Foreplay - CrimeSpace2024-03-28T22:03:14Zhttps://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/foreplay-1?commentId=537324%3AComment%3A167075&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noWell, your body grabbed me, M…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-11-19:537324:Comment:1670752008-11-19T01:53:36.294ZJude Hardinhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/festus
Well, your body grabbed me, Margot. :)
Well, your body grabbed me, Margot. :) He went all the way in the Gl…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-11-19:537324:Comment:1670702008-11-19T01:36:49.562ZEric Christophersonhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/datahog
He went all the way in the Glass Key. Not a single internal thought.
He went all the way in the Glass Key. Not a single internal thought. The two times I did NaNoWrimo…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-11-16:537324:Comment:1667132008-11-16T22:20:38.927ZD.R. MacMasterhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/DuncanRMacMaster
The two times I did NaNoWrimo and doing a chapter a day, I ended every chapter with some form of a cliffhanger because I honestly didn't know what I was going to do the next day. :O
The two times I did NaNoWrimo and doing a chapter a day, I ended every chapter with some form of a cliffhanger because I honestly didn't know what I was going to do the next day. :O Good one!tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-11-16:537324:Comment:1666922008-11-16T20:09:21.793ZJude Hardinhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/festus
Good one!
Good one! The Maltese Falcon is written…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-11-16:537324:Comment:1666722008-11-16T19:03:04.915ZDana Kinghttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/DanaKing
The Maltese Falcon is written much like this, in what I was taught is called "camera eye POV." Dialog, action, and description. Nothing in anyone's head, no individual perceptions, very much like watching a movie. It takes someone with a lot of skill to keep that compelling for a couple of hundred pages, but it's very effective when done well.<br />
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Hammett, needless to say, pulls it off effortlessly.
The Maltese Falcon is written much like this, in what I was taught is called "camera eye POV." Dialog, action, and description. Nothing in anyone's head, no individual perceptions, very much like watching a movie. It takes someone with a lot of skill to keep that compelling for a couple of hundred pages, but it's very effective when done well.<br />
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Hammett, needless to say, pulls it off effortlessly. Hey Jude,
Sorry, couldn't res…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-11-16:537324:Comment:1666562008-11-16T15:36:23.417ZMargot Justeshttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/MJustes
Hey Jude,<br />
Sorry, couldn't resist. So far you're the only who picked up on the double entendre. Let's see if my body grabbed any readers.<br />
All the best,<br />
Margot
Hey Jude,<br />
Sorry, couldn't resist. So far you're the only who picked up on the double entendre. Let's see if my body grabbed any readers.<br />
All the best,<br />
Margot Actually, I prefer identifyin…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-11-16:537324:Comment:1666542008-11-16T15:16:58.819ZI. J. Parkerhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
Actually, I prefer identifying to eaves-dropping. Wasn't it Hemingway who was supposedly the first to record a scene as if by camera and sound equipment? Very much like TV journalism.<br />
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Identifying brings the action closer to the observer, makes it part of his own experience.
Actually, I prefer identifying to eaves-dropping. Wasn't it Hemingway who was supposedly the first to record a scene as if by camera and sound equipment? Very much like TV journalism.<br />
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Identifying brings the action closer to the observer, makes it part of his own experience. LOL! I'm beginning to enjoy a…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-11-16:537324:Comment:1666522008-11-16T15:11:03.366ZI. J. Parkerhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
LOL! I'm beginning to enjoy all this dirty talk. And oh, how it improves the other postings. The power of imagery!
LOL! I'm beginning to enjoy all this dirty talk. And oh, how it improves the other postings. The power of imagery! Hah! Very good. Strange, how…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-11-16:537324:Comment:1666502008-11-16T15:10:13.293ZI. J. Parkerhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
Hah! Very good. Strange, how both of you seem to have the same subject on your minds. On two separate threads.
Hah! Very good. Strange, how both of you seem to have the same subject on your minds. On two separate threads. It's funny, I just read The F…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-11-16:537324:Comment:1666292008-11-16T04:32:54.201ZJohn McFetridgehttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JohnMcF
It's funny, I just read <i>The Friends of Eddie Coyle</i> and while all the characters are "interesting," it would be a stretch to say that you could care about any of them - it's kind of like watching a car accident in slow motion and you know from the beginning it's not going to end well for many - or any - of them. And it's a fantastic book.<br />
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It's a style of writing I really like. It's eavesdropping, listening to the characters tell each other the story, there's no attempt to have you care…
It's funny, I just read <i>The Friends of Eddie Coyle</i> and while all the characters are "interesting," it would be a stretch to say that you could care about any of them - it's kind of like watching a car accident in slow motion and you know from the beginning it's not going to end well for many - or any - of them. And it's a fantastic book.<br />
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It's a style of writing I really like. It's eavesdropping, listening to the characters tell each other the story, there's no attempt to have you care about the characters, no manipulating your emotions. There's no narrator's voice at all and no inner thoughts of the characters, just dialogue and a small amount of description.<br />
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In some ways the whole book is foreplay, there's almost no action the way we're used to - fistfights, arguments, shooting, car chases - none of that. It's all tension.<br />
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I'd like to read more books like it.