tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post4766919665404213199..comments2024-03-27T05:15:13.440-04:00Comments on * Author Karen Amanda Hooper*: OOOH, LOOK AT THE PRETTY PLOT HOLE!kahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10789825860272178765noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-56404217979276617292010-04-15T13:38:49.303-04:002010-04-15T13:38:49.303-04:00Was it Shiver, by any chance? I just did an analys...Was it Shiver, by any chance? I just did an analysis of writing craft in this book, on my blog, and it a few plot holes...Margo Berendsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03476308235642890474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-42320606966036534752010-03-15T01:17:19.484-04:002010-03-15T01:17:19.484-04:00Good post.
I often miss plot holes the first time ...Good post.<br />I often miss plot holes the first time around, because it all made sense in my head. Then, on revision, a little voice in the back goes, "Well, wait, why don't they just do this other, simpler thing?" Then I have to add things to explain why Simpler Thing doesn't work. Definitely takes work.<br /><br />This wasn't my get, but a friend asked me one day, "Okay, so, in Twilight, if Edward can't make blood, sweat, tears, or any other bodily fluid, how did he knock a girl up?" I was stumped by that one.Kelsey (Dominique) Ridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10646757546422013401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-29667017075391919142010-03-14T19:57:42.601-04:002010-03-14T19:57:42.601-04:00Oooh, plot holes!
I left something small for you ...Oooh, plot holes!<br /><br />I left something small for you on my blog, (though I'm sure you have it/them already).Just Another Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07589166715361819941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-66979976340678974942010-03-14T00:55:45.615-05:002010-03-14T00:55:45.615-05:00Great post...although I'm totally distracted b...Great post...although I'm totally distracted because I want to go to Belize....Sharon K. Mayhewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07799235347319851345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-36225480276595453202010-03-12T22:58:42.911-05:002010-03-12T22:58:42.911-05:00I really did love this post! Also there is an awar...I really did love this post! Also there is an award waiting for you at my blog. Here's the link:<br /><br />http://hayleys-hollow.blogspot.com/2010/03/award.htmlHayley Lovellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16786674202167099600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-6631293422840421102010-03-12T20:48:14.956-05:002010-03-12T20:48:14.956-05:00Great post Karen! I hate it when the love interes...Great post Karen! I hate it when the love interest/hero shows up just in the nick of time to save the heroine when there is no reason for him to be there other than the fact that he's stalking her. Sound familiar?Melissa Hursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530652829980250261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-37762731208359609992010-03-12T19:55:45.905-05:002010-03-12T19:55:45.905-05:00Please email me the book you don't like!! I wa...Please email me the book you don't like!! I want to know sooooo bad I'm shaking and my laptop is getting angry. <br /><br />I have my own pet peeves with stories but I realized a long time ago that people with probably say something negative about my book when (notice the forward thinking) my book is published. Books are like people and people are like fruit, not everyone likes pineapples. :) Maybe I'll write a pineapple, maybe I'll write a banana. Regardless, someone out there will love it and someone will hate it.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16915603693944523761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-42930856870822561262010-03-12T18:53:15.326-05:002010-03-12T18:53:15.326-05:00This is precisely the reason I have a hard time fi...This is precisely the reason I have a hard time finishing a story. I seem to catch every little hole and if I can't smooth it over with my metaphorical literary putty, then I stop. Ugh, writing is sooooooo not as easy as some people pretend that it is!<br /><br />P.S. I really want to know what book it was you are referring to. You are allowed to not like something. It's all opinion anyway.Voidwalkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06688751100806767843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-11275159704901538572010-03-12T10:41:36.547-05:002010-03-12T10:41:36.547-05:00Plot holes, snags and making them line up is, for ...Plot holes, snags and making them line up is, for me, the hardest part of writing a novel. <br />Also the easiest thing for me to spot and fix when readign someone elses novel.<br />This is the precise reason for having excellent beta readers and a good editor.<br /><br />This is my first time here. I'm adding you to my rss feed reader. I will be back.<br />Great blog!Lola Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14394765053485642935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-71754186906701953252010-03-11T23:48:25.615-05:002010-03-11T23:48:25.615-05:00Ha! Belize's Blue Hole is sort of in my book. ...Ha! Belize's Blue Hole is sort of in my book. Does that make it a plot hole? :) Yes, I hate when things are obvious to me. Makes you feel like the author doesn't think much of you.Jessie Oliveroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06232456334069794107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-88871793826001604332010-03-11T20:36:31.180-05:002010-03-11T20:36:31.180-05:00I think I know what book you're talking about ...I think I know what book you're talking about and the author actually DOES come up with an explanation for that temperature-related plot hole. Give it a chance, people. Read the whole book first. I thought of the same thing while I was still reading the book, but I kept an open mind and waited for her to explain it. Her explanation does stretch your suspension of disbelief just a tad, but ultimately it works. <br /><br />And in the second book (not yet pubbed), you find out all kinds of things that explain it better (if I'm wrong, I apologize, but when you said temperature I felt it was a giveaway). The book is so well-written, and I was so caught up in that escapist world, that I could forgive the straining of the plot. I'm trying to write a fantasy novel myself, and I realize how darned difficult writing is, so I'm certainly not going to criticize another writer who managed to get published for one slight problem in the plot. Now, those vampire books on the other hand...<br /><br />In other books, though, those "why don't they call the police/their parents/some adult authority" moments always get me, too.Joanne R. Fritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08076959910493197255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-1697171800036710862010-03-11T20:20:40.585-05:002010-03-11T20:20:40.585-05:00I'm annoyed by plot vacuums. Books where there...I'm annoyed by plot vacuums. Books where there should be a plot, but it's been sucked through a black hole and left me with a cold empty void scattered with a few sparkly bits in the distance. I just finished a book that ended without really resolving any of the conflict the author seemed to be setting up. Either I was reading more into the book than the author ever intended, or the woman got bored with her own novel and ended it two chapters too soon. I'll continue the nice trend and not mention titles, but beware free books for the Amazon Kindle that were written less than a hundred years ago. (Ah, well. You get what you pay for, right?) ;)Glass Dragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671548214638835932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-20179072235495313772010-03-11T19:05:39.160-05:002010-03-11T19:05:39.160-05:00Argh yes I absolutely agree with Natalie - when ch...Argh yes I absolutely agree with Natalie - when characters should simply go to the police but instead they decide to jump in and ruin everything further. Great. I shout at the page whenever I see this nonsense happening.<br /><br />Your unicorn analogy was wonderful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-40193376307020563352010-03-11T18:59:57.319-05:002010-03-11T18:59:57.319-05:00Okay, I think I just started the book you're r...Okay, I think I just started the book you're referencing because my first thought was why doesn't he just move?<br /><br />Temperature is not a good trigger. Maybe something to do with the moon cycles would've been better??Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09687047513163296827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-55819766137024720702010-03-11T17:19:06.594-05:002010-03-11T17:19:06.594-05:00I love that image. Wow. The colors are gorgeous.I love that image. Wow. The colors are gorgeous.lotusgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06663641163048764869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-9914989678699819942010-03-11T16:21:01.550-05:002010-03-11T16:21:01.550-05:00Just wanted to let you know I’ve awarded you the S...Just wanted to let you know I’ve awarded you the Sunshine Blog Award for being an inspiring blogger who helps spread the sunshine. Please see my blog post for more details. Thanks!Wendy Ramer, Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17430380409796887696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-66893469188376907242010-03-11T15:53:12.179-05:002010-03-11T15:53:12.179-05:00Plot holes suck. Bane of my fantasy writing existe...Plot holes suck. Bane of my fantasy writing existence. Every time I turn around, there seems to be a new one--sometimes totally in my head because I'm just too tired to see that there actually is an explanation. But it really stinks to find plot holes in books you're reading because it's already set in stone!Carolina M. Valdez Schneiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11589934533051907801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-75676803769793111642010-03-11T15:40:22.603-05:002010-03-11T15:40:22.603-05:00I have a feeling that I might know which book you&...I have a feeling that I might know which book you're referring to. This book annoyed me because I kept thinking "Why can't he just..." It really frustrated me.<br /><br />Plot holes are irritating because they distract me. I'm so focused on the problem that the rest of the novel slips by. Not good.Jadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02444920778218867295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-91079673917142560782010-03-11T15:18:42.074-05:002010-03-11T15:18:42.074-05:00Not to be a parrot, but year - the intense, crazy ...Not to be a parrot, but year - the intense, crazy we are so in love thing when it has not been developed at all kills me. I also hate when protagonists stumble into the perfect, high-paying dream job/alternative career without having to do any work. (but maybe I am just jealous)Mollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09737883086499020291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-38598680947861938182010-03-11T15:10:27.210-05:002010-03-11T15:10:27.210-05:00I'm agreeing with Natalie on this one about no...I'm agreeing with Natalie on this one about not calling the police! I recently finished reading a two book series in which the MC should have called the police but never did...in both books. Yes, in both. I was so annoyed.Kelly Lymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14773120663217816189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-55969212900889515622010-03-11T14:46:19.097-05:002010-03-11T14:46:19.097-05:00Couldn't agree more. I can't think of any ...Couldn't agree more. I can't think of any specific examples right now (it's 5:00am here) but I do know that if I read a book and have this problem, I won't be reading any more books by that author.Kellyansapansahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01255309437963616569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-10416863101548102602010-03-11T14:30:57.871-05:002010-03-11T14:30:57.871-05:00Im also reading a popular book that I dont like. I...Im also reading a popular book that I dont like. It makes me curious why so many people do....<br /><br />Anyway, the thing that annoys me the most is when something can be easily fixed, but it took the whole book to get there. That drives me insane! It makes me think, "Well, what was the point of me reading this if that's how you're going to solve it?!"Natalie Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01116611923169722657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-39081649391656100292010-03-11T14:15:00.149-05:002010-03-11T14:15:00.149-05:00It's really hard to understand how "annoy...It's really hard to understand how "annoying" books not only get published, but get awarded?<br /><br />Thankfully, there are a lot more great books out there than poor ones.<br /><br />I just blogged about how so many books are starting to feel the same--same character/plot devices recycled and reused.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09687047513163296827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-4647823665569430012010-03-11T13:34:35.079-05:002010-03-11T13:34:35.079-05:00To me...this falls on the beta's shoulders. A...To me...this falls on the beta's shoulders. As the author its sometimes hard to separate what we know in our head and what we've put down on paper. This is especially true in mysteries. To us, there is no plot hole because we know how it should be explained, but we can't see it because we subconsciously fill it in. The beta's, the agent, the editors, don't have that excuse. Shame on them!<br /><br />BTW...I admire all of you who refrain from poo-pooing the "nice"-challenged. Really.DL Hammonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02007260062331783715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-19138416654854764682010-03-11T13:15:19.454-05:002010-03-11T13:15:19.454-05:00I won't mention the book that comes to mind wh...I won't mention the book that comes to mind when I think of plot holes becasue, like you, if I can't say anything nice, I won't say anything at all. I'm with you about the editor. How can he/she not catch such a gaping hole?Susan R. 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