tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410616401062748816.post333708525904525937..comments2023-11-03T04:49:04.527-07:00Comments on The Anti-Wife: Things that drive me nuts!The Anti-Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02027321787352577548noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410616401062748816.post-37866669493716150642007-10-08T02:16:00.000-07:002007-10-08T02:16:00.000-07:00I can't write about a place unless I have map of s...I can't write about a place unless I have map of some sort, either in my mind or downloaded.<BR/> I think the irritation key is "significant landmarks," though. Some real cities are so big that even residents are unfamiliar with various suburb or "towns" within it.<BR/>Funny thing about the time/distance factor. I live outside a city - but I can arrive at the main hospital in less time than someone living within the city limits and with half the travelling distance.Bernitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05264585685253812090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410616401062748816.post-75449733700887319422007-10-07T18:50:00.000-07:002007-10-07T18:50:00.000-07:00Ello and Stephen, We must be triplets!Merry,If you...Ello and Stephen, <BR/>We must be triplets!<BR/><BR/>Merry,<BR/>If you're going to change stuff about a real city, just make up a new city. If you use a real city with made up stuff, you'll have people like Ello, Stephen and me throwing your book against the wall out of frustration. Breathe your life into a fictitious city. It can still be a suburb of Chicago - just a made up one.The Anti-Wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02027321787352577548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410616401062748816.post-35686306722769057392007-10-06T07:06:00.000-07:002007-10-06T07:06:00.000-07:00Hi Anti Wife,I haven't so much noticed factual err...Hi Anti Wife,<BR/><BR/>I haven't so much noticed factual errors in geography, but I do notice when the author doesn't capture the feel of a place, if that makes sense.<BR/><BR/>On the flip side of this, my novel takes place in Chicago, largely in Berwyn Illinois - I grew up in Cicero, which is right next door... I've had a real struggle with what to include and not include. For instance, I didn't want to give any real addresses, so the addresses used don't exist (I have the blocks picked out, but made the address too high for the amount of houses on the street or odd numbers that were, for some reason skipped) Then, I wondered about including the real names of businesses - they're in my rough draft but obviously I can't put in the real people who work in the shops or own them (though anyone from here relates the business with it's owner...) so it gets a little tricky because there's a fine balance between the fact in fiction and the out and out creation. Especially when you're breathing life into your setting, because so much of the setting really is the people who inhabit it.Merry Monteleonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09435956005780500310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410616401062748816.post-75663958363321607662007-10-05T22:36:00.000-07:002007-10-05T22:36:00.000-07:00I'm a research nut too. If the writer gets signif...I'm a research nut too. If the writer gets significant geographical facts wrong I drop the book.<BR/><BR/>By that time, though, it's already been bought.Stephen Parrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16883165490847664389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410616401062748816.post-17105319925125446332007-10-05T20:21:00.000-07:002007-10-05T20:21:00.000-07:00Drives me absolutely bonkers! But I am also a rese...Drives me absolutely bonkers! But I am also a research nut so I don't know why anyone wouldn't want to spend hours and hours researching random stuff like why is toe cheese called toe cheese? Or why do farts smell like eggs? You know, important stuff!Ello - Ellen Ohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18311917335471167591noreply@blogger.com