tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post5234487334287899367..comments2023-06-10T22:42:19.087+10:00Comments on Australasian Christian Writers: Four Questions to Strengthen Your Plotting and BrandingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-13607629308035399662016-02-18T16:06:06.513+11:002016-02-18T16:06:06.513+11:00Hi Jess - love your post and smoothie idea!
I th...Hi Jess - love your post and smoothie idea! <br /><br />I think my smoothie is very similar to yours. Mine must have romance, wit, realism and mango.<br /><br />Hope we get to read your book one day!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04449342827457837314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-74103516201748891662016-02-16T19:37:56.110+11:002016-02-16T19:37:56.110+11:00Oh yeah, witty banter is awesome! And the real cha...Oh yeah, witty banter is awesome! And the real characters in a messy world give so much room to explore. When the good guys do bad things and the bad guys do good things, everything is instantly more interesting. I think that's part of the reason why 'train wreck' television (shows like Mad Men, Breaking Bad, etc) have been so popular lately, because they're free to explore the bad (sometimes to a scary degree!) <br />How do you go with your non-US settings? I tend to have Australian and American characters in my stories, mostly because it's just so much easier to have a touch of Aussie (familiar is so much easier!), but I always have a strong USA influence so that I don't alienate that audience. How do you handle it? How do people respond? I'd love to know!Jessica Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09364194015783779692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-91659370498167283272016-02-16T19:33:06.718+11:002016-02-16T19:33:06.718+11:00Yum yum, your smoothie - and stories - sound great...Yum yum, your smoothie - and stories - sound great! I like that you're a fan of dry humor, I feel that humor is under-explored as yet in Christian fiction. And next to a touch of tragedy - if a reader laughs and cries, that's awesome. Sounds fantastic!Jessica Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09364194015783779692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-73688500234530530732016-02-16T19:30:19.389+11:002016-02-16T19:30:19.389+11:00Thanks Ian! I've heard it said before that aut...Thanks Ian! I've heard it said before that authors should 'bleed onto the page', so whatever is messiest in our own lives is great material for writing. Even if it's not the literal situation, just the emotion attached. I took one of the emotions I felt from my church situation and explored it in one of my stories, but in a totally different context - a family breakdown. Even though that's something I've thankfully not experienced, it helped to remember the feeling of betrayal and amplify it in the story. <br />Your writing sounds exciting! Best of luck with it!Jessica Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09364194015783779692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-56051943226366871492016-02-16T14:19:47.573+11:002016-02-16T14:19:47.573+11:00What are these "DVDs" you speak of?
Ser...What are these "DVDs" you speak of?<br /><br />Seriously, I think my ideal novel is similar to your smoothie. Witty banter, with real characters in a messy world. I also like non-US settings. Not because I don't like the US (I do!), but because God is bigger than the US, and our fiction should reflect our big God.Iolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17199141868703826943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-87402789749471186692016-02-16T10:53:30.953+11:002016-02-16T10:53:30.953+11:00I like my characters being human, Jess. Strengths ...I like my characters being human, Jess. Strengths and weaknesses ... just like all of us.Yes, I enjoy a small amount of dry humour. Lots of love interest. Some tragedy and finding the inner strength, with the Lord's help, to overcome.<br />So my smoothie does contain a nice banana and some strawberries and always cinnamon.Rita Galiehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586506137798711397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-25600026799332578912016-02-16T09:42:22.784+11:002016-02-16T09:42:22.784+11:00Hi Jess, what a fascinating way of looking at one&...Hi Jess, what a fascinating way of looking at one's genre and brand. The smoothie. I'm a green smoothie type - all that green spirulina, kale and such like, but that doesn't relate to my writing.<br /><br />I'm fascinated by how the Lord transforms our hearts, how evil poisons us, and an involved complex story that generally travels the globe with a dollop of romance.<br /><br />I'm looking forward to reading your stories, Jess. Messiness - I like that. We so often try to cover it when there's such treasure to be found in sifting through it. Ian Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00192687613923596829noreply@blogger.com