tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8002498054696708844.post2798756262425866528..comments2023-08-16T04:50:25.263-05:00Comments on International Author Cheri Chesley: Stranger than FictionCheri Chesleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03102570290810616371noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8002498054696708844.post-25386416928655048192011-01-05T17:19:50.281-06:002011-01-05T17:19:50.281-06:00I rolled my hubbys truck three times down a very s...I rolled my hubbys truck three times down a very steep hill. Landed wheels down, engine still running, only two of the six windows busted out. Found the cell phone in the mess, we had cell phone service for about 30 seconds, enough time to call 911 and tell them what had happened and where we had been. Roof of cab colapsed within 2 inches above my kids car seats and I have the pic to prove that one. Me and the 2 little ones WALKED AWAY from it with a few bruises and cuts from the glass. We should have been dead. <br /><br />Yes life is stranger than fiction.C. Michelle Jefferieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08409892648057659363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8002498054696708844.post-12579283147243491312011-01-05T14:15:28.504-06:002011-01-05T14:15:28.504-06:00It would feel like kind of a 'huh?' moment...It would feel like kind of a 'huh?' moment, except if the mother decides to be mean and comes up with some sort of punishment that takes the character by surprise. Even if the readers don't feel cheated by sandwich and church, her friends might.J.L. Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05666634455836834179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8002498054696708844.post-5794222806248892482011-01-05T11:30:37.621-06:002011-01-05T11:30:37.621-06:00I don't know - I think that could lead into a ...I don't know - I think that could lead into a really good story about that girl. can you imagine how mean the other girls could get? What about what this girl thought of her mother, or about her mother - or did she even wonder why her mother didn't get more angry? Would she feel gyped that she didn't get into the same trouble as the other girls?<br /><br />What would she find out about her mother that she didn't already know? Was her mother home, or out doing something exciting of her own? Why a sandwich, what was in it? What did mom do while her daughter was taking a nap? Is mom suddenly acting suspicious?<br /><br />It doesn't have to make sense right away, as long as the story works that strangeness into something as it goes... hmmmm, could be good....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8002498054696708844.post-7858825424992780472011-01-04T12:19:42.011-06:002011-01-04T12:19:42.011-06:00Sometimes life is very strange, indeed. Funny how ...Sometimes life is very strange, indeed. Funny how we want our fiction to make more sense.Angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01445455787485222068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8002498054696708844.post-79090503622900085272011-01-04T11:06:01.248-06:002011-01-04T11:06:01.248-06:00I think about this all the time. Lots of time I us...I think about this all the time. Lots of time I use story elements from real life, b/c really strange things happen in real life! and it seems like a lot of my 'unrealistic' criticisms (not all, mind you) stem from these actual occurrences. Granted,they didn't all happen to the same person!Tamara Hart Heinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07562765111202443160noreply@blogger.com