Comments on: Story Telling vs. Writing http://robbmiller.wordpress.com/2006/05/25/story-telling-vs-writing/ The Ubiquitous Tangents of Robb's Conjecture Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:56:57 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Robb http://robbmiller.wordpress.com/2006/05/25/story-telling-vs-writing/#comment-6 Robb Tue, 30 May 2006 23:53:23 +0000 https://robbmiller.wordpress.com/2006/05/25/story-telling-vs-writing/#comment-6 Josh, wouldn't you agree that the crazier a premise is the more readers will thirst for more detail and information? I would say J.K. Rowling seems to get away with this. I started reading a few books on the subject of writing the first novel. It seems as though my mind starts bursting with ideas as I read through them, which leaves me scrampling for paper and a pen, note to mention keeps me from finishing the books. I plan to keep reading these books and possibly finish them before I have surgery this year. I then plan to reread the books after surgery, considering I will have about 4 weeks and possibly more before I can go back to work. It would be nice to have a solid start by then. I would say that I have some kind of start already. With six ideas on paper with nearly 50 pages of random thoughts makes for something. To me, it will not matter if anyone ever reads a book I may write, only that I have written it and can see it on my bookshelf. Josh, wouldn’t you agree that the crazier a premise is the more readers will thirst for more detail and information? I would say J.K. Rowling seems to get away with this. I started reading a few books on the subject of writing the first novel. It seems as though my mind starts bursting with ideas as I read through them, which leaves me scrampling for paper and a pen, note to mention keeps me from finishing the books. I plan to keep reading these books and possibly finish them before I have surgery this year. I then plan to reread the books after surgery, considering I will have about 4 weeks and possibly more before I can go back to work. It would be nice to have a solid start by then. I would say that I have some kind of start already. With six ideas on paper with nearly 50 pages of random thoughts makes for something.

To me, it will not matter if anyone ever reads a book I may write, only that I have written it and can see it on my bookshelf.

]]> By: JL! http://robbmiller.wordpress.com/2006/05/25/story-telling-vs-writing/#comment-5 JL! Tue, 30 May 2006 03:08:23 +0000 https://robbmiller.wordpress.com/2006/05/25/story-telling-vs-writing/#comment-5 Go for it, Robb! Creating <em>anything</em> is better than creating nothing. There are very, very few exceptions to that rule. Personally, I think there are a few simple keys to good writing (although I'm no professional, and some really great authors break these rules). The first rule I use: write as little as possible. Only write things that either give useful, vivid color to the world you're creating or further the plot. Let the action move quickly and don't bore people. The other rule is this: the crazier the premise, the easier it is to write a great book. If your world feels normal and your characters feel normal, the book will be really boring. That's just my taste in writing though. This is what the Harry Potter series has going for it. It's a crazy premise based on a total lack of reality. Go for it, Robb! Creating anything is better than creating nothing. There are very, very few exceptions to that rule.

Personally, I think there are a few simple keys to good writing (although I’m no professional, and some really great authors break these rules). The first rule I use: write as little as possible. Only write things that either give useful, vivid color to the world you’re creating or further the plot. Let the action move quickly and don’t bore people.

The other rule is this: the crazier the premise, the easier it is to write a great book. If your world feels normal and your characters feel normal, the book will be really boring. That’s just my taste in writing though. This is what the Harry Potter series has going for it. It’s a crazy premise based on a total lack of reality.

]]>