Are There Any Lines You Won't Cross? - CrimeSpace2024-03-29T06:07:16Zhttps://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/are-there-any-lines-you-won-t-cross?commentId=537324%3AComment%3A345888&feed=yes&xn_auth=noNo I don't think there's noth…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-06-20:537324:Comment:3465022012-06-20T03:21:59.771ZStacyhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/StacyDeanne
<p>No I don't think there's nothing I wouldn't cross. I'm a writer. I'm creative. If something gets in my head and I wanna write that story, I'll write it. It has nothing to do with my personal feelings or my beliefs.</p>
<p><br></br>I think if we restrict ourselves to what's not taboo then we are stifling our creativity. Some of the best books in the world crossed lines that people felt were taboo or shouldn't have been crossed but the fact is that we're writers. We write stories. I don't feel…</p>
<p>No I don't think there's nothing I wouldn't cross. I'm a writer. I'm creative. If something gets in my head and I wanna write that story, I'll write it. It has nothing to do with my personal feelings or my beliefs.</p>
<p><br/>I think if we restrict ourselves to what's not taboo then we are stifling our creativity. Some of the best books in the world crossed lines that people felt were taboo or shouldn't have been crossed but the fact is that we're writers. We write stories. I don't feel like in fiction, there should be something we feel we shouldn't write.</p>
<p><br/>Perfect example, Lolita.</p>
<p><br/>That's just my opinion. I respect if others have lines personally but if I wanna write something, I'll write it.</p>
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<p>It doesn't matter what you write these days. Someone will always have something to say or find something offensive about it.</p>
<p><br/>I'd rather a writer write from the heart and cross lines if that's the best for the story then to stifle themselves.</p>
<p>I have the guts to stand behind anything I write. I think if anyone is published or plans to be they need to have a thick skin and not worry about if someone will find the book offensive or not. If a reader can't realize that novelists write and make up stuff even if it's offensive then that's their problem.</p>
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<p>If I get to where I gotta worry about what I write then I will stop writing. I will never ditch my creativity or ideas just because it might not be comfortable for someone to read. They don't have to read anything if they don't want to.</p>
<p><br/><br/>Best Wishes!</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.stacy-deanne.net" target="_blank">http://www.stacy-deanne.net</a></p> Depends on who you ask. I can…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-06-16:537324:Comment:3460862012-06-16T07:08:01.697ZminervaKhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/minervakoenig
<p>Depends on who you ask. I can go on for days about gender stereotypes and sexism in crime fiction, but I stopped talking about it out loud when peoples' eyes started to roll back in their heads as soon as I opened my mouth...</p>
<p>Depends on who you ask. I can go on for days about gender stereotypes and sexism in crime fiction, but I stopped talking about it out loud when peoples' eyes started to roll back in their heads as soon as I opened my mouth...</p> I had a hunch Grow House wasn…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-06-16:537324:Comment:3460822012-06-16T04:58:13.383ZBenjamin Sobieckhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/BenjaminSobieck
<p>I had a hunch Grow House wasn't complete fiction.</p>
<p>I had a hunch Grow House wasn't complete fiction.</p> That would make writing certa…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-06-16:537324:Comment:3461922012-06-16T04:55:53.004ZBenjamin Sobieckhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/BenjaminSobieck
<p>That would make writing certain "blue" scenes...ah...a bit awkward to say the least.</p>
<p>That would make writing certain "blue" scenes...ah...a bit awkward to say the least.</p> Hey, I hear you with that. lo…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-06-15:537324:Comment:3458882012-06-15T20:11:00.489ZJonathan Francescohttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JonathanFrancesco
<p>Hey, I hear you with that. lol Not that I believe in cosmic revenge or anything, but I don't think I'd ever be able to off any character based off of somebody I know. (Although I never really based a character off of anybody I actually knew either. lol)</p>
<p>Hey, I hear you with that. lol Not that I believe in cosmic revenge or anything, but I don't think I'd ever be able to off any character based off of somebody I know. (Although I never really based a character off of anybody I actually knew either. lol)</p> My detective's daughter is cl…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-06-15:537324:Comment:3458852012-06-15T20:08:27.186ZDana Kinghttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/DanaKing
<p>My detective's daughter is closely inspired by my own daughter; the scenes between them are often taken from thins we've done, or are close reproductions. No matter what else i might do in those stories, nothing bad is going to happen to that kid. I'm not considered to be a superstitious man, but I don't mess with karma.</p>
<p>My detective's daughter is closely inspired by my own daughter; the scenes between them are often taken from thins we've done, or are close reproductions. No matter what else i might do in those stories, nothing bad is going to happen to that kid. I'm not considered to be a superstitious man, but I don't mess with karma.</p> I don't touch oysters, but I…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-06-15:537324:Comment:3458832012-06-15T17:50:12.320ZI. J. Parkerhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
<p>I don't touch oysters, but I live on the Lynnhaven Bay, and Lynnhaven oysters used to be the best in the world. The queen of England ordered them from here. They are making a comeback, I think, but frankly I don't care. This is a city, and we don't need wetlands restrictions to promote oyster farming.</p>
<p>I don't touch oysters, but I live on the Lynnhaven Bay, and Lynnhaven oysters used to be the best in the world. The queen of England ordered them from here. They are making a comeback, I think, but frankly I don't care. This is a city, and we don't need wetlands restrictions to promote oyster farming.</p> I had dead children in my fir…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-06-15:537324:Comment:3459762012-06-15T17:27:23.685ZJon Loomishttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JonLoomis
<p>I had dead children in my first novel, and there are dead animals in the new one. I've done both straight and lesbian sex scenes, and some others that were a little...different (one reader called them "uncomfortable"--heh). I've also included a bit of of political content (mostly jokes), which has generated a couple of hostile comments on my blog from conservative readers, and is likely to generate more. My characters swear a lot. They also drink and fuck, and some of them do drugs--and…</p>
<p>I had dead children in my first novel, and there are dead animals in the new one. I've done both straight and lesbian sex scenes, and some others that were a little...different (one reader called them "uncomfortable"--heh). I've also included a bit of of political content (mostly jokes), which has generated a couple of hostile comments on my blog from conservative readers, and is likely to generate more. My characters swear a lot. They also drink and fuck, and some of them do drugs--and I consider that a <em>good</em> thing. There are some things I wouldn't do in the narrative, but only because they'd be out of character for my protagonist. On the whole, the one thing I hope I never do is take myself or the genre too seriously. I'm not trying to solve the world's problems, I'm not trying to teach anybody anything (except maybe that the best oysters in the world come from Welfleet harbor--but who doesn't already know that?)--I'm just trying to entertain. If I ever go all didactic morality play, I have no doubt that my editor will abruptly put me out to pasture where I belong. </p> Yes, crime and guilt can be c…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-06-15:537324:Comment:3459722012-06-15T15:16:06.339ZJohn McFetridgehttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JohnMcF
Yes, crime and guilt can be complex. I mostly write about professional criminals - I know a few people in the marijuana business and they're very frustrated that they have to be involved with organized crime. They often see themselves as today's version of brewers and distillers during prohibition and feel that once their product is also fully legalized they won't be criminals anymore. So they don't feel guilty about what they're doing, just what they feel forced to do because of what they see…
Yes, crime and guilt can be complex. I mostly write about professional criminals - I know a few people in the marijuana business and they're very frustrated that they have to be involved with organized crime. They often see themselves as today's version of brewers and distillers during prohibition and feel that once their product is also fully legalized they won't be criminals anymore. So they don't feel guilty about what they're doing, just what they feel forced to do because of what they see as a temporary ban on the product. I do sex scenes, not at lengt…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-06-15:537324:Comment:3460732012-06-15T14:24:17.350ZI. J. Parkerhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
<p>I do sex scenes, not at length, but short ones are fun.</p>
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<p>I draw the line absolutely at making a villain a sympathetic character or the protagonist. </p>
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<p>That doesn't mean that I haven't had murderers who started out as decent people and ended up taking the wrong turn somewhere. But justice for the victims is always more important than humanizing a murderer.</p>
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<p>Crime and guilt can be complex. Lately I've focused more and more often on shared guilt, as…</p>
<p>I do sex scenes, not at length, but short ones are fun.</p>
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<p>I draw the line absolutely at making a villain a sympathetic character or the protagonist. </p>
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<p>That doesn't mean that I haven't had murderers who started out as decent people and ended up taking the wrong turn somewhere. But justice for the victims is always more important than humanizing a murderer.</p>
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<p>Crime and guilt can be complex. Lately I've focused more and more often on shared guilt, as in a recent short story ("Confessions") where 3 men bear responsibility for the death of a young woman, though only one of them committed the murder.</p>
<p>Currently, I'm working on a father's involvement in his own daughter's murder, even though she was his favorite. Murder shouldn't be simple in a novel (though it usually is real life) </p>