tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723124266752750306.post3983804411473974072..comments2023-07-26T03:02:44.055-07:00Comments on ANWA Founder & Friends: Bookmark InspirationMarsha Wardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15389060049107102815noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723124266752750306.post-89715615890721541462007-06-13T09:18:00.000-07:002007-06-13T09:18:00.000-07:00I, too, am guilty of reading ahead...but once in a...I, too, am guilty of reading ahead...but once in ahwile I come across an author makes every word count...and I find myself immersed in the depths of the story. I do enjoy a well written story!Kari Pikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13855609339118198399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723124266752750306.post-37007226489657327612007-06-12T19:15:00.000-07:002007-06-12T19:15:00.000-07:00I am a person who gets so caught up in wanting to ...I am a person who gets so caught up in wanting to know what happened next that I read ahead. It drives my husband crazy.Liz Adairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08815648250166705199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723124266752750306.post-5083175197771156232007-06-11T19:06:00.000-07:002007-06-11T19:06:00.000-07:00Whatever happened to "the journey is the reward?"O...Whatever happened to "the journey is the reward?"<BR/><BR/>Or is that insufficiently occidental?<BR/><BR/>It's good for readers to ask "what happens next," but isn't it even better for readers to say, "look what's happening <I>now?</I>"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723124266752750306.post-83072062858525727902007-06-11T18:24:00.000-07:002007-06-11T18:24:00.000-07:00Brava, Joyce! No one would guess this was your fir...Brava, Joyce! No one would guess this was your first blog ever if you hadn't told them.<BR/><BR/>What a good reminder to all fiction writers that the question of what happens next is the thing that drives the reader to turn the pages.Marsha Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15389060049107102815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723124266752750306.post-44149415777777933412007-06-11T18:23:00.000-07:002007-06-11T18:23:00.000-07:00Terri, thanks for the explicit details. I read at...Terri, thanks for the explicit details. I read at least Rawlings' first book, but hadn't consciously realized quite what keeps kids reading them. I should have known. My kids have always tried to prompt me when I get bogged down in relating an incident with, "So then what happened?" <BR/><BR/> I'm always happy to have people hit me on the head with ideas of what works and why. I guess I don't often analyze. I simply enjoy.<BR/><BR/>Didn't somebody say somethng like, "The unanalyzed life is not worth living."?Anna Arnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09882034663742937010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723124266752750306.post-55565365657353196512007-06-11T12:31:00.000-07:002007-06-11T12:31:00.000-07:00You are so right. I have even been known to read a...You are so right. I have even been known to read a book I didn't particularly care about to find out the end. Because the "hook" hooked me. I need to some redo!!Terri Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06905158157291602809noreply@blogger.com