I don't write drafts. I'm a horrendous perfectionist - a sentence or paragraph has to be perfect before I'll move on. This is not so good for my writing process, and I definitely need to work on it.
Just keep walking, preacher-man.
River ,'Jaynestown'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
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Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jan 20, 2011 9:05:30 am PST #3892 of 6690
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Connie Neil - Jan 20, 2011 9:46:27 am PST #3893 of 6690
brillig
Roger Zelazny is as a god and I adore nearly everything he ever wrote. But you have to like flights of poetic language that aren't very linear at times.
Laga - Jan 20, 2011 9:48:00 am PST #3894 of 6690
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Zelazny did get away from me a few times but I love Doorways in the Sand.
Connie Neil - Jan 20, 2011 10:04:15 am PST #3895 of 6690
brillig
I have three copies of the entire Amber series--both of them--finally getting hold of the Great Book of Amber so I don't have to go "Where the hell is Vol. 4!" ever again.
Typo Boy - Jan 20, 2011 11:02:21 am PST #3896 of 6690
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Unfortunately my Great Book of Amber fell apart from reading too many times.
SailAweigh - Jan 20, 2011 11:52:14 am PST #3897 of 6690
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
As much as I love the Amber series, This Immortal will always hold the place of honor in my heart. Although, I ♥ all his stories.
Typo Boy - Jan 20, 2011 2:44:31 pm PST #3898 of 6690
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
My favorite Zelazny is Lord of Light. But thick trade sized paper backs apparently wear out faster than slim whatever you call the size they sell in supermarkets.
Connie Neil - Jan 20, 2011 3:42:30 pm PST #3899 of 6690
brillig
Lord of Light rocks. Madwand is very good, and Road Signs. Zelazny had such a cool, twisted brain.
Liese S. - Jan 21, 2011 6:28:52 pm PST #3900 of 6690
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Ok, so Barb, I reread Dorian. And this is a fairly significant departure from what you`ve been talking about. But if you wanted to do a genderswitch, the modern day corrolary I see is a statement on eating disorder. The way the mirror lies with its version of you, and how your own beauty and character can suffer for its grasp. Not a morality tale; you`d have to be super careful about how you handled it, but it could be done with or without supernatural at all.
Barb - Jan 22, 2011 5:48:35 am PST #3901 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
Liese, that's actually a fascinating take and if I was going to take this YA, I think I'd seriously consider it. But I think I'm really leaning towards making it adult, making it a bit gothic (Southern, no less, with setting it in New Orleans) and giving it a touch of paranormal with the great psychological underpinnings that the story lends itself to.
I have no idea if I have the chops to pull this off, but we'll see.