Comments on: Really, It’s a Puzzle

By: Tumblemoose

Tumblemoose — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:13:19 +0000

Deb,

Starting back-ards to move forward. Very cool thought process and analogy. I’ve got lots of experience with Wordsearch, I should give this a try! Hehe.

George
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By: --Deb

--Deb — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:07:48 +0000

Walter, it’s not a matter of right or wrong, and some kinds of writing are just fine for letting things flow. The more complicated the piece, though, the more important that all the bits fit together!
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By: Walter

Walter — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 01:57:19 +0000

The facts stated above scares me. I’m not perfect but I want to express my ideas in a way you have outlined above, and I don’t know if I’m doing it right. When I write I just let the ideas flow from my heart directly to my pen. I hope it didn’t fail me.

By: --Deb

--Deb — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:54:55 +0000

Solving the puzzle for a prize is even BETTER! Even a small prize. All you need is the carrot…

I agree, too. The plots where all the pieces work together are so much more satisfying. They make life easier for the people I watch movies with, too, because I don’t have to sit there and pick it apart. “Why do you suppose he went to the kitchen, when he NEVER goes to the kitchen?”

My mother’s standard response when I start asking these questions? “Because it was in the script.”

By: Kelvin Kao

Kelvin Kao — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:42:48 +0000

Hehe, puzzles are fun. Back in college, I was in charge of a weekly newsletter for a student organization, and I added a weekly puzzle/riddle to make it more interesting. Whoever emailed in the answer first would win 15 pages of print quota at the computer lab. That was worth less than a dollar but every week there were people sitting there refreshing their email inbox just waiting for it on the day it’s sent out. Not that 15 pages actually meant anything. People just loved solving puzzles. (The fact that the audience of the newsletter were engineering students also helped.)

I still love reading Sherlock Holmes to this day. I love the puzzles, and how in the end, every piece belongs together. I also have great appreciations for movies that has characters and plot lines that seemly don’t belong together in the beginning, but somehow are revealed to be tightly connected at the end. Piecing a puzzle together is always satisfying!
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By: --Deb

--Deb — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:34:07 +0000

Holly, thank you for saying so!

By: Holly

Holly — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:26:05 +0000

Superb post! Thanks for making plotting less…puzzling!

Holly
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