tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post4271499663367519182..comments2023-09-05T12:51:25.656-05:00Comments on edittorrent: Subtle techniques, subtext of horrorEdittorrenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14295505709568570553noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-11104324228876231762011-01-21T16:31:58.108-06:002011-01-21T16:31:58.108-06:00That's interesting-- there's coherence the...That's interesting-- there's coherence there through the different uses of the same word "key."<br /><br />AliciaEdittorrenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14295505709568570553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-44027084974997670292011-01-21T14:50:27.658-06:002011-01-21T14:50:27.658-06:00My, that [was] long . . . ;-)My, that [was] long . . . ;-)T. Frohockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04807817898955012947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-57881684128615790512011-01-21T14:49:07.905-06:002011-01-21T14:49:07.905-06:00My scene is nowhere near as complex as what you...My scene is nowhere near as complex as what you've discussed. It's very brief and it concerns a key.<br /><br />The boy Miguel asks Belita for a key so he may unlock his friend Diago. However, Belita insists that she cannot help Diago and that Miguel must make Diago understand that she cannot help him. <br /><br />When Miguel requests the key a second time, Belita simply tells him that she cannot help Diago.<br /><br />They are both talking about keys but in entirely different contexts. Miguel wants a physical key, but Belita is speaking more metaphorically as in the key as a solution.<br /><br />When I was writing this, the key was the unconscious part. I inserted it into the manuscript more as a matter of detail, but when Belita started talking around Miguel, I realized I have a device that I use later if I manipulate Belita's words just right. That is the point at which I, as the author, must take command of the story.<br /><br />So after talking my way through this (and in answer to your original question), I'm starting to believe the process is a combination with the subconscious linkage to the key, then the conscious effort to take care with my character's words.<br /><br />My, that long . . . ;-)T. Frohockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04807817898955012947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-18125673617407603232011-01-21T13:54:38.604-06:002011-01-21T13:54:38.604-06:00Teresa, it's a really strange book, where the ...Teresa, it's a really strange book, where the main character is completely opaque. Everything revolves around her, but she's directed on this one aim, and she doesn't connect with anyone. Lots of study-able techniques, I think, for building suspense. She's almost like her own villain.<br /><br />Very weird book, but everything that's weird, when the book is done, makes sense, because it all goes to answer the question who is this woman and why did someone kill her?<br /><br />What about your "talking past each other" scene? what was going on there?<br />AliciaEdittorrenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14295505709568570553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-58801124296463821522011-01-21T12:24:08.377-06:002011-01-21T12:24:08.377-06:00Good lord, what a post! I have a scene in my curre...Good lord, what a post! I have a scene in my current WIP where two characters are talking past one another, I did it deliberately, but it is only one brief exchange. I can't imagine writing a whole novel with that type of character, but what you’ve shown us makes perfect sense.<br /><br />Now I've got to get a copy of this book and study it. I love the concept, and it is one of those tricks that doesn't really hit the reader until the last page is turned. I would think that if Sparks did it as consistently as you’ve outlined, she was probably conscious of applying the technique. <br /><br />I love this.T. Frohockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04807817898955012947noreply@blogger.com