tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917729637280439180.post1171224269470430478..comments2024-02-18T07:27:48.299-08:00Comments on Amparo Ortiz: Fess Up Friday: What Say You About Deus ex Machina?Amparo Ortizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05751368034351196820noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917729637280439180.post-69750417474736605672011-01-20T06:06:30.068-08:002011-01-20T06:06:30.068-08:00Goodness, I hope I don't have one of those lur...Goodness, I hope I don't have one of those lurking around, LOL! I try to introduce everybody ahead of time...they may "disappear" and "reappear" but hopefully it's not too much of a "convenience" when they do, haha!<br /><br />Nice post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917729637280439180.post-39258820854214363062011-01-18T08:18:46.478-08:002011-01-18T08:18:46.478-08:00i'm a firm believer that Deus ex Machina could...i'm a firm believer that Deus ex Machina could be done right, with a good writer. A sort of "was it actaully the hand of god that did this, or not" deal. I'd like to see it, at leastSarah Ahiershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02795455714801965956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917729637280439180.post-13825778143903424002011-01-17T06:48:51.313-08:002011-01-17T06:48:51.313-08:00I haven't used it. I ensure that the main cha...I haven't used it. I ensure that the main character actively fixes things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917729637280439180.post-33779749459475317192011-01-15T14:56:03.997-08:002011-01-15T14:56:03.997-08:00Novels that use this device annoy me! I try to avo...Novels that use this device annoy me! I try to avoid it in my own writing.Soniahttp://storytreasury.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917729637280439180.post-84529825989796395992011-01-14T15:59:43.526-08:002011-01-14T15:59:43.526-08:00Signs? Sounds exciting.
As for a deux ex machina...Signs? Sounds exciting. <br /><br />As for a deux ex machina. Hmmm. I'm having such a brain fried moment, I can't remember. lol.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04313619484424363895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917729637280439180.post-83080919837226561352011-01-14T14:13:25.862-08:002011-01-14T14:13:25.862-08:00Sign!??! What was this sign??!! Awwww you're t...Sign!??! What was this sign??!! Awwww you're teasing us!! Whatever it was - I just know it was/is amazing!!! yay for you!!<br /><br />I've not used this plot device - well not yet!!- in my current wip!! But in real life - oh yes - gosh all the time - just when I think it couldn't get worse, there's now way out - et voila!!!! My very own deux et machina!! For me it's nothing grand or mind-blowing - just a little glitch here and then a third way opens for me -hallelujah! Am I rambling? Yes I am!! <br /><br />Take care<br />xOld Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13185547869183611159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917729637280439180.post-16911482378153255972011-01-14T14:01:07.068-08:002011-01-14T14:01:07.068-08:00I'm not sure if I have used this. I don't ...I'm not sure if I have used this. I don't think so. But things like this happens in my life all the time. I don't have a problem reading it - unless its really poorly doneMelissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12096764010151024050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917729637280439180.post-8272982996346004822011-01-14T11:21:01.930-08:002011-01-14T11:21:01.930-08:00Oh... I know that, and honestly I hate it most in ...Oh... I know that, and honestly I hate it most in movies for some reason. It's the whole "lucky/unbelievable coincidence." I have done it and I try to go back into the first chapters and write in clues, so I appear clever : )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917729637280439180.post-3218779905592874602011-01-14T11:20:06.771-08:002011-01-14T11:20:06.771-08:00I do everything I can to avoid it. I really don...I do everything I can to avoid it. I really don't like it in the stories I read, so if I'm faced with a problem in my writing I either change it so it's more solvable or cut it out altogether.Golden Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08721520451194318436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917729637280439180.post-7245610931442068102011-01-14T08:28:38.746-08:002011-01-14T08:28:38.746-08:00Yeah, I've definitely used it in one of my nov...Yeah, I've definitely used it in one of my novels. But I agree with you that it happens in real life. I've been knee-deep in a financial mess, dropping off my 20 dollars at the bank after pimping my plasma at a donation center and suddenly there was like a hundred more dollars in my bank account than should have been there. Why? <br /><br />I thought I'd received my last check from my college job (from which I'd recently been fired), but it turned out there was just a little bit extra they owed me. <br /><br />Yes, this was convenient, but it was also real. So I support deus ex machina, as long as it's not brought about by flying pigs. :) Great post, Amparo!Katrina L. Lantzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06871272394922775923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917729637280439180.post-87542892551229487402011-01-14T08:17:09.338-08:002011-01-14T08:17:09.338-08:00I do hope not, I try to avoid this at all costs, h...I do hope not, I try to avoid this at all costs, hmmm, not that my little readers would notice this so much as grown ups...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957545161716269528noreply@blogger.com