tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post8330848961159854160..comments2023-08-14T10:44:59.007-04:00Comments on Novel Spaces: A thought of my ownKeVin K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14792797517571690942noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post-75711976284635334202011-11-15T12:09:44.469-05:002011-11-15T12:09:44.469-05:00Utensils needed: mixing bowl, marble rolling surfa...Utensils needed: mixing bowl, marble rolling surface, marble rolling pin, serving fork. <br />Start with: 1 cups all-purpose flour; 1 cup semolina flour; 3 large eggs; 1 tablespoon olive oil; pinch of salt. <br />Beat together olive oil and eggs. Thoroughly sift flours and salt together. Using large fork, blend flour into eggs/oil, adding gradually until it becomes too thick to stir; knead in rest by hand -- at least 10 minutes. Divide into fist-sized balls and wrap tightly in plastic and let sit for one hour. Roll balls out into sheets of desired thickness.<br /><br />That's pasta. Make noodles. Make ravioli. Make linguine or angel hair. It's all pasta. What you do with the pasta is up to you. <br />I bake lasagna using broad strips of fresh, uncooked pasta. To date no one has ever told me to stop because another cook has already used pasta.<br /><br />Don't think writing is all that different. It doesn't matter how often a premise or idea has been used; what matters is what you bring to the story.KeVin K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14792797517571690942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post-10542594685338930462011-11-13T22:07:59.021-05:002011-11-13T22:07:59.021-05:00Reminds me of that old saying that there are only ...Reminds me of that old saying that there are only seven plots. I guess the originality comes in when we bring our unique perspectives and treatments to bear on the same old same old.Liane Spicerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05035607144500219524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post-34987339249817906302011-11-12T12:28:05.164-05:002011-11-12T12:28:05.164-05:00I'm not sure a completely unique idea was ever...I'm not sure a completely unique idea was ever possible after the first one. we all are a product of our experiences, which are similar to many other folks.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post-5853909215820750072011-11-12T08:07:08.292-05:002011-11-12T08:07:08.292-05:00Very possible to have a completely independent ide...Very possible to have a completely independent idea.<br /><br />To whit: The book I'm currently shopping around features a woman who goes into the adult movie industry to pay off her loan shark.<br /><br />Has it been done elsewhere? Probably. But not with the plot twist that I've thrown into it.<br /><br />Have I read/seen it elsewhere? No.<br /><br />I can back up that second statement by saying that as a rule, I do not watch much in the way of television or movies, nor do I read books with the kind of saturation that I did say 20 years ago.G. B. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09783331838434598963noreply@blogger.com