tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095415108979361538.post8219863127989418598..comments2023-06-15T09:39:41.640-04:00Comments on Rick Starkey: False StartsRick Starkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871269805895470980noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095415108979361538.post-17580750700800513702012-02-06T09:26:02.217-05:002012-02-06T09:26:02.217-05:00It's great to be able to use them to better th...It's great to be able to use them to better the work. Kind of like practicing to get something just right.Rick Starkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16871269805895470980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095415108979361538.post-45015969383996589302012-02-04T14:55:22.077-05:002012-02-04T14:55:22.077-05:00I love those false starts. They usually lead me to...I love those false starts. They usually lead me to something better for the character or story overall. The last story I wrote had five or six of them - and it's less than 2000 words! Frustrating at the time, but I think the story is better for it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17749056431034976712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095415108979361538.post-3425368172002469892012-02-01T07:03:11.412-05:002012-02-01T07:03:11.412-05:00Isn't it great when that happens? Sometimes t...Isn't it great when that happens? Sometimes they just have to be put away for a while. Then again sometimes a character may do something out of the blue and you have to start over to make things fit.<br /><br />Thanks Anonymous Body - A.B.Rick Starkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16871269805895470980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095415108979361538.post-49000440265799001382012-01-31T19:14:26.890-05:002012-01-31T19:14:26.890-05:00Hey,
we've all been there, I think, You really...Hey,<br />we've all been there, I think, You really get to going and then every thing comes to a complete stop or "freeze". There has been times the dead end story comes back alive in a totally different story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095415108979361538.post-58464047279388478372012-01-31T06:18:42.395-05:002012-01-31T06:18:42.395-05:00Thanks, Claudine. You're right, false starts ...Thanks, Claudine. You're right, false starts are healthy. If you realize they are false starts, then you can go back and start over. Guess It's better to throw out our words and re write than for no one to want to take them in and read.Rick Starkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16871269805895470980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095415108979361538.post-62531963586268673962012-01-30T21:30:18.727-05:002012-01-30T21:30:18.727-05:00Sounds like an amazing place you live in, Rick! I ...Sounds like an amazing place you live in, Rick! I love the sounds of Nature. Even frogs' croaks, which might give me goosebumps initially. (Well done on saving the froggies!) As for false starts, I find them quite healthy. As you go along and make changes (especially drastic ones), the more you'll understand your characters and what they want. Then when you're done, you can look back at the first 'start' and realize how flimsy it was.Yanting Guehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04788603550626277974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095415108979361538.post-58896426819268406122012-01-30T18:24:44.877-05:002012-01-30T18:24:44.877-05:00Sometimes you just have to put it on the shelf. I...Sometimes you just have to put it on the shelf. It's not really giving up, just letting it rest. One day it may keep bugging you till you dust it off and take a fresh look at it.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing.Rick Starkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16871269805895470980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095415108979361538.post-8520118032482517072012-01-30T18:20:41.552-05:002012-01-30T18:20:41.552-05:00Was it one that was published? Even if not, I'...Was it one that was published? Even if not, I'm sure you got it right. Sometimes It's better, if we feel something is just not right, to just go ahead and re-write it.<br />Thanks.Rick Starkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16871269805895470980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095415108979361538.post-57373913756993936532012-01-30T18:17:58.864-05:002012-01-30T18:17:58.864-05:00That's one reason I like to outline. It still...That's one reason I like to outline. It still happens, but at least I kinda know where I am going.Rick Starkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16871269805895470980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095415108979361538.post-37391730036687634492012-01-30T12:56:54.969-05:002012-01-30T12:56:54.969-05:00Boy have I done that only about a gazillion times!...Boy have I done that only about a gazillion times!! I keep plunging in to a story, get it going and then, dang if I don't decide it's stupid or something and either give it up, or start all over. It's so hard to decide if you really got something or not sometimes. Ugh.Allyn Stotzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00125021589041199877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095415108979361538.post-57573912046701716092012-01-30T11:21:44.106-05:002012-01-30T11:21:44.106-05:00I've written novels all over again. Okay, I...I've written novels all over again. Okay, I've written the same novel over again three times. I think I finally got it right. LOL. We've all been there.Kelly Hashwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13936313159809041986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095415108979361538.post-90818479600277619092012-01-30T10:24:19.313-05:002012-01-30T10:24:19.313-05:00Rick, you are not alone. I go through that, too. I...Rick, you are not alone. I go through that, too. I start, get so far, then for some reason, I stop. I have to work on this.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12438499446732002359noreply@blogger.com