Forum: Writers


Subject: Library submissions

Crescent opened this issue on Jan 12, 2003 ยท 8 posts


Ironbear posted Thu, 16 January 2003 at 6:46 AM

Hrmmm... the library is pretty cool. Nicely done. Under tips and tricks, especially characterization... one place I manage to get a lot of useful tricks is from reading authors forwards to novels by writers I either enjoy, or whom I think have an especially fine grasp of the craft. Zelazny, Niven, and a few others are [were in Zelazny's case, sadly] especially good about burying neat tidbits of how they achieve a "feel", a situation, or a realize story concept in their book and short story forwards. A list with a bibliography of places to look for that type of stuff might be handy... possibly with a few quotes scattered through it.

"I am a good person now and it feels... well, pretty much the same as I felt before (except that the headaches have gone away now that I'm not wearing control top pantyhose on my head anymore)"