looking for a specific style - CrimeSpace2024-03-28T15:53:44Zhttp://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/looking-for-a-specific-style?commentId=537324%3AComment%3A230050&feed=yes&xn_auth=noLOL!tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-03-17:537324:Comment:2300802010-03-17T17:48:03.746ZI. J. Parkerhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
LOL!
LOL! By the way, re style: "Simpli…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-03-17:537324:Comment:2300502010-03-17T13:33:34.297Zdoug andersonhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/douganderson
By the way, re style: "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." Leonardo da Vinci. I guess that says it better than I did by a long shot.
By the way, re style: "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." Leonardo da Vinci. I guess that says it better than I did by a long shot. I must have been asleep when…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-03-17:537324:Comment:2300492010-03-17T13:31:06.165Zdoug andersonhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/douganderson
I must have been asleep when I wrote this. Please ignore my remarks about present tense. The part about voice I believe to be true.
I must have been asleep when I wrote this. Please ignore my remarks about present tense. The part about voice I believe to be true. Have you read Janet Evanovitc…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-03-17:537324:Comment:2300332010-03-17T06:17:47.385ZJessicahttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Jessica
Have you read Janet Evanovitch's Stephanie Plum series? They pissed me off for the most part because the protag was such a dumb, stupid, idiotic, moronic, submissive, know-it-all, know-nothing, whinger, whiner, "the world is against me" type of woman - but they might work for your purposes...
Have you read Janet Evanovitch's Stephanie Plum series? They pissed me off for the most part because the protag was such a dumb, stupid, idiotic, moronic, submissive, know-it-all, know-nothing, whinger, whiner, "the world is against me" type of woman - but they might work for your purposes... It seems to me that "voice" i…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-03-14:537324:Comment:2299062010-03-14T16:21:14.320Zdoug andersonhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/douganderson
It seems to me that "voice" is a better word that style. Style, to me, is something that is observed from outside the text by readers and critics. Voice is when the writer is relaxed, unpretentious and using language that is native and natural to him/her. Elmore Leonard is a genius with human speech. He has grasped the poetry of it and has a terrific ear. He succeeds where James Patterson fails time after time.<br />
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Re first person: I think it should be used sparingly. It can change the pace of a…
It seems to me that "voice" is a better word that style. Style, to me, is something that is observed from outside the text by readers and critics. Voice is when the writer is relaxed, unpretentious and using language that is native and natural to him/her. Elmore Leonard is a genius with human speech. He has grasped the poetry of it and has a terrific ear. He succeeds where James Patterson fails time after time.<br />
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Re first person: I think it should be used sparingly. It can change the pace of a book, illumine the past by making it present, and make the reader breath faster. However, books written entirely in the present tense annoy me sooner or later. This is just a personal opinion.<br />
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Summary: style is something the writer shouldn't think about. It implies an overall control of a piece that can become self conscious. Voice is the opposite: the writer should allow herself to "lose control" in order to get at nuance and unconscious material. If the writer is true to character and place, style will take care of itself.<br />
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I see this time after time with students. And you can read BIG MONEY fo…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-02-24:537324:Comment:2280492010-02-24T05:26:51.190ZJack Getzehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JGetze
And you can read BIG MONEY for free on my character's <a href="http://austincarrscrimediary.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">website</a>. I blogged a new chapter every Friday two years ago.
And you can read BIG MONEY for free on my character's <a href="http://austincarrscrimediary.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">website</a>. I blogged a new chapter every Friday two years ago. I try to write as if I'm talk…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-02-24:537324:Comment:2280482010-02-24T05:24:15.402ZJack Getzehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JGetze
I try to write as if I'm talking to a friend.
I try to write as if I'm talking to a friend. Yeah, that's what I'm talking…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-02-21:537324:Comment:2278552010-02-21T22:43:42.205ZminervaKhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/minervakoenig
Yeah, that's what I'm talking about! What do you call that style of writing? Does it have a name?<br />
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My local liberry doesn't have any of your books, so it looks like I'll be buying and donating at least one. Thanks!
Yeah, that's what I'm talking about! What do you call that style of writing? Does it have a name?<br />
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My local liberry doesn't have any of your books, so it looks like I'll be buying and donating at least one. Thanks! I write first person, present…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-02-20:537324:Comment:2277452010-02-20T18:30:12.537ZJack Getzehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JGetze
I write first person, present tense, perhaps in the manner you describe. Here's a <a href="http://bigmoneythenovel.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">quick look.</a>
I write first person, present tense, perhaps in the manner you describe. Here's a <a href="http://bigmoneythenovel.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">quick look.</a> Not a crime writer, but Jim B…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-02-20:537324:Comment:2276912010-02-20T01:15:27.328ZSuzannehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/dmbdenmother
Not a crime writer, but Jim Butcher uses the first person in his series of books about a wizard for hire, Harry Dresden.
Not a crime writer, but Jim Butcher uses the first person in his series of books about a wizard for hire, Harry Dresden.