tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4314030690340539256.post7892294720399042440..comments2023-09-14T01:40:03.927-06:00Comments on Peggy Eddleman: Will Write For Cookies: I died once.Peggy Eddlemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10241451940725996650noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4314030690340539256.post-39739173538969135032011-09-15T17:51:16.683-06:002011-09-15T17:51:16.683-06:00Carterista-- I am WAY glad, too. And btw, whenever...Carterista-- I am WAY glad, too. And btw, whenever I comment on one of your comments from now on, I plan to use WAY. Why? Because it's WAY cool. ;)Peggy Eddlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10241451940725996650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4314030690340539256.post-82953440024873288682011-09-14T20:52:33.360-06:002011-09-14T20:52:33.360-06:00I'm WAY glad you didn't ACTUALLY die once....I'm WAY glad you didn't ACTUALLY die once. Also, I think this post is WAY cool. Haha. (Inside joke-get it?Carteristahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02417221045713212909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4314030690340539256.post-13702845695657714842011-09-11T20:25:01.626-06:002011-09-11T20:25:01.626-06:00Richard & Maeve-- Awww! Thanks! You guys are t...Richard & Maeve-- Awww! Thanks! You guys are too sweet!<br /><br />Lynn(e)-- There is definitely a lot to learn from other writers! Repetition can be used to strengthen anything, or it can be used to annoy. Definitely better to strengthen than annoy. :)Peggy Eddlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10241451940725996650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4314030690340539256.post-38422495047439667192011-09-11T17:06:26.903-06:002011-09-11T17:06:26.903-06:00James Frey is amazing with use of repition, it mad...James Frey is amazing with use of repition, it made A Million Little Pieces and My Friend Leonard very strong books.<br /><br />Danielle Steel (spelling?) on the other hand...her book Sisters...I was really disappointed with it. A lot of her repetion was "And then the sisters were sad" or some same sentiment. <br /><br />It's amazing to see how different writers use different devices. Excellent post!Lynn(e) Schmidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13111991752818662608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4314030690340539256.post-5550037193398446822011-09-11T09:28:26.418-06:002011-09-11T09:28:26.418-06:00I love this! Great post!I love this! Great post!Maeve Frazierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00788413883600771145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4314030690340539256.post-46863500520968298032011-09-10T11:28:27.300-06:002011-09-10T11:28:27.300-06:00I like your drawings. You have a real talent there...I like your drawings. You have a real talent there as well as a talent for writing.writing and living by Richard P Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814139767151989286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4314030690340539256.post-3696774935520774152011-09-09T13:24:30.082-06:002011-09-09T13:24:30.082-06:00Michael-- Ahh! Another repetitive song I hadn'...Michael-- Ahh! Another repetitive song I hadn't thought of! <br /><br />CherylAnne-- I've never heard that one! I'm pretty grateful I haven't, though. I think the song's right. It'd totally get on my nerves. :)<br /><br />Tara-- Awww! Thanks!<br /><br />Linda-- Then I'm glad I got to be the one to introduce you to it. :) And thank you!Peggy Eddlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10241451940725996650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4314030690340539256.post-88744307192052129932011-09-09T08:57:55.840-06:002011-09-09T08:57:55.840-06:00Jenny-- For the sake of your sanity, you probably ...Jenny-- For the sake of your sanity, you probably shouldn't. :)<br /><br />Lani-- Awww, thanks! And your story is hilarious! I'm so excited for you-- your book launch is <b>TODAY!!</b> Yay! Best of luck with it all!<br /><br />Jeff-- I am SO right there with you. Repetitive things definitely suck!<br /><br />Jessie-- You are now my favorite. :)<br /><br />Talei-- Hmm. Maybe we are. Although repetition is SO EASY to do, I'd venture to say that every book has a problem with it to some extent. I guess some books' version of repetition rubs some people wrong and other people have bigger problems with other books. <br /><br />Carrie-- Hahaha! I LOVED that one as a kid, too! I had completely forgotten about it. And I just taught it to my kids.Peggy Eddlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10241451940725996650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4314030690340539256.post-14186484495807258752011-09-09T03:30:06.135-06:002011-09-09T03:30:06.135-06:00Never heard of that particular annoying ditty, but...Never heard of that particular annoying ditty, but I love your drawings! :Dlindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16524291742541007382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4314030690340539256.post-36181646928242210032011-09-08T17:35:30.119-06:002011-09-08T17:35:30.119-06:00i love your artwork!
it's like the endless ref...i love your artwork!<br />it's like the endless reflection of 2 mirrors =)<br />nicely done!Tara Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587802105993889515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4314030690340539256.post-52277135063315466312011-09-08T16:56:22.604-06:002011-09-08T16:56:22.604-06:00My son has been singing "I know a song that g...My son has been singing "I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves, everybody's nerves, everybody's nerves, and this is how it goes..." (repeat indefinitely) He's right, it does get on everybody's nerves. LOLCherylAnne Hamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02324135447961686703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4314030690340539256.post-34784560196648937122011-09-08T16:40:44.195-06:002011-09-08T16:40:44.195-06:00Forty-two bottles of beer on the wall, forty-two b...Forty-two bottles of beer on the wall, forty-two bottles of beer...take one down pass it around and you have forty-one bottles of beer on the wall..."<br /><br />Yeah, I can see how repetitive some things can get. This was actually one of the issues I had with Witch Song that were kind of disappointing. The girl in it just always gets captured, gets away, gets captured again.Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4314030690340539256.post-51846779598678972022011-09-08T15:41:20.223-06:002011-09-08T15:41:20.223-06:00Oh my goodness! You know what we always did? "...Oh my goodness! You know what we always did? "Pete and Repeat were in a boat. Pete fell out, and who was left?"<br />"Repeat."<br />"Pete and Repeat were in a boat..."<br /><br />*grins* What a fun post! I love the pictures. :)Carrie Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01540590799406170410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4314030690340539256.post-553048745784654632011-09-08T15:41:17.772-06:002011-09-08T15:41:17.772-06:00Ha! So true! Fab pics and such a awesome points on...Ha! So true! Fab pics and such a awesome points on downside of repetition - dying, whining, biting lip, shrugging and raising eyebrows... hmmm, I'm wondering if we're all thinking of the same books? ;-)<br /><br />Happy writing!Taleihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07317577935549931974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4314030690340539256.post-64584706423702460582011-09-08T15:33:01.287-06:002011-09-08T15:33:01.287-06:00Where did you get the idea for this post???? Lol. ...Where did you get the idea for this post???? Lol. Seriously, you are so dang creative.Jessie Humphrieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11096043821002254348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4314030690340539256.post-74107237358979311222011-09-08T15:24:12.100-06:002011-09-08T15:24:12.100-06:00Thank the light my kids don’t know that song… and ...Thank the light my kids don’t know that song… and yes, repetitive things suck: especially in what I read.Jeff Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00667419764890599092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4314030690340539256.post-13408949168476120452011-09-08T15:12:02.468-06:002011-09-08T15:12:02.468-06:00Excellent post. I love how you convey a writing &#...Excellent post. I love how you convey a writing 'tip' or point so creatively and clearly. Without confusing me. (too many children equals not enough non-foggy brain cells)<br />I gave my book TELESA to a great group of advance readers in prep to the online launch tomorrow - and one of the most useful feedback was from someone who said, "Theres a word that you keep using and I notice it on every page almost. It keeps coming up and i was thinking, maybe you might want to check a thesaurus and choose a different one?!"<br /><br />Thank goodness for good readers lol because yes, we writers can be repetitive without even realizing it.Lani Wendt Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11919058977408366122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4314030690340539256.post-27448025054676447412011-09-08T14:45:53.342-06:002011-09-08T14:45:53.342-06:00Oh, I am not teaching this to my son. He will say ...Oh, I am not teaching this to my son. He will say it, over and over and over again. Cute though, and love to pictures.Jenny S. Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00482342313938669366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4314030690340539256.post-44133129250686520932011-09-08T14:00:57.645-06:002011-09-08T14:00:57.645-06:00Read my books-- Dying?! I died once. :)
Cristina-...Read my books-- Dying?! I died once. :)<br /><br />Cristina-- Makes you want to repeat it all day long, doesn't it?<br /><br />Shell-- I LOVE your version! I've never heard anything like it outside of my own family before. I read your version to my kids. They loved it, too. Hopefully they don't kill me with it. ;)<br /><br />Kristine-- Mwahaha! And when your kids get a little older, I'm totally teaching it to them. After all, what are big sisters for?<br /><br />J.A.-- It's THE MOST annoying thing to me, too! In writing or in life. And yes. You can hate it and still accidentally do it, darn it.<br /><br />Kelley-- I do, too. Some of them I don't even notice until someone points them out to me.<br /><br />Tammy-- Why, I'm sure I have no idea what you're talking about. Okay, no really. WHINING is by far the worst of all the repeating offenses. The one in my mind when I wrote this was a form of whining. (Good guess!) It was an "My life is crap. I want this." And then when she gets this, it's all "Wait. Maybe I didn't want this. I want <i>this.</i>" Then, "Wait. My life is still crap. Maybe I actually wanted <i>THIS.</i>" I get feeling like that. But for an entire book?!<br /><br />Abby-- That's so frustrating! You should find someone to fill you in on how it ended. And I totally agree. Roller coaster is much better. Variety is the spice of life, after all.Peggy Eddlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10241451940725996650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4314030690340539256.post-43057705131696485232011-09-08T10:48:40.905-06:002011-09-08T10:48:40.905-06:00This is great. I started reading a series with my ...This is great. I started reading a series with my brother several years ago. The books and writing were great, but as I got further into the series (which was like 10 books) I started to get annoyed. Everything was so dark and depressing and NOTHING good ever happened. I kept reading waiting for things to change, but alas... (kind of like the repeated capturing you talk of). I finally had to quit and I don't even know how it ends. O-well. I think the roller coaster effect in a book is better. Capture more than one emotion!Abby Fowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08567978659174723198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4314030690340539256.post-69896093224246311082011-09-08T10:06:18.464-06:002011-09-08T10:06:18.464-06:00Was the repeating emotion in the book you read WHI...Was the repeating emotion in the book you read WHINING, perhaps?tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12650845555860045297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4314030690340539256.post-59833106770195476782011-09-08T08:49:31.675-06:002011-09-08T08:49:31.675-06:00I've never heard of the dying thing...
I have...I've never heard of the dying thing...<br /><br />I have words that I use too often. Luckily they're found in edits.Kelley Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06373650788799372118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4314030690340539256.post-40184693823423224892011-09-08T08:31:19.878-06:002011-09-08T08:31:19.878-06:00That is a hilarious ditty! I think repetition is t...That is a hilarious ditty! I think repetition is the MOST annoying thing to me, yet I'm guilty of it, sigh. Great post!Jennie Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17331827076858223497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4314030690340539256.post-38442721525296585322011-09-08T08:25:28.669-06:002011-09-08T08:25:28.669-06:00Thanks for getting that stuck in my head again! As...Thanks for getting that stuck in my head again! As if growing up your little sister wasn't enough! Haha! Love ya!Kristinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17600848519776378591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4314030690340539256.post-49924308274642327852011-09-08T07:03:45.306-06:002011-09-08T07:03:45.306-06:00I picked up a similar annoying saying from my olde...I picked up a similar annoying saying from my older siblings that we used to annoy our parents with, too. It was very close to yours, but we said, "I laughed and laughed 'til I thought I was going to die. Die? I did die, and they buried me in the sand, and boy did that sand tickle, I laughed and laughed 'til..." you get the picture. That was our Wisconsin version, I guess. LOL. I forgot all about that. I am certainly guilty of the repetition issue in my writing. Find and Replace can be a very helpful tool to spot words and phrases that get overused.Shell Flowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08127004188099765270noreply@blogger.com