Comments on: Questions for Jane http://www.arghink.com/2007/10/29/questions-for-jane/ More than you ever wanted to hear from Bestselling Author Jenny Crusie. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Louise http://www.arghink.com/2007/10/29/questions-for-jane/#comment-12705 Louise Tue, 30 Oct 2007 05:21:20 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/10/29/questions-for-jane/#comment-12705 Hi Jane, What comes first in writing graphic novels? Does the text follow the graphic or vice versa? And also in a graphic novel do you simply play with the dialogue and leave the rest up to the graphics? A very fun idea by the way. Oh, and I liked your blog. Hi Jane,
What comes first in writing graphic novels? Does the text follow the graphic or vice versa?
And also in a graphic novel do you simply play with the dialogue and leave the rest up to the graphics? A very fun idea by the way.
Oh, and I liked your blog.

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]]> By: Caryle http://www.arghink.com/2007/10/29/questions-for-jane/#comment-12691 Caryle Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:58:51 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/10/29/questions-for-jane/#comment-12691 And lest I sound like a one note fan, this happens after watching Buffy and Firefly/Serenity, as well. :) And lest I sound like a one note fan, this happens after watching Buffy and Firefly/Serenity, as well. :)

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]]> By: Caryle http://www.arghink.com/2007/10/29/questions-for-jane/#comment-12690 Caryle Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:57:34 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/10/29/questions-for-jane/#comment-12690 I'm a huge fan of Battlestar Galactica, and there are moments after a particularly well executed episode that I want to run to my computer and write before I run out of the energy from the contact high. Are there any tv series/movies/books that give you a kick-start or inspiration rush to write? I’m a huge fan of Battlestar Galactica, and there are moments after a particularly well executed episode that I want to run to my computer and write before I run out of the energy from the contact high.

Are there any tv series/movies/books that give you a kick-start or inspiration rush to write?

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]]> By: Eileen http://www.arghink.com/2007/10/29/questions-for-jane/#comment-12680 Eileen Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:25:39 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/10/29/questions-for-jane/#comment-12680 Will she adopt me and let me live in her garage? Barring that- do you think screenwriting courses such as McKee's workshop are useful for novelists hoping to try out the screenwriting world as well? Will she adopt me and let me live in her garage?

Barring that- do you think screenwriting courses such as McKee’s workshop are useful for novelists hoping to try out the screenwriting world as well?

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]]> By: Ellen http://www.arghink.com/2007/10/29/questions-for-jane/#comment-12679 Ellen Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:24:58 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/10/29/questions-for-jane/#comment-12679 Oh, and one more. Jenny's taught a lot about how to handle exposition. I read one of your blog posts about exposition -- about "hiding the pipe." Could you elaborate on that some? I thought it was brilliant. (Love your blog.) Oh, and one more. Jenny’s taught a lot about how to handle exposition. I read one of your blog posts about exposition — about “hiding the pipe.” Could you elaborate on that some? I thought it was brilliant. (Love your blog.)

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]]> By: Ellen http://www.arghink.com/2007/10/29/questions-for-jane/#comment-12678 Ellen Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:19:49 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/10/29/questions-for-jane/#comment-12678 Is a talent for dialogue a prerequisite for writing screenplays? If you're good at writing dialogue, does that mean screenplays will be easier to write than novels? Or does it matter? Is a talent for dialogue a prerequisite for writing screenplays? If you’re good at writing dialogue, does that mean screenplays will be easier to write than novels? Or does it matter?

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]]> By: Ellen http://www.arghink.com/2007/10/29/questions-for-jane/#comment-12677 Ellen Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:17:29 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/10/29/questions-for-jane/#comment-12677 A lot of shows on your resume are ensemble casts with one or two breakout characters (Buffy, Lorelei, Starbuck - three of my absolute faves, anyway). How do you balance giving "secondary" characters enough screen/page time, getting readers or viewers to connect to those characters even though they are maybe not the main "draw" to the show? A lot of shows on your resume are ensemble casts with one or two breakout characters (Buffy, Lorelei, Starbuck – three of my absolute faves, anyway). How do you balance giving “secondary” characters enough screen/page time, getting readers or viewers to connect to those characters even though they are maybe not the main “draw” to the show?

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]]> By: Alia http://www.arghink.com/2007/10/29/questions-for-jane/#comment-12674 Alia Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:58:16 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/10/29/questions-for-jane/#comment-12674 What are some of your favorites among the new crop of TV shows (if any)? What are some of your favorites among the new crop of TV shows (if any)?

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]]> By: Office Wench Cherry http://www.arghink.com/2007/10/29/questions-for-jane/#comment-12673 Office Wench Cherry Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:48:15 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/10/29/questions-for-jane/#comment-12673 As a television writer what impresses you in an episode that the rest of us might not notice? When was the last time you watched tv and thought "gee, I wish I'd written that." Why did the episode impress you? As a television writer what impresses you in an episode that the rest of us might not notice? When was the last time you watched tv and thought “gee, I wish I’d written that.” Why did the episode impress you?

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]]> By: Lily C http://www.arghink.com/2007/10/29/questions-for-jane/#comment-12672 Lily C Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:46:38 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/10/29/questions-for-jane/#comment-12672 Jane, If you could wave a magic wand and write a sequel to any film or TV series, what would it be and who would be in it? And thank you for Buffy, Firefly and Serenity. You are indeed a big damn hero. Jane,

If you could wave a magic wand and write a sequel to any film or TV series, what would it be and who would be in it?

And thank you for Buffy, Firefly and Serenity. You are indeed a big damn hero.

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]]> By: McB http://www.arghink.com/2007/10/29/questions-for-jane/#comment-12669 McB Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:37:34 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/10/29/questions-for-jane/#comment-12669 Jane - In the last few years I am more often turning to cable for well written television shows. Is it my imagination, or are networks are less inclined these days to stand behind good programs that aren't instant hits? And do you think that well written shows still have a chance on network television? Jane -

In the last few years I am more often turning to cable for well written television shows. Is it my imagination, or are networks are less inclined these days to stand behind good programs that aren’t instant hits? And do you think that well written shows still have a chance on network television?

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]]> By: robena grant http://www.arghink.com/2007/10/29/questions-for-jane/#comment-12667 robena grant Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:29:47 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/10/29/questions-for-jane/#comment-12667 I often see what looks and sounds like film comedy or television comedy in novels, and it falls short on the page as if the author is trying too hard to be funny. (Or at least for me but I've got a weird sense of humor.) I love when an author can write a totally unexpected line that makes me laugh out loud, are there big differences in writing comedy for a script as opposed to a novel? I often see what looks and sounds like film comedy or television comedy in novels, and it falls short on the page as if the author is trying too hard to be funny. (Or at least for me but I’ve got a weird sense of humor.) I love when an author can write a totally unexpected line that makes me laugh out loud, are there big differences in writing comedy for a script as opposed to a novel?

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]]> By: DebraG http://www.arghink.com/2007/10/29/questions-for-jane/#comment-12665 DebraG Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:01:57 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/10/29/questions-for-jane/#comment-12665 Loved the Gilmore Girls - how do you pull off that rapid-fire dialogue? Loved the Gilmore Girls – how do you pull off that rapid-fire dialogue?

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]]> By: Tory http://www.arghink.com/2007/10/29/questions-for-jane/#comment-12664 Tory Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:49:02 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/10/29/questions-for-jane/#comment-12664 Not a question, just...total worship. Jane Espenson was responsible for some of my favorite Buffy moments. Not a question, just…total worship. Jane Espenson was responsible for some of my favorite Buffy moments.

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]]> By: Jennifer http://www.arghink.com/2007/10/29/questions-for-jane/#comment-12660 Jennifer Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:06:42 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/10/29/questions-for-jane/#comment-12660 Jane, what was it like to work for Gilmore Girls? Jane, what was it like to work for Gilmore Girls?

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]]> By: Wendy Roberts http://www.arghink.com/2007/10/29/questions-for-jane/#comment-12658 Wendy Roberts Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:22:24 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/10/29/questions-for-jane/#comment-12658 Jane, is it true that Buffy was responsible for kicking off the new trend in fiction, Urban Fantasy? Jane, is it true that Buffy was responsible for kicking off the new trend in fiction, Urban Fantasy?

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]]> By: colognegrrl http://www.arghink.com/2007/10/29/questions-for-jane/#comment-12657 colognegrrl Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:14:20 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/10/29/questions-for-jane/#comment-12657 Coming from a place where American TV shows arrive a) with a time lag, b) dubbed in German and c) only in reduced quantity (never heard of 'Pushing Daisies', for example), I have a few rather basic questions. Such as: how far do producers/ writers do research on the viewer's taste before they get started? (I know that they enlarge characters or let them disappear, depending on the reactions, but how much do they let you experiment in the first place?) Do you think there is a 'typically American' taste? (I think there is, at least in humor.) Would you sometimes like to show a character in more detail but feel fenced in by the time frame? Coming from a place where American TV shows arrive a) with a time lag, b) dubbed in German and c) only in reduced quantity (never heard of ‘Pushing Daisies’, for example), I have a few rather basic questions.

Such as: how far do producers/ writers do research on the viewer’s taste before they get started? (I know that they enlarge characters or let them disappear, depending on the reactions, but how much do they let you experiment in the first place?)

Do you think there is a ‘typically American’ taste? (I think there is, at least in humor.)

Would you sometimes like to show a character in more detail but feel fenced in by the time frame?

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]]> By: kay http://www.arghink.com/2007/10/29/questions-for-jane/#comment-12654 kay Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:46:38 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/10/29/questions-for-jane/#comment-12654 I am a huge fan of Buffy, Firefly, Serenity. I have always wondered why Inara left her companion house? and ended up working around the outer planets. Also if Shepherd Book used to be an Operative I am a huge fan of Buffy, Firefly, Serenity. I have always wondered why Inara left her companion house? and ended up working around the outer planets. Also if Shepherd Book used to be an Operative

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]]> By: Cynthia http://www.arghink.com/2007/10/29/questions-for-jane/#comment-12653 Cynthia Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:45:46 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/10/29/questions-for-jane/#comment-12653 Hi Jane, Are you still doing any writing for Battlestar Galactica? Among those anxiously awaiting Razor and Season 4..... Hi Jane,

Are you still doing any writing for Battlestar Galactica?
Among those anxiously awaiting Razor and Season 4…..

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]]> By: sara c http://www.arghink.com/2007/10/29/questions-for-jane/#comment-12650 sara c Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:22:52 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/10/29/questions-for-jane/#comment-12650 Jane, what do you like to read? Do you read for pleasure or do you find it hard to turn off the internal analyzer? If you were going to recommend a tv series for writers to watch for great plotting and character development, what would it be? What's your favorite Buffy episode? Jane, what do you like to read? Do you read for pleasure or do you find it hard to turn off the internal analyzer? If you were going to recommend a tv series for writers to watch for great plotting and character development, what would it be?

What’s your favorite Buffy episode?

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