tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post9011259568784002582..comments2024-03-28T04:57:14.057+00:00Comments on Romantic Novelists' Association Blog: Gilli Allan: Writing from experienceAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05679564568712601070noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post-61374966519007781752015-05-15T11:48:27.550+01:002015-05-15T11:48:27.550+01:00Good Work Elaine Everest, If you are serious about...Good Work Elaine Everest, If you are serious about your writing, Write a Book: Get Published, Write Now! is as important a tool as your laptop or your pen. Do yourself a favor, and just buy it...<a href="http://www.getessaypaper.com/write-my-college-term-paper/" rel="nofollow">write my term paper</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05168582717990293415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post-61486615320140943252015-02-18T16:53:18.440+00:002015-02-18T16:53:18.440+00:00Hello - it's me, Gilli Allan, who wrote this p...Hello - it's me, Gilli Allan, who wrote this post! maybe you meant to comment on another article? Gilli Allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13234069151918319605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post-28699380579366606452015-02-18T11:32:24.702+00:002015-02-18T11:32:24.702+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17579079650767909805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post-41195835225870511292015-02-18T04:48:29.476+00:002015-02-18T04:48:29.476+00:00Elaine Everest your article is life-saving for me....Elaine Everest your article is life-saving for me. Thanks for sharing your experience about writing.<br /><a href="https://academicwritingonline.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">top paper writer</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14602438349091953768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post-19320883530802281722015-02-17T12:13:40.771+00:002015-02-17T12:13:40.771+00:00I think you are agreeing with me, Evelyn. I have n...I think you are agreeing with me, Evelyn. I have never said *everything* I write is from my own personal experience. But it is my belief that whatever kind of story you write, whether Sci Fi, fantasy or romance with billionaires in exotic locations, it will still be underpinned by the life *you* have lived, your impressions, your emotions, your responses.<br />Just my opinion, of course!<br />GillixGilli Allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13234069151918319605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post-79771549861882112092015-02-17T11:56:49.358+00:002015-02-17T11:56:49.358+00:00I think a lot of my writing (apart from a few arti...I think a lot of my writing (apart from a few artickes) is imaginary. It is, I believe, a gift I have. Ok, so i may not be the best novel writer in the world, but I think I have more in my imagination than in my experience. I have watched a lot, in my time, read a lot also. Combined, what I have taken on board comes together in a twosome to construct my stiporie. I never went with what tutors said about ' writing what you know' either.<br />EvelynAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05942025147836897235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post-76425256346141101162015-02-16T12:28:22.773+00:002015-02-16T12:28:22.773+00:00Thanks Marie.
It's always a cocktail. There...Thanks Marie.<br />It's always a cocktail. There's a sense in which everything I write is 'made up'. I just take a bit from here and a bit from there and give it a stir. And sometimes a memory only comes back to me after I've started writing. It's as if the creative process, disturbs something hidden deep in the subconscious. John, above, describes it very well. It's like turning over rocks in a pool. Who knows what floats to the surface?<br />Gillix Gilli Allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13234069151918319605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post-5050920873280372015-02-16T11:42:12.683+00:002015-02-16T11:42:12.683+00:00Very interesting post, Gilli. I do agree that to c...Very interesting post, Gilli. I do agree that to create believable characters, who experience feelings and emotions readers can relate to, you need the life experience you don't necessarily have when you're young. As for settings of novels, I usually choose a mix of locations I know well and others I can only dream of visiting one day. This means I have to research quite a bit, but that's part of the fun of being a writer! Marie Lavalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09040316890635374526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post-4077856024225518782015-02-15T23:40:09.813+00:002015-02-15T23:40:09.813+00:00I never believe authors who say they don't use...I never believe authors who say they don't use their own experience, when writing fiction. How can you not? <br />It doesn't mean that what you write is a faithful account of something that happened to you. It just means that you use your own life, your own responses as a resource. How would I feel if...? How did I feel when...? <br />gxGilli Allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13234069151918319605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post-8360492498998852172015-02-15T14:41:47.480+00:002015-02-15T14:41:47.480+00:00I enjoyed this post, Gilli, and agree with all the...I enjoyed this post, Gilli, and agree with all the points you make. I often have to emphasise to people that my books are FICTION, and although I might sometimes call upon parts of my own life as background, that doesn't make them autobiographical! Sheila Nortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13997206301877289623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post-2323319606996785022015-02-15T13:09:03.565+00:002015-02-15T13:09:03.565+00:00Exactly, John. You never know what's going to ...Exactly, John. You never know what's going to come floating to the surface until you start rummaging around amongst those old memories and old experiences. <br /><br />Gillix Gilli Allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13234069151918319605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post-23514096149434670982015-02-15T12:53:42.892+00:002015-02-15T12:53:42.892+00:00Thanks Gilli,
An excellent post. I'b busy with...Thanks Gilli,<br />An excellent post. I'b busy with the "First Book, First Draft" and although I'm working with a basic format of facts and their order, I find I'm drawing on my own life experience for "how does he/she do that?", "what would they be feeling?", etc.<br />I'm also finding that doing this is, in itself, like turning over a rock in a pool. You don't know what will appear, or what road you will go down.<br />Fascinating.<br />Cheers,<br /><br />John John Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02095349741824511293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post-65202709584825347482015-02-14T11:58:46.060+00:002015-02-14T11:58:46.060+00:00Thank you Anne. And I am thrilled you enjoyed TOR...Thank you Anne. And I am thrilled you enjoyed TORN. <br /><br />Gillix<br />Gilli Allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13234069151918319605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post-14734190502522330502015-02-13T19:50:04.306+00:002015-02-13T19:50:04.306+00:00Gilli, I agree. For me, writing is a subtle sort o...Gilli, I agree. For me, writing is a subtle sort of mining of where I've been and what I've experienced. And then the alchemy of the imagination does the rest.<br /><br />I really enjoyed 'Torn' by the way. It was my Christmas read. I guessed wrongly as to the outcome, which made it more satisfying in a way.Anne Stormonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14606942627746619278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611561027305931377.post-8626339993775035062015-02-13T19:42:15.120+00:002015-02-13T19:42:15.120+00:00Thank you, Elaine - and the RNA blog - for allowin...Thank you, Elaine - and the RNA blog - for allowing me to waffle on. <br /><br />It's a surprising pleasure to be made to think about why and how I write. (I never know what I think until I write about a subject!). <br /><br />I hope something of what I've said can be identified with by others here. <br /><br />Gillix Gilli Allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13234069151918319605noreply@blogger.com