tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306186825446650263.post1244096519758515447..comments2023-03-18T07:18:08.144-07:00Comments on My Side of the Rainbow: When Plot Bunnies Play: Writing for Different AudiencesLaura Renegarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16358430748573154607noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306186825446650263.post-6892661835720801242010-07-26T16:13:00.416-07:002010-07-26T16:13:00.416-07:00No harm in jotting it down at the very least, righ...No harm in jotting it down at the very least, right? Keep it, save it, fiddle with it as a warm-up to the writing you do write... Sometimes stepping into unfamiliar territory stretches me in a good way. (Love the idea of plot bunnies!)Jennifer Thttp://twitter.com/treutingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306186825446650263.post-86667640475658477392010-05-06T19:57:18.880-07:002010-05-06T19:57:18.880-07:00Oh, this is a scary question. All my life I knew I...Oh, this is a scary question. All my life I knew I wanted to write paranormal and romance for YA and a more mature audience. I've also discovered a thirst to write a couple humorous "chick lit" novels. Now what to do when your 1st foray is a kid's chapter book? Take a page from Jayne Ann Krentz? Oh, I will be bald once this dilemma is solved! <br /> ~P.S.~ I like what you write about in your blog! It's like a field of myriad wildflowers!Kyrahttp://www.thescribesdesk.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306186825446650263.post-51313331332901670152010-03-24T21:07:01.741-07:002010-03-24T21:07:01.741-07:00Heehee! I love writing in different genres. I have...Heehee! I love writing in different genres. I have some picture books, a chapter book (finished, I think!) and lots of poetry and mag stories in my drawer. I also have a mystery story (not for kiddos) that I have YET to finish...but I'm thirty pages into it so far. <br /><br />I love it when a plot bunny leaves its "calling card" in my brain! I don't leave it there long for fear it will roll away or rot. If I start working on it right away, it usually turns out to be very cool beans. (yes, I just used cool beans in a sentence. So shoot me.) :) :) <br /><br />Great topic!<br /><br />hugs,<br />DonnaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306186825446650263.post-48664942666857415242010-03-24T15:49:45.154-07:002010-03-24T15:49:45.154-07:00Plot bunnies! That's very funny. Yes, this hap...Plot bunnies! That's very funny. Yes, this happened to me once--I got a fabulous, high-concept idea for a YA (I don't write young adult). I started writing it, wrote about 50 pages, got stuck and haven't been back to it since. But it's still a great idea.MG Higginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03584010470283038023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306186825446650263.post-69305974429971428332010-03-23T20:19:53.513-07:002010-03-23T20:19:53.513-07:00I have this happen all the time! When a plot bunny...I have this happen all the time! When a plot bunny decides to run across my mind, I take a few minutes to jot down whatever I can about the idea, and then I file it away (I have a label in my Gmail account for plot bunnies) and try to forget about it. <br /><br />Then, when I finish with whatever project I am currently working on, I go an read through all the emails with the Plot Bunnies label (unless I have another project I <b>need</b> to work on right away) and decide what to write. A lot of times I skip over those ones that fall way outside of my normal focus, but I think someday I will be ready and able to write them.Rachel Batemanhttp://rachelbateman.com/blah-gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306186825446650263.post-83777530480269631442010-03-22T20:48:05.705-07:002010-03-22T20:48:05.705-07:00Anonymous-- Glad you are alive and well to tell th...Anonymous-- Glad you are alive and well to tell that story. Maybe you could keep a character journal to jot down the colorful folks you encounter.<br /><br />Austin,<br />I love the boldness. When I was in high school I attended Broyhill Leadership Conference. One of the quotes they taught us was Napoleon Hill's "What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve." That's always stuck with me.Laura Renegarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16358430748573154607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306186825446650263.post-13000863368410992752010-03-22T06:11:01.984-07:002010-03-22T06:11:01.984-07:00I treasure it and file it away. If I think I migh...I treasure it and file it away. If I think I might forget, I take notes, and hope I don't lose them.<br /><br />I have a different problem. I have all these snips from life. Many of them characters, that could be expanded.<br /><br />For instance, a friend and I were hitch hiking in Ontario, and we were arguing about something, what I don't recall. We argued almost non stop. This is about 1976, so quite a while ago. These 2 guys who are also hitch hikers yell to us, "If we get you high, will you stop arguing? We can't stand to listen to it anymore."<br /><br />Turns out they'd just gotten out of prison, and they were from Three Rivers, Quebec. Nice enough guys, we didn't ask them what they'd been in for. Seemed like all the other hitch hikers we ran into were also from Three Rivers.<br /><br />The venue? A field just outside of Marathon, Ontario.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306186825446650263.post-14233320691092383412010-03-19T12:21:57.696-07:002010-03-19T12:21:57.696-07:00I say write it! When something like that comes in ...I say write it! When something like that comes in my head, I go for it. Maybe I write it as a blog, or turn it into a fun illustration, but I don't like leaving it in there--I hate to lose good ideas. <br /><br />If actors can switch things up and become rock stars and authors, why can't we write or illustrate for different genres and audiences?Austinhttp://austindlight.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306186825446650263.post-56668051672144574022010-03-18T12:50:11.076-07:002010-03-18T12:50:11.076-07:00Thanks, Kristin. It looks like John Grisham is not...Thanks, Kristin. It looks like John Grisham is not afraid to expand his audience.<br /><br />Tim, I had to google the chiweenies. They are hilarious.Laura Renegarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16358430748573154607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306186825446650263.post-76396420658708001782010-03-18T12:23:07.772-07:002010-03-18T12:23:07.772-07:00Laura,
Since I am currently unpublished, I don...Laura,<br /><br />Since I am currently unpublished, I don't really have a genre to protect, per se.<br /><br />However, that being said, my mind is in a constant state of turmoil over this plot idea, or that plot idea, this genre, or that genre, this readership, or that one.<br /><br />I don't have plot bunnies running around in my head. I have plot chihweenies (a cross between a chihuahua and a dachshund - I saw them in a pet store and two of them were in a crate chasing each other around and around and around, bouncing off the walls, the ceiling, everywhere...).<br /><br />Crazy, I tell you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306186825446650263.post-75964737308495744302010-03-18T12:21:49.573-07:002010-03-18T12:21:49.573-07:00Wow, Laura, this happened to me yesterday in the k...Wow, Laura, this happened to me yesterday in the kids' car line. I thought of a storyline with a sci fi twist, but I don't see myself writing in that genre long term.<br /><br />When you have it figured out, let me know. lol.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13095264668972996587noreply@blogger.com