tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570782455185394721.post7279465003038993164..comments2023-04-17T10:11:30.325-04:00Comments on We Heart YA: Write what you know?We Heart YAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02418854853031344928noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570782455185394721.post-81887670605222740462011-04-25T21:01:39.600-04:002011-04-25T21:01:39.600-04:00Great post. It really is all about the passion tha...Great post. It really is all about the passion that an author has for their craft that will draw in the reader.Joellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05813055817755602200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570782455185394721.post-31924059447272706042011-04-25T15:53:15.612-04:002011-04-25T15:53:15.612-04:00Age difference here. I love the spy books of John ...Age difference here. I love the spy books of John Le Carre and Len Deighton. They tell the real dirty story of what spying might have been like in the 1950s, 60s and 70s. No fancy gadgets, fast cars and people trying to take over the world. Read the Smiley series by Le Carre and you will not be taken to another world; you will be taken to a Europe just emerging from a war where ordinary people that you could pass in the street and not notice; spy and kill and betray and defect and hunt to protect ideals that few understand and nobody cares about. Brilliant.crwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12609642011288457976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570782455185394721.post-91895545492696279232011-04-24T13:26:48.876-04:002011-04-24T13:26:48.876-04:00Sarah and Ingrid, I'm about halfway through IF...Sarah and Ingrid, I'm about halfway through IF I STAY and I love it! It had me from the first page.<br /><br />Sonja, you're right. It would be difficult to write about a surgeon when I have no idea how the medical world works, because it has to live up to the real thing. Then again, I don't have to convince anyone that doctors are real, like I would an emperor on mars. LOL.<br /><br />Natalie, Suzanne Collins's characters are <i>sooo</i> real.<br /><br />Kaye, I feel the same way. I don't know where I read the HUNGER GAMES or remember turning the pages, I just remember experiencing the story.Stephanie Mooneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01401081170867453044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570782455185394721.post-83554625916868113832011-04-24T00:07:49.928-04:002011-04-24T00:07:49.928-04:00This is tough.
When I first finished The Hunger G...This is tough.<br /><br />When I first finished <i>The Hunger Games</i> (the first book, not the trilogy) I was really blown away. I read that book all in one go, barely cognizant of the fact that I was even turning pages. Suzanne Collins' writing is really action-packed and that paired with description just felt like I was part of some mental movie playing out as fast as my hands could turn pages.<br /><br />That's the sort of feeling that really begins the process of a book being <i>amazing</i> to me. The clinch is when you close it and it's on your mind for days and days and days after. With <i>The Hunger Games</i> it was the whole topic that had me. I love dystopian novels individually as case-studies and everything about this book (and the subsequent two) raised a lot of interesting issues. It made me think not only about the story but the story's potential.<br /><br />That's how I knew I loved it.kayehttp://thepapereader.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570782455185394721.post-88269099522284483962011-04-22T12:55:58.431-04:002011-04-22T12:55:58.431-04:00I would definitely say that out of all of the book...I would definitely say that out of all of the books I’ve read in the past year The Hunger Games series has stuck with me the most. Although so much of the book is loaded with science fiction imagery, the characters and motivations are so down to earth. She captured the psychology of all of the characters, from the main characters to the more minor characters, so perfectly. When an author is capable of doing this, even if the story is set in a purely fictional world, the story really sticks with me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570782455185394721.post-54459367112145926652011-04-21T15:10:36.784-04:002011-04-21T15:10:36.784-04:00@Sonja-
I don't know if I'd call it "...@Sonja-<br />I don't know if I'd call it "more" difficult to write something real you don't know than to make up a world and really get to know it -- I think they're just different kinds of different. Apples and oranges, you know?<br /><br />LOL about the Fringe.<br /><br />Great post about how fantasy writers can MAKE new realities for themselves, and more importantly for readers. It's so true!Kristanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04771013578685419826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570782455185394721.post-86994949982851502972011-04-21T12:52:53.105-04:002011-04-21T12:52:53.105-04:00I guess I'd make the argument that fantasy aut...I guess I'd make the argument that fantasy authors (the good ones, anyway) are indeed writing what they know because they spend a lot of time getting to know their fantasy world before they write it. Problems generally arise when writers violate their own rules. (I think I notice "rule violations" more in TV than in books, though - cough FRINGE cough.)<br /><br />I'd venture to say that it's more difficult for a writer to write convincingly about something "real" that they don't "know" (like writing about a character performing surgery when the author has never been to medical school) as opposed to writing about a fantasy world created by the author who can make it up however s/he wants to do so.sonjahttp://www.seawright.info/writing/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570782455185394721.post-52640674235153149492011-04-21T00:00:09.395-04:002011-04-21T00:00:09.395-04:00IF I STAY was one of the most powerful books I'...IF I STAY was one of the most powerful books I've read in a long time. It's one of those books that makes you think about the characters and themes for days, weeks and (I'm betting) even months afterward. PEGASUS has affected me, too, but in a more subtle way. It keeps sneaking into my mind :)Ingrid Palmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364524474913363888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570782455185394721.post-19498102793020762772011-04-20T12:41:03.949-04:002011-04-20T12:41:03.949-04:00I love this post, Steph. "Believe what you&#...I love this post, Steph. "Believe what you're writing" -- some much needed advice. Especially when writers are some of the most insecure people (myself included) around.<br />The last book I read that I felt different at the end was IF I STAY, but I also feel strongly about THE SKY IS EVERYWHERE. I'm not used to reading those types of books where death is echoed on every page and it really challenges me emotionally.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11607291218714097810noreply@blogger.com