tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498899580300269250.post1356823902824363065..comments2023-04-04T09:15:46.871-05:00Comments on Shapeshifter Seductions: The Holy **** MomentSerena Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17959664736807639363noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498899580300269250.post-60790821032652448202010-05-30T14:17:22.110-05:002010-05-30T14:17:22.110-05:00Pat, I would find that sad... like when Buffy *kil...Pat, I would find that sad... like when Buffy *killed* Angel early in series... even, though, he didn't die.Savanna Kougarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698138048388102279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498899580300269250.post-79553929035076752492010-05-30T10:13:47.725-05:002010-05-30T10:13:47.725-05:00My favorite holy cow moment in a book: When Kim Ha...My favorite holy cow moment in a book: When Kim Harrison killed off Kisten in "For a Few Demons More." It gave the story arch all kinds of directions to go, ut i couldn't help thinking "But Rach finally found a bad guy hunk who was good for her!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498899580300269250.post-87535768076338202672010-05-18T03:19:08.979-05:002010-05-18T03:19:08.979-05:00Pat, I luv it!Pat, I luv it!Savanna Kougarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698138048388102279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498899580300269250.post-7561139876404872952010-05-17T17:01:05.974-05:002010-05-17T17:01:05.974-05:00Sav -
"Holy impact moment." I like your ...Sav -<br />"Holy impact moment." I like your term better. It's more family-friendly. I used what I did because that's what the original writer called it.<br /><br />Rotating in the air? Whoa. Reminds me of an old filk song they used to perform at cons:<br />(to the tune of "Home on the Range")<br />Home, home on LaGrange<br />Where the junk of the system collects<br />We've achieved, so it seems,<br />Two of man's greatest dreams<br />Solar power and zero-G sex<br />(Gee! Sex!)Pat C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10531462055912377327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498899580300269250.post-38918066835791014012010-05-17T13:42:55.729-05:002010-05-17T13:42:55.729-05:00Oh, Pat, great, insightful and powerful blog.
You...Oh, Pat, great, insightful and powerful blog.<br /><br />Your plot sounds impact-fabulous.<br /><br />You've described that holy **** moment perfectly.<br /><br />I have mixed feelings over that moment. One, it can be so evocative it draws me in, and I go... oh no! now what the hell?... or, in some cases I just go, okay, they pulled that out of their hats just to create interest, instead of actually improving the storyline. At that point, it becomes tiresome for me. And my brain just turns it off.<br /><br />Since, I'm mostly a pantser, those smaller holy impact moments hit me between the eyes as I'm writing... or, occasionally, that plot point will just pop up before I write it. At times, it will be the basis for the story, itself, or starts the story.<br /><br />I think every story has its own organically-grown flow... if the holy **** moment works, all the better. If it doesn't, forcing it doesn't work, imo.<br /><br />In my latest WIP, I was in the middle of penning a sex/passion scene... my witch and her hellhounds are rotating in the air... I won't say exactly the positions they were in... suffice it to say, Kandy was told to make a wish...to my utter surprise as the author... suddenly she is meeting with her birth mother. Kandace is adopted and has never been able to find her bio parents, despite being a witch. <br />I don't know how impacting the scene is, but to me, it certainly was.Savanna Kougarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698138048388102279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498899580300269250.post-17741365128866690332010-05-17T13:42:26.631-05:002010-05-17T13:42:26.631-05:00The first time I saw "The Usual Suspects"...The first time I saw "The Usual Suspects" I was totally blown away by the ending. I didn't expect that ending! Would something like that work? If everyone involved had something to do with a revenge plot by the villain?Parishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18430750954598484156noreply@blogger.com