tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13173642.post1248935471709776017..comments2023-06-21T08:30:10.401-05:00Comments on WestConn MFA in Creative and Professional Writing: Two years and countless revisions later--"Last Supper" sold!Brian Clementshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14800124680107845325noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13173642.post-13113691186801945722011-11-18T00:21:01.040-05:002011-11-18T00:21:01.040-05:00Great news, Jane - congratulations!Great news, Jane - congratulations!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14629556514752643040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13173642.post-51012442377562081572011-11-17T02:07:01.882-05:002011-11-17T02:07:01.882-05:00Great! I'm a AHMM subscriber, and am looking f...Great! I'm a AHMM subscriber, and am looking forward to reading this!NMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11764993707175344260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13173642.post-17792479881106999832011-11-15T11:10:00.642-05:002011-11-15T11:10:00.642-05:00Jane, that's awesome. I hear getting a short s...Jane, that's awesome. I hear getting a short story published in "Alfred Hitchcock" today might be harder than getting a novel published. <br /><br />BrianBrian Thiemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10278163954780425403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13173642.post-53393282567271186302011-11-15T09:39:38.645-05:002011-11-15T09:39:38.645-05:00Yes, Laura, that was the time when I got the init...Yes, Laura, that was the time when I got the initial feedback that the "voice" was off. Your comments were especially helpful and encouraging.(You liked the plot!) <br /><br />From the feedback I received at that workshop, I "got" the problem, sort of. At first I thought the many comments saying my protagonist didn't sound 12 meant that I simply had to make her sound younger, using more hip language, etc. I kept tweaking to no real effect.<br /><br />It wasn't until I attended another Pope workshop where he talked about the difference between POV and perspective that I went aha! Capturing "voice" is far more complex than choosing vocabulary... it is looking at the world through a certain person's eyes... in this case, my gal is 12 and as such has limited experience and a specific agenda. (As do we all, now that I think about it. Hmmm.)<br /><br />In any event, I loved learning this lesson!Jane K. Clelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01593259378735087182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13173642.post-89260511730723587132011-11-15T06:44:24.332-05:002011-11-15T06:44:24.332-05:00I remember workshopping the story in Mark's fi...I remember workshopping the story in Mark's fiction seminar. Your hard work paid off. Congratulations :)Laura B. Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11707267303403391146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13173642.post-68740011657131910122011-11-15T06:22:41.291-05:002011-11-15T06:22:41.291-05:00Congrats!Congrats!Derrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415939725818861630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13173642.post-73276469832110596572011-11-14T16:54:50.095-05:002011-11-14T16:54:50.095-05:00Good for you Jane, thanks for letting us know.Good for you Jane, thanks for letting us know.amcannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18172369547879700093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13173642.post-66437552267382030142011-11-14T10:03:15.192-05:002011-11-14T10:03:15.192-05:00Congratulations, Jane! So glad to hear this -- Hol...Congratulations, Jane! So glad to hear this -- HollyHolly Azevedohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03172797461251449433noreply@blogger.com