A very timely video for me. You addressed some of the issues I've been dealing with. I wish I could have watched it live but it was the middle of the night my time.
I really like the questions being shown at the bottom. I sometimes had a hard time understanding the questions as they were read aloud. So thank you for that, Jane!
A great example of comic perspective comes from the How To Train Your Dragon movies. Here is an example where our POV character officially introduces himself: "My name's Hiccup. Great name, I know. But, it's not the worst. Parents believe a hideous name will frighten off gnomes and trolls. Like our charming Viking demeanor wouldn't do that." Here is his closing thoughts on (I think) the second movie: "This is Berk. It snows nine months out of the year and hails the other three. Any vegetables that grow here are tough, and tasteless. The people that grow here are even more so." He is sort of an outsider even though he is technically part of this community. This lends a sarcastic flavor to his commentary because he is aware of humor and inconsistencies found in the shared blind spots of most everyone else.
QUESTION: (for next time) I grew up loving Choose your own adventure and choose your own mysteries. How can I leave the solution of my mystery open ended and allow my readers to choose their own solution or something like that? Sorry I wasn't able to show up for the live this week.
@@mattmallecoccio8378 Hmm.. Maybe leaving the solution open-ended so their imagination will come to their correct conclusion? Maybe something like the butterfly effect 🦋 where meeting different people or finding different clues comes to a different ending for each path?
Jane, could you give tips on titling your book? It's always the hardest part for me personally.
I've had such a busy week that I'm only now getting around to watching this. Lots of info, great video!
A very timely video for me. You addressed some of the issues I've been dealing with. I wish I could have watched it live but it was the middle of the night my time.
I really like the questions being shown at the bottom. I sometimes had a hard time understanding the questions as they were read aloud. So thank you for that, Jane!
A great example of comic perspective comes from the How To Train Your Dragon movies.
Here is an example where our POV character officially introduces himself:
"My name's Hiccup. Great name, I know. But, it's not the worst. Parents believe a hideous name will frighten off gnomes and trolls. Like our charming Viking demeanor wouldn't do that."
Here is his closing thoughts on (I think) the second movie:
"This is Berk. It snows nine months out of the year and hails the other three. Any vegetables that grow here are tough, and tasteless. The people that grow here are even more so."
He is sort of an outsider even though he is technically part of this community. This lends a sarcastic flavor to his commentary because he is aware of humor and inconsistencies found in the shared blind spots of most everyone else.
My kid attends all my meetings ❤
QUESTION: (for next time) I grew up loving Choose your own adventure and choose your own mysteries. How can I leave the solution of my mystery open ended and allow my readers to choose their own solution or something like that? Sorry I wasn't able to show up for the live this week.
Do you mean something like have three different endings?
@@MagnificentSails yeah. Something in that vein
@@mattmallecoccio8378 Hmm..
Maybe leaving the solution open-ended so their imagination will come to their correct conclusion? Maybe something like the butterfly effect 🦋 where meeting different people or finding different clues comes to a different ending for each path?
@@mattmallecoccio8378 give several red herrings where each could be a true clue?
Great, I can dig into this in the next one! Thanks, Matt!
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