tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post8269413646074444363..comments2024-02-12T02:28:12.317-05:00Comments on The Writers' Group: The First GoodbyeLynne Griffin and Amy MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11107479565926998943noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-73540618786851866892007-11-02T13:10:00.000-04:002007-11-02T13:10:00.000-04:00This post really touched me, Lynne.Sometimes I thi...This post really touched me, Lynne.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes I think we become so focused on just finishing, it's nice to be reminded of the privilege we have in sharing the lives of our characters and stories.<BR/><BR/>I still have a long way to go before I really say goodbye to my characters, but I think I'll appreciate the journey a little more because of this post.Michelle Zinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08127978024081928639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-64537260632359669462007-11-01T15:11:00.000-04:002007-11-01T15:11:00.000-04:00Judy,You just started your goodbye with your lates...Judy,<BR/>You just started your goodbye with your latest novel, yes? It's nice to know that saying goodbye to the manuscript doesn't mean you can't visit from time to time.<BR/><BR/>Thanks Hannah and Maprilynne--glad you liked my post.<BR/><BR/>Larramie,<BR/>It is so exciting to know readers will see things in the characters that perhaps I don't see or didn't intend. As long as readers are moved, I'll be just fine.<BR/><BR/>LynneLynne Griffin and Amy MacKinnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11107479565926998943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-47468971684923359762007-11-01T13:33:00.000-04:002007-11-01T13:33:00.000-04:00As Judy and Hannah commented your characters will ...As Judy and Hannah commented your characters will return to you, Lynne, through the readers' perspective. And, more than likely, you'll even view them a bit differently after their time out in the world. To consider that...how exciting!Larramiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14788910637361812265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-19202014297149483042007-11-01T11:19:00.000-04:002007-11-01T11:19:00.000-04:00Wow. I never thought of it that way. Thanks.:)Wow. I never thought of it that way. Thanks.:)Aprilynne Pikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17542901402256938872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-24997132368828272062007-11-01T09:07:00.000-04:002007-11-01T09:07:00.000-04:00Beautiful, Lynne! Never fear; these characters ar...Beautiful, Lynne! Never fear; these characters are very real and will be around for a long, long time, in your life and in the lives of everyone who meets them on the page.<BR/><BR/>HannahLynne Griffin and Amy MacKinnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11107479565926998943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-864907211844431682007-11-01T08:33:00.000-04:002007-11-01T08:33:00.000-04:00Only another writer really understands this sense ...Only another writer really understands this sense of goodbye, of loss. I always get teary when I know I've written the last chapter, last page, last sentence. I've traveled with these characters and now we're at the end of a long journey.<BR/><BR/>But here's the cool news I've discovered . . . just like college-age kids at Thanksgiving, your characters will come back to you once the book is out. Your readers will bring them back to visit, a little changed because they've been out in the world without you, but they'll be home, at least for a little while.Judy Merrill Larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06675069484490433295noreply@blogger.com