tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20622611.post116053642969582310..comments2023-12-20T18:48:03.144-05:00Comments on Jude Hardin: Splitting The Scene, Part Six: What Sells Better Than Sex?Jude Hardinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09994813046526310594noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20622611.post-1161217701618675722006-10-18T19:28:00.000-05:002006-10-18T19:28:00.000-05:00Thanks, LA!You're right. Some authors stay on a se...Thanks, LA!<BR/><BR/>You're right. Some authors stay on a series longer than they should. I hope I have the good sense to kill mine when it has run its course. That should be about 20 books from now, I hope. :)Jude Hardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09994813046526310594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20622611.post-1161215884513136572006-10-18T18:58:00.000-05:002006-10-18T18:58:00.000-05:00Hey Jude. I use to read a series, which was my fav...Hey Jude. I use to read a series, which was my favorite by the way. The had great action. But after book 9 all she writes now is sex. I think its crap now. Great post.LA Burtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05345898907635634816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20622611.post-1160813204095000192006-10-14T03:06:00.000-05:002006-10-14T03:06:00.000-05:00Thanks, Aaron!Thanks, Aaron!Jude Hardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09994813046526310594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20622611.post-1160795373709470002006-10-13T22:09:00.000-05:002006-10-13T22:09:00.000-05:00Excellent post, Jude. I'm thoroughly enjoying your...Excellent post, Jude. I'm thoroughly enjoying your pieces and lovin' your style, too. Great writing about writing. Keep it up!Aaron Paul Lazarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06117814221437165664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20622611.post-1160702025839628672006-10-12T20:13:00.000-05:002006-10-12T20:13:00.000-05:00Hi Erica:Thank you.I agree 100% about internal con...Hi Erica:<BR/><BR/>Thank you.<BR/><BR/>I agree 100% about internal conflicts. Very good point. A charcter with more on his/her mind than getting laid, or catching the bad guy, or whatever external conflicts that arise, is a character I can get close to. If a reader CARES about the character, then the external conflicts become all the more meaningful.Jude Hardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09994813046526310594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20622611.post-1160687400893965322006-10-12T16:10:00.000-05:002006-10-12T16:10:00.000-05:00Hi Jude:Great post. Because even sex gets old afte...Hi Jude:<BR/>Great post. Because even sex gets old after 350 pages. I once was staying at a guest house and looking for something to read and picked up a book published in hardcover by St. Martin's. It was erotic fiction, on the darker side dealing with S&M. Anyway, for a chapter I was . . . mildly interested. By page 10, I was ho-hum bored. And it went on and on and on, once scenario more degrading than the next. I wasn't offended . . . just "where the hell is the plot? where is the conflict? where is the character development? how did this get published?" <BR/>And I'd add, too, that conflict can be present internally in your main character. I've blogged about my new protagonist being a recovering addict. He's newly off the Viocdin, and each page is really a struggle for him and when things get really dark, that's how he would PREFER to deal with problems, but the action of the book is going to require him to be more proactive.<BR/>EErica Orloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16415925758466527671noreply@blogger.com