tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post5598618623263696233..comments2023-03-23T04:24:49.048-04:00Comments on The Ear's Mind: Going inJesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03251196964275450121noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-60254734778530246492008-09-09T08:46:00.000-04:002008-09-09T08:46:00.000-04:00I must have caught up the term from back when I ha...I must have caught up the term from back when I had a TV (and watching BBC).spacedlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462723005560128474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-79377062258189633902008-09-09T08:44:00.000-04:002008-09-09T08:44:00.000-04:00It definitely fits-- it's a perfect term for a gan...It definitely fits-- it's a perfect term for a gang of bullies. I just hadn't heard that anyone used it outside Britain-- and I didn't realise how long it's actually been in <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yobbo" REL="nofollow">use</A>. (That's just the wiki page, by the way, for the benefit of anyone who hasn't seen the thread over at Lorraine's.)Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251196964275450121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-56444061764138211952008-09-09T07:30:00.000-04:002008-09-09T07:30:00.000-04:00Not sure. It just feels (sounds) like a nasty thin...Not sure. It just feels (sounds) like a nasty thing to be...spacedlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462723005560128474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-75853475886536174192008-09-09T07:29:00.000-04:002008-09-09T07:29:00.000-04:00Wow-- that's really excellent. The narrative voic...Wow-- that's really excellent. The narrative voice is very compelling, and I get a strong impression that there are other reasons, and details, which the character chooses not to reveal (which is a lot different from, and much more satisfying than, the sort of story which leaves big blanks for the reader to fill in). This is a very satisfying and complex character-- I'd readily follow her Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251196964275450121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-6442668757082566692008-09-09T02:55:00.000-04:002008-09-09T02:55:00.000-04:00Exercise done.Because silence was easier, I did no...Exercise done.<BR/><BR/><I>Because silence was easier, I did not make a stink when I saw the Morrison’s gang going after Sidney Glower after school. <BR/>I know. <BR/>They were known bullies – violent ones too – and he was mostly innocent and a friendly enough creature in a shy creepy sort of way, the perfect victim for the type of scam those yobs had running. As I see it now, he was a clear spacedlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462723005560128474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-48183505968403434442008-09-07T14:57:00.000-04:002008-09-07T14:57:00.000-04:00Yay! Let me know how it works. :)*wanders off wo...Yay! Let me know how it works. :)<BR/><BR/>*wanders off wondering whether the exercise should specify that the scene be written from a limited third person POV instead, or conversely third person omniscient, or...*Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251196964275450121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-43041082911927726042008-09-07T00:17:00.000-04:002008-09-07T00:17:00.000-04:00Actually slipping inside my characters' mind and b...Actually slipping inside my characters' mind and body is something I do impulsively: I have difficulties writing them if I don't do that (and it's the reason why I can't write erotica. Not that I have problems empathizing, but then my mind goes "weeeeeeeeeee!" and is in no fit condition to dictate the words I need).<BR/>I think I'll try your exercise.spacedlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462723005560128474noreply@blogger.com