tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663321286319002443.post898070704018361691..comments2024-03-28T08:02:30.057-04:00Comments on Word-Whores: Eavesdropping into a storyK.A. Krantzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06674754426001151828noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663321286319002443.post-47808446244111455882013-05-07T10:03:31.709-04:002013-05-07T10:03:31.709-04:00Linda, I don't thinkI could work as a bartende...Linda, I don't thinkI could work as a bartender. Bouncer, yes, bartender? Nah. Too many recipes to learn. ;) And the gent who made that comment to the non-handicapped driver is a good friend and has done similar things on more than one occasion. He's one of the good guys in my book. James A. Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07504165634910099365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663321286319002443.post-73368687878161889672013-05-07T08:03:39.004-04:002013-05-07T08:03:39.004-04:00Ah, being a bartender...yes. I hear more than I wa...Ah, being a bartender...yes. I hear more than I want to...<br /><br />James, the handicap anecdote is GREAT. :)Linda Robertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04452743850118017500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663321286319002443.post-59620529979538668982013-05-06T21:33:14.662-04:002013-05-06T21:33:14.662-04:00Jabbering is just fine in my book, but there is a ...Jabbering is just fine in my book, but there is a time and there is a place. When an alien facehugger is trying to force an egg down your throat, as an example, is not a good time to have a long-winded speech. And when you are running from Leatherface is not the right time for waxing poetic. That's just me, of course.James A. Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07504165634910099365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663321286319002443.post-55153833604528369852013-05-06T18:43:07.964-04:002013-05-06T18:43:07.964-04:00I imagine being a barista is probably a bit like b...I imagine being a barista is probably a bit like being a bartender. (Okay, so maybe you don't get a lot of drunken rambling, but I'll bet there's a lot of interesting conversation to be overheard at a Starbucks?)<br /><br />And yes - too much talking in action scenes period can bring a book to a screeching halt. (And it's one of my biggest issues. Pantster or not, I know something's off when all my characters are jabbering at themselves instead of doing something. You know. Like *not* drowning in a flooding, zombie-filled tunnel.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08810952821295312008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663321286319002443.post-26757251104883062222013-05-06T17:21:45.313-04:002013-05-06T17:21:45.313-04:00I'll throw in an addendum heard at work today....I'll throw in an addendum heard at work today. "Of COURSE Jason knows her. Jason knows all of the @$$hole customers. Why is that?"James A. Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07504165634910099365noreply@blogger.com