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Dark Enmity

Dark Enmity

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Closely around mid-June I wrote my grade 10 English Provinicial. Ironically, all the stories we were required to analyze all circled around the subject of writing (Except for the short story about a super computer that could feel love for which I had no idea about its coherency with the exam). There was also a poem, about a teacher who felt guilt in marking, because he was not only marking their stories, he was marking them. I particularly enjoyed the final line: "I cannot assign grades to their eyes." That will stick with my for a very long time, and I might try to remember it if I ever comment on a story.
I'm off topic, and I apologize. What I want to talk about is the essay on this test. It was written by a modern day author of whose name I will never be able to recall, but his work was called, "How to write fiction", again ironic, because he goes on to explain that you cannot teach fiction but explained the elements in writing it.
He went into several details such as plot and characters, eventually ending saying that 90% of good writing is perserverance and practice, of which I firmally agree with (Piano has shown me how little talent can take you; it takes determination to finally soar). Anyways, he explained what a story is. "It is not a series of events, but the people in the stories, that events happen to."
This is why I believe in emotional connection. I don't believe there is such thing as were the author is trying to "pull the wool over your eyes". I can't imagine an author with those kinds of views. An author wishes to entertain, in whatever stylistic form he or she knows how.
J.K. Rowling has billions of fans because she knows how to stylistically write stories that captivate her audience, like Tolkien, or the Chronicles of Narnia, or whatever. And you can say that the style is orginal, but the story is not, but I can't believe that either. She knows how to write a something were each element she includes is important until the very end.

15-Jul-2010 05:34:09

Dark Enmity

Dark Enmity

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I don't think either of us can be certain of the future, and whose works will be regarded as the pinnacle of stories. And it's for this reason our debate might even seem futile, because we can argue until the cows come home, and we still can't put the peg on what will become of what. But I do like the fun we have anyways. ;)
Moving on to your selection of stories, I spot many that I personally enjoy. I will not go into classics, because many of them will probably be wrong or similar to your choices. What I find interesting is how you love Agatha Christie's Novel, and Then There Were None. I was a little surprised, seeing as how you put so much emphasis on description, yet I assoiciated that novel to more stylistically masterful of the dialogue.
Personally I love Sir Arthur Doyle, Dan Brown (Which I do think his Da Vinci Code might be dissected in future generations) and the authors of the myst trilogy (Which I don't believe will be anything special but has been one of the only books to intrigue me without real intense action, which literally surprised me when I finished reading it). As a child I enjoyed Lemony Snicket, and although you would regard his works as "cheap parlor tricks", and I would not argue with that, he definately does use techniques I have found odd and slightly bemusing, I just enjoy the world he puts me in, and the morale of his story as a whole. Oh, and I enjoy Alice in Wonderland, though I think Through the looking glass is much more strange and bizarre to read.
I hope to hear your rebuttal. I do enjoy reading them. :)

15-Jul-2010 05:34:14 - Last edited on 15-Jul-2010 06:02:36 by Dark Enmity

Looksavebee

Looksavebee

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For reference for the brackets: page 1 post 2 last paragraph - complaining about the system (intermittently accompanied by a row, as two people vied for the same spot) -
Chapter three was the obtrusive chapter, so it's been filed away from the memories =D
Chapter two second paragraph was my favourite part of the worship. The amount of zeal she goes about it is creepy. The sentence "he continually castigated his wife of her almost frenzied worships" is just mind-blowingly creepy. Having one person forget almost everything besides that worshiping? Creepy.
And I must admit, I did find the last chapter almost unnecessary. Obtrusive is a good way of explaining it.

15-Jul-2010 07:37:09

Dark Enmity

Dark Enmity

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Lamentar, both brackets and dashes have their own individual use. Brackets signify additional information that isn't so much as required but provides some background knowledge helpful in understanding the scene better. A dash is used to interrupt narration. It can usually be determined by personal preference.

15-Jul-2010 08:06:01

Looksavebee

Looksavebee

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Heya Dark.
I've heard something along those lines. I've just found that using brackets kills a sentence for me D= I completely understand personal preference, but still I bought it to his attention. *Shrugs* I read too much like a writer and I write too much like a reader. Silly, silly me.

15-Jul-2010 08:52:14

Yrolg

Yrolg

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Dark Enmity,
Thanks for your response. Unfortunately, the gods of technology have seen it necessary to delay my response. I have been unable to post it hence and I leave on a fourteen day vacation tonight. I have one story that I simply feel I must respond to before I leave, so unfortunately our correspondence must meet some form of breakage. I hope to respond sometime in mid-August. :)

27-Jul-2010 18:12:58

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