727+01:002013-04-14T12:37:30.727+01:00Interesting piece, Carol. How awful for Kate to be...Interesting piece, Carol. How awful for Kate to be accused of such a thing. From what I read in the document, the things she was accused of seem a little tenuous; the HM&B books in some lines are built on the male being phenomenally rich and good looking, and if they're going to be Italian, pretty much assured they're be 'tall, dark and handsome'. If that's something that Maxihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13881927674109243192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764329434741342023.post-73139969100182300212013-04-08T13:00:53.597+01:002013-04-08T13:00:53.597+01:00Lizy, it's easy to repeat ourselves without re...Lizy, it's easy to repeat ourselves without realising, but there's a lot of alternatives if needed. Good luck.<br /><br />Hello, Angela. You're right, it is the writer's voice, scene setting and characters that make the same plots different- thank goodness. :-)<br /><br />Carolbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05578076528292643928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764329434741342023.post-38177373043104087662013-04-05T14:53:22.021+01:002013-04-05T14:53:22.021+01:00Hello Carol
I have been surprised on several occa...Hello Carol<br /><br />I have been surprised on several occasions when my, as yet (now there's optimism for you!) unpublished novels have similarities to a book I am reading. Such as a job my heroine is employed in, the obstacle in life she must overcome or names and pitfalls. I agree that there are only so many storylines, but thankfully we can give our own voice, scene setting, characters Angela Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17221068291904611525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764329434741342023.post-5563083526405655682013-03-31T18:06:13.146+01:002013-03-31T18:06:13.146+01:00I was told there is too much breast squeezing in o...I was told there is too much breast squeezing in one of my novels, so I suppose I must repeat myself at times, however much I try to avoid it!liz younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16289501717229347872noreply@blogger.com