Comments on: The Doctor is in the House–Novel Diagnostics https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/01/the-doctor-is-in-the-house-novel-diagnostics-2/ Author, Blogger, Social Media Jedi Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:51:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 By: Deadly Sin of Writing #5–P.O.V. Prostitution « Kristen Lamb's Blog https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/01/the-doctor-is-in-the-house-novel-diagnostics-2/#comment-3370 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:51:54 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=2341#comment-3370 […] are a number of ways, and I recommend you check out one of my posts from last year, Novel Diagnostics for a detailed explanation of some of the most common newbie novelist […]

]]> By: Nicole https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/01/the-doctor-is-in-the-house-novel-diagnostics-2/#comment-3369 Sat, 16 Apr 2011 20:32:56 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=2341#comment-3369 Reading this post just made me want to “kill my baby” = chapter 1. The protag starts on a plane, then there are flashbacks to before she got on the plane, then there is introspection. There was also a fun secondary character who the protag talks to. It will be back to the drawing board for draft 2. Thanks. 🙂

]]> By: Helpful Writing Sites and Blog Posts March 2011 | The Graceful Doe's Blog https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/01/the-doctor-is-in-the-house-novel-diagnostics-2/#comment-3368 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:07:43 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=2341#comment-3368 […] The Doctor is in the House – Novel Diagnostics […]

]]> By: How To Include Back Story Without Killing Your Novel « The Road to Writing https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/01/the-doctor-is-in-the-house-novel-diagnostics-2/#comment-3367 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 15:22:24 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=2341#comment-3367 […] against using these. From my own experience I know using flashbacks can be tantalizing, but as Kristen Lamb says, “Flashbacks, used too often, give the reader the feel of being trapped with a […]

]]> By: I’ve been wandering around the reading/writing/publishing blogosphere again… | On a Pale Star https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/01/the-doctor-is-in-the-house-novel-diagnostics-2/#comment-3366 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 14:33:24 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=2341#comment-3366 […] Lamb: Novel Diagnostics. “I generally can ”diagnose” every bad habit and writer weakness in ten pages or less. I […]

]]> By: negativevacuum https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/01/the-doctor-is-in-the-house-novel-diagnostics-2/#comment-3365 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:19:24 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=2341#comment-3365 In reply to Author Kristen Lamb.

Right. What’s a rule if it can’t be successfully broken in the name of creativity and dodging clichĂ©? But knowing and understanding the rule first may be the critical issue before it can be bent to the success of an author’s nefarious will.

]]> By: Ron Brown https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/01/the-doctor-is-in-the-house-novel-diagnostics-2/#comment-3364 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 03:57:56 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=2341#comment-3364 Great insight throughout. What I am wondering is how in Hunger Games on page two, how were the boots put on first and then the trousers. I don’t know anyone who does that. Why wouldn’t an editor catch that?

]]> By: Trisha https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/01/the-doctor-is-in-the-house-novel-diagnostics-2/#comment-3363 Sat, 19 Feb 2011 06:01:10 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=2341#comment-3363 Thank you so much for sharing this! I am going to add it to my ‘links’ page on my blog if that’s all right.

]]> By: Amanda C. Davis https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/01/the-doctor-is-in-the-house-novel-diagnostics-2/#comment-3362 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 17:59:34 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=2341#comment-3362 Oooh. Hugh Laurie is welcome to give me an injection anytime. So to speak.

]]> By: Amanda Hoving https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/01/the-doctor-is-in-the-house-novel-diagnostics-2/#comment-3361 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 21:57:06 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=2341#comment-3361 Great post, Kristen! It’s sometimes hard to be hard on ourselves, but if you want a publishable piece of writing in the end, you have to look for the problems. And then fix them!

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