Comments on: Deadly Sin of Writing #6–Drifting in the Doldrums https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/08/deadly-sin-7-drifting-in-the-doldrums/ Author, Blogger, Social Media Jedi Sun, 10 Oct 2021 19:52:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.6 By: Alexis O https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/08/deadly-sin-7-drifting-in-the-doldrums/#comment-115125 Sun, 10 Oct 2021 19:52:49 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=4353#comment-115125 Yoour the best

]]> By: In Defense of Description - The Journal Pulp https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/08/deadly-sin-7-drifting-in-the-doldrums/#comment-11292 Thu, 25 Jul 2013 21:29:37 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=4353#comment-11292 […] cut” and “slay your darlings,” and who may very well slay you if, for instance, you end a chapter with a character falling […]

]]> By: Kelly https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/08/deadly-sin-7-drifting-in-the-doldrums/#comment-11291 Sun, 26 Feb 2012 18:15:24 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=4353#comment-11291 In reply to successbmine.

I think you mean William Goldman… 🙂

]]> By: Team Oyeniyi https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/08/deadly-sin-7-drifting-in-the-doldrums/#comment-11290 Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:10:14 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=4353#comment-11290 I’m very late to the party, but I was recommended to your tips by Nancy of http://nrhatch.wordpress.com I’m writing a memoir, but I can see that even though a different genre, the tips would apply just as well. One still wants the reader not to use a bookmark, for instance!

]]> By: Mind Sieve 9/12/11 « Gloria Oliver https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/08/deadly-sin-7-drifting-in-the-doldrums/#comment-11289 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:33:12 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=4353#comment-11289 […] Deadly Sin of Writing #6 – Drifting in the Doldrums by Kristen Lamb. Conflict, conflict, conflict! Bwahahahahahaha! […]

]]> By: What Is Poetry? « The Journal Pulp https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/08/deadly-sin-7-drifting-in-the-doldrums/#comment-11288 Sat, 10 Sep 2011 21:18:40 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=4353#comment-11288 […] is not, contrary to popular belief, pretentious or flowery language — or, at any rate, good poetry is […]

]]> By: Your Health! « Kate Wood's Blog https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/08/deadly-sin-7-drifting-in-the-doldrums/#comment-11287 Sun, 04 Sep 2011 15:31:34 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=4353#comment-11287 […] Kristen Lamb teaches how to keep the story interesting in her post on Drifting in the Doldrums. […]

]]> By: Blog Treasures 9-3 « Gene Lempp's Blog https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/08/deadly-sin-7-drifting-in-the-doldrums/#comment-11286 Sat, 03 Sep 2011 13:05:47 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=4353#comment-11286 […] Kristen Lamb reveals the Sixth Deadly Sin of Writing: Drifting in the Doldrums. […]

]]> By: Marilag Lubag https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/08/deadly-sin-7-drifting-in-the-doldrums/#comment-11285 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:05:24 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=4353#comment-11285 My thoughts to put down a story? Too depressing story with a not-so-happy ending. There’s this story about Cinderella where she realized that not everything is what it seems to be. Then, she ended up not ending up with the prince. I would’ve thrown away that book if it weren’t a library book.

Then, there’s this story of a prince who speaks to animals. He’s hiding his power into the world because in those days, they’ve been banned into doing it. The prince ended up marrying a princess–who switched bodies with a dog until she retrieved herself again. That’s a WTH story. It’s like, people didn’t end up with the people they should be with. I forced myself to read it just because I thought I might learn something from it. All I thought about was that the book was boring and didn’t make sense. As for my stories, I love writing them. Editing is when it gets murky.

]]> By: 6 Steps for Your Final Edit « Girls With Pens https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/08/deadly-sin-7-drifting-in-the-doldrums/#comment-11284 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 10:20:53 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=4353#comment-11284 […] her post this Monday, Kristen Lamb wrote “Never leave a place to put a bookmark.” The end of a chapter is the logical […]

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