tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076175537580915086.post2321002178034974944..comments2023-05-05T21:35:56.448+10:00Comments on Joel's Blog #1: Book review: The Beautiful and Damnedjbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588733228882602884noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076175537580915086.post-39968477033272006662011-04-01T15:18:08.802+11:002011-04-01T15:18:08.802+11:00Heh, please write the psychic powers one ;) If Ste...Heh, please write the psychic powers one ;) If Stephanie Meyer can do it...Charmainenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076175537580915086.post-29710861009287647622011-03-25T13:19:05.255+11:002011-03-25T13:19:05.255+11:00I like your way of thinking, Char. I wish I were a...I like your way of thinking, Char. I wish I were as good at actually making these as I am at enjoying them...<br /><br />The last idea for a book I had involved taking a minor plot point from a Dickens novel, setting it up in three or four different groups of people and then rotating between each of them to see how the same starting point affected all of them in different ways. Each storyline would also be told in a different narrative style/voice. It all got very post-modern meta-narrative very quickly, in my head.<br /><br />I think if literary fame & fortune is my aim, a series about a single-mother detective with psychic powers and a grim backstory is probably my best bet...jbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08588733228882602884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076175537580915086.post-30371417558814732642011-03-24T16:47:02.676+11:002011-03-24T16:47:02.676+11:00Hmmm...why don't you try connecting a few well...Hmmm...why don't you try connecting a few well-turned phrases or sentences, paragraphs, passages, lengthy sections or chapters? You may well find that the result is a best-selling novel. Or, if not best-selling, at least award-winning...which almost as good, just not quite as profitable;)Charmainenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076175537580915086.post-63403889620070696872011-03-20T17:23:41.959+11:002011-03-20T17:23:41.959+11:00Thanks for reading, Char!
There's a part of m...Thanks for reading, Char!<br /><br />There's a part of me that is increasingly interested in the smallest parts of writing. I love well-turned phrases or sentences, enjoy paragraphs or passages, quite like a lengthy section or chapter, and am concerned about the overall story least of all.<br /><br />Of course, this is yet another reason why I will never write a best-selling novel...jbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08588733228882602884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076175537580915086.post-2623297416057862702011-03-16T11:49:46.988+11:002011-03-16T11:49:46.988+11:00I love the 'short-speech conversations' li...I love the 'short-speech conversations' line. Good sentences are fun to collect, even when they don't necessarily have a lot to do with the novel as a whole.Charmainenoreply@blogger.com