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Louise
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I've been through many a Stephen King stage. I adore his horror type novels but my favourite one of his is a fantasy he co-wrote with Peter straub called the Talisman. I'm also rather fond of his more serious stuff written in the Different Seasons novellas which contain his best movie crossovers -Rita_Hayworth_and_Shawshank_Redemption (Shawkshank Redemption) ,The Body (Stand by Me), Apt Pupil(Movie of the same name) and The Breathing method(which isn't a film). So even though he is known for his horror stories and is tyepcast he is able to do a more serious type of novel.
If you become popular for a particular writing genre people will probably buy your books/read your work based on that. I think as a writer one should try write in many genres as a learning thing. When you feel you can competently write in as many genres as possible then you can choose whichever one you fuels your passion. I suspect if Stephen King wrote a romance novel a lot of people would read it because they know he is a good writer even if it isn't their favourite genre.
If you become popular for a particular writing genre people will probably buy your books/read your work based on that. I think as a writer one should try write in many genres as a learning thing. When you feel you can competently write in as many genres as possible then you can choose whichever one you fuels your passion. I suspect if Stephen King wrote a romance novel a lot of people would read it because they know he is a good writer even if it isn't their favourite genre.
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I wonder whether, despite their success, well established authors still feel insecurities about their talent and if this has anything to do with the decision to use a pen name for a genre outside their comfort zone?
And I would really love to read a romance novel by Stephen King. If only he'd write one!
Wasn't Misery a romance novel???
yeah totally (giggles)
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I remember once Chuck, I was reading a 'Kay Scarpetta' novel and I was pulled into this world of a serial killer. I was reading this one particularly gory,nail biting scene and was so engrossed that I never realised my boyfriend was in the room. He grabbed my shoulder to get my attention and I started screaming and the book went flying(grins)...
See to me that's what I love about books, is they way like Louise can really make me laugh out loud as if she was telling me what happened sittingright next to me.
(giggles)..my boyfriend thought it was hilarious too. For ages everytime he walked into each room he did a pretend shriek and hand wave. Such a comedian
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Who are they? - My lead character Lucy in my new series
She's based loosely on me but as soon as I gave her the characteristics she started writing herself. I want her to be flawed. In fact her fractaciousness is the reason I adore her. I also wanted to do an anti-detective novel. I don't want her to know how to do it. Her floundering is making her grow as a person and providing me with endless entertainment. I can't stop writing. I'm obsessed with it. The words are pouring out. I sat up until 2am last night because I was pondering what would happen to her next.I've never had this happen to me before. In fact I'm a lazy writer , I'll write a bit then not write anything for weeks or months.
What about you Ashleigh? You haven't posted your answer to this.
She's based loosely on me but as soon as I gave her the characteristics she started writing herself. I want her to be flawed. In fact her fractaciousness is the reason I adore her. I also wanted to do an anti-detective novel. I don't want her to know how to do it. Her floundering is making her grow as a person and providing me with endless entertainment. I can't stop writing. I'm obsessed with it. The words are pouring out. I sat up until 2am last night because I was pondering what would happen to her next.I've never had this happen to me before. In fact I'm a lazy writer , I'll write a bit then not write anything for weeks or months.
What about you Ashleigh? You haven't posted your answer to this.
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I remember once Chuck, I was reading a 'Kay Scarpetta' novel and I was pulled into this world of a serial killer. I was reading this one particularly gory,nail biting scene and was so engrossed that I never realised my boyfriend was in the room. He grabbed my shoulder to get my attention and I started screaming and the book went flying(grins)...
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Everything...My mom used to read to me when I was unable to. And since I learnt to read, I've had my nose in a book. The world inside those books took me to places. I like the smell of books. I love that excited feeling of getting a new book from a great author delivered to me. I love characters and good dialogue. I love falling in love with characters, rooting for them when they go through something life changing,watching them evolve,going through their heartache and emphasising with them. I love how my vocabulary has expanded because of reading.
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My first published 'normal' prose type story- I was very nervous. I guess I was a bit scared that people wouldn't like my 'voice' as a writer. but life is too short to let being scared of something put you off it. The poetry I used to to be petrified of posting because each poem is extremely personal to me. They come from an emotional place.
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I do my story planning in my head on the train commute into/from work. When I'm at work I open up a word doc and type a few lines here and there when I have some quiet time. I'd love to work at home but by the time I get home after a long day at work and cook and do some light cleaning I just want to veg...Weekends are full of social,cleaning and other things so I don't normally write then unless I'm grabbed by the urge to do it.
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It's like books...If I love a particular author I'm going to buy and read all his/her books in a series.The same can be said of a series in a story site. I prefer chapters to long stories because I have so many other things to do with my time. It's nice to watch something develop - be it the characters or the story line. It is much easier to see the character development in a long story broken into chapters that a long story. I've sat down and started reading longer stories and felt myself drift off and disengage. Obviously if the author is a really good one they'll keep you hooked from start to finish.