Comments on: It’s Not the Cougar http://writerunboxed.com/2010/07/07/it%e2%80%99s-not-the-cougar/ about the craft and business of fiction Thu, 24 May 2012 18:17:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: In the Blogosphere: 8/9-8/13 « My Daytime Drama http://writerunboxed.com/2010/07/07/it%e2%80%99s-not-the-cougar/#comment-141222 In the Blogosphere: 8/9-8/13 « My Daytime Drama Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:00:22 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/?p=4098#comment-141222 [...] a little precursor to a “Pointers from the Pros” post I will be running soon, here’s The Donald (Donald Maass), over at Writer Unboxed, talking about creating [...] [...] a little precursor to a “Pointers from the Pros” post I will be running soon, here’s The Donald (Donald Maass), over at Writer Unboxed, talking about creating [...]

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]]> By: Sharla Rae http://writerunboxed.com/2010/07/07/it%e2%80%99s-not-the-cougar/#comment-138974 Sharla Rae Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:57:16 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/?p=4098#comment-138974 This blog was great timing for me. And you're so right. The intensity of the scene is ramped up 10 times more by the emotions. Thanks! Sharla This blog was great timing for me. And you’re so right. The intensity of the scene is ramped up 10 times more by the emotions. Thanks!
Sharla

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]]> By: Paula Millhouse http://writerunboxed.com/2010/07/07/it%e2%80%99s-not-the-cougar/#comment-138489 Paula Millhouse Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:08:30 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/?p=4098#comment-138489 Hi Mr. Maass, Thanks for the post! The microtension is so unnerving - it turns the whole scene without hitting you over the head, sneaks in, deepens. Can you push it too far though? Will it ever become exhausting for the reader? You said most writer's don't take it far enough, and I agree. Hi Mr. Maass,
Thanks for the post! The microtension is so unnerving – it turns the whole scene without hitting you over the head, sneaks in, deepens.
Can you push it too far though? Will it ever become exhausting for the reader? You said most writer’s don’t take it far enough, and I agree.

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]]> By: Michael LaRocca http://writerunboxed.com/2010/07/07/it%e2%80%99s-not-the-cougar/#comment-138333 Michael LaRocca Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:02:04 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/?p=4098#comment-138333 I love the picture. Great blog entry, too, but I've come to expect that here. Write on. I love the picture.

Great blog entry, too, but I’ve come to expect that here.

Write on.

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]]> By: Carol Cox http://writerunboxed.com/2010/07/07/it%e2%80%99s-not-the-cougar/#comment-138063 Carol Cox Fri, 09 Jul 2010 05:11:19 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/?p=4098#comment-138063 Don, I've been laughing about the cougar episode ever since the retreat. It was a great session and a wonderful way to show how to build tension in a scene. Thanks so much for all you shared with us!! Don, I’ve been laughing about the cougar episode ever since the retreat. It was a great session and a wonderful way to show how to build tension in a scene. Thanks so much for all you shared with us!!

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]]> By: Eric Wiggin http://writerunboxed.com/2010/07/07/it%e2%80%99s-not-the-cougar/#comment-138052 Eric Wiggin Fri, 09 Jul 2010 02:44:55 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/?p=4098#comment-138052 Okay, Don, I was one of the male authors near the back. I was truly surprised when no one seemed concerned about the child. OTOH, your twist did get my blood boiling and brought me back to the Zane Grey and Lack London books I read as a kid! Eric Okay, Don,

I was one of the male authors near the back. I was truly surprised when no one seemed concerned about the child.

OTOH, your twist did get my blood boiling and brought me back to the Zane Grey and Lack London books I read as a kid!

Eric

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]]> By: thea http://writerunboxed.com/2010/07/07/it%e2%80%99s-not-the-cougar/#comment-138015 thea Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:09:44 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/?p=4098#comment-138015 one little whimper from the child would have clenched the stomach! one little whimper from the child would have clenched the stomach!

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]]> By: Birgitte Necessary http://writerunboxed.com/2010/07/07/it%e2%80%99s-not-the-cougar/#comment-137997 Birgitte Necessary Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:00:55 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/?p=4098#comment-137997 Okay, but what if the cougar is thinking, "This time, I'm going to feed my cubs, even if I have to stoop to stealing one of theirs." LOL Sorry, I like cougars. Loved the reminder! And the contrast of the guys who didn't get it really helped bring the point home. Thanks, Don! You da bomb! Okay, but what if the cougar is thinking, “This time, I’m going to feed my cubs, even if I have to stoop to stealing one of theirs.” LOL Sorry, I like cougars.

Loved the reminder! And the contrast of the guys who didn’t get it really helped bring the point home. Thanks, Don! You da bomb!
Birgitte Necessary´s last blog post ..Embrace the Stories Around You

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]]> By: Carrie Turansky http://writerunboxed.com/2010/07/07/it%e2%80%99s-not-the-cougar/#comment-137994 Carrie Turansky Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:34:36 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/?p=4098#comment-137994 That was a great discussion! I appreciated your teaching at the CL retreat, and I have noticed this type of micro-tension more in what I have been reading since then. Thanks for sharing more on this topic. Hope we can have you back for another session in the future. That was a great discussion! I appreciated your teaching at the CL retreat, and I have noticed this type of micro-tension more in what I have been reading since then. Thanks for sharing more on this topic. Hope we can have you back for another session in the future.

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]]> By: Denise Hunter http://writerunboxed.com/2010/07/07/it%e2%80%99s-not-the-cougar/#comment-137981 Denise Hunter Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:08:42 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/?p=4098#comment-137981 Loved reading this post. It was even more entertaining in person. Thanks for all the insight at that retreat, Don. I'm using much of what I wrote during that time for my WIP's opening, and I think it's my strongest yet. Loved reading this post. It was even more entertaining in person. Thanks for all the insight at that retreat, Don. I’m using much of what I wrote during that time for my WIP’s opening, and I think it’s my strongest yet.

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