If they can't write a convincing tweet I'm not encouraged by the thought of their novels. This is it exactly. The way a writer talks about their writing is going to reflect the way they actually write. If they can't engage me in 140 characters then I doubt they can engage me over 50,000 words.
I should reread Kavalier and Clay. My memories of it are that it reminded me of a Paul Auster novel--not a bad book by any means, just leaning way more towards litfic or realistic fic with some superhero themes surrounding it.
I hate how litfic-with-genre-trappings has become a Thing, and how people are using to be even more obnoxious about genre fic. It's so sneaky, in a way. I blame Margaret Atwood a little. It can be really frustrating to pick up what looks like a cool book and get 50 pages in and realize that the time travel in it isn't really time travel, it's just a metaphor for loneliness. Or something.
Oooh, I hope you can resurrect your novel! I've just about decided upon starting to work on a new idea--I don't entirely trust myself with old ideas in NaNo.
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Date: 2011-10-22 05:07 pm (UTC)This is it exactly. The way a writer talks about their writing is going to reflect the way they actually write. If they can't engage me in 140 characters then I doubt they can engage me over 50,000 words.
I should reread Kavalier and Clay. My memories of it are that it reminded me of a Paul Auster novel--not a bad book by any means, just leaning way more towards litfic or realistic fic with some superhero themes surrounding it.
It's so sneaky, in a way. I blame Margaret Atwood a little. It can be really frustrating to pick up what looks like a cool book and get 50 pages in and realize that the time travel in it isn't really time travel, it's just a metaphor for loneliness. Or something.
Oooh, I hope you can resurrect your novel! I've just about decided upon starting to work on a new idea--I don't entirely trust myself with old ideas in NaNo.