Continuity!

[erastes]

This drives me bonkers. Continuity is important. I know that it's difficult sometimes in mad action scenes to keep track of everyone, and I'm sure that if I was writing an orgy I'd be struggling to keep everyone organised and not know which him was who and who was doing what to whom, but otherwise, why is it so hard to have people actually enter the room before they speak, or actually take the baby before they have it in their arms? I've just read a scene where someone has someone else at swordspoint - and keeping the point at the man's throat he reduces the distance between them to less than a hand's width.

How - exactly - is this possible without running the other man through the neck, or dislocating his shoulder and possibly cutting his arm off? ARGH!

And another agent rejection. A perfect end to the day! *sends it out again*

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Comments

[angelabenedetti.livejournal.com]

Mmm, I love Renaissance Florence. :D When I was choosing classes at college (university if you're anywhere but the US) I was debating whether the primary emphasis for my history major should be medieval Europe or Renaissance Italy. I ended up with the Middle Ages, but it was a close call and I took some Renaissance classes anyway. :) Definitely holler when your book comes out!

Angie

[chris-smith-atr.livejournal.com]

Hahah. I love the perennial optimism! I'll go with "if" at the moment!

I got into florence through uni too - architecture. Went up for the day (yes, was at uni THAT close) and was entranced. Desperately want to go back sometime soon. Such a lovely city!

Medieval is great too - though not something I know much about! :)

Mind if I add you to the list - I'm not very useful today but will attempt usefulness next week when the headache from hell may finally go away!

[angelabenedetti.livejournal.com]

My focus was the early years of the University of Paris, if that's ever useful. I might not remember much at this point, but I still have some of the major books. :)

And sure -- add away.

Have you ever been to Florence? My husband and I went a couple of years ago and it's awesome. :D Really beautiful, and I loved being surrounded by history in a way you just can't get in the US. I took a bunch of pictures, wherever it was allowed, plus a bunch in Pisa where we went for a day trip -- they have a really nice museum near the Tower.

Angie

[chris-smith-atr.livejournal.com]

I went with uni - they stuck us all in a plane for a day! I live in the UK at the moment... but was living down just past Italy at the time.

I think I prefer Florence to Venice. Thought it is a close call. May be because they let us in everywhere as we were uni students in Florence. Just amazing.

Oh, and adding now! :)

[angelabenedetti.livejournal.com]

I never got to take field trips that cool. :( The husband has promised to go back some time, though. And I want to go to Venice too -- for the city itself, and also because I want to see Burano. I've done a bit of needle lace, and the school at Burano is supposed to be the premier needle lace school in the world. If they have a museum or something, I'd love to spend a day with a camera and a drool bucket. :D

Angie

[chris-smith-atr.livejournal.com]

Oh you'd love Venice... Burano is lovely - there are museums, if my extremely hazy recollection is correct. have a feeling that it is where I first saw those Xian Pottery Warriors about 17 years ago (now I feel ancient!). I think it was the lace and the pottery side by side that stuck that in my head!

If you want needle lace - you may want to try Malta as well if you're in the general vicinity - my aunt still does it . Scary stuff - I have the patience of a flea.

And if you're in Venice, be sure to get into the Jewish Ghetto. I'm not insane, it's like a world within a world! Just fantastic. Sort of like Prague, but more contained!

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Tip: go to Venice in the Winter, or at the most early spring or autumn. You may have probs like cold and a bit of flooding (although i understand that's much better now) but the summer can be VERY hot, humid, mosquitoes and quite smelly - as well as being packed to the rafters with tourists. I've been in all seasons and it's at its most beautiful out of the summer season imho.

[chris-smith-atr.livejournal.com]

Agreement! Winter or Autumn. Spring is insane with carnivals. And Summer is hideous.