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Month: February 2013

February 13, 2013 Eileen Slovak

Does your story have a pulse?

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    February 13, 2013

    Nice one, Eileen! It is, indeed, a VERY interesting question. I also ponder on it as a reader, wondering what chemistry it is that makes some books so readable and others quite the opposite. Often, it can be pretty obvious – poorly written, crappy plot. wooden characters vs brilliant prose, gripping plot, well-formed characters. But often it’s not easy to work out what makes the difference. Aram recently gave me a book called “Shipkiller” which ticked lots of boxes for me. Even so, I’m finding it hard going. Maybe the plot is a bit hard to swallow and the writing inclined to sloppiness (this is an NY Times best-selling author). Maybe it’s just the combination of slightly unsatisfactory things which puts me off. Hard to tell. I started reading a Cormac McCarthy novel recently. He’s one of the “greats” of American Fiction. His writing style is unique and pretty stunning, but I couldn’t finish it, because it was so BLEAK. I need my reading to be at least a tad uplifting!

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