tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3744476144670229998.post7141569124808458048..comments2024-02-06T12:33:57.316+00:00Comments on Stuart Aken: How Does A Writer Move You?stuartaken.nethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695584662320617659noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3744476144670229998.post-38758392599972740292012-01-27T08:30:47.207+00:002012-01-27T08:30:47.207+00:00I suspect that peanut guy was in a thriller, Dave....I suspect that peanut guy was in a thriller, Dave. There's no doubt that a life characterised by deep experience will help a writer give depth to his work. Good luck with your writing.stuartaken.nethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05695584662320617659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3744476144670229998.post-68985662183248733392012-01-26T22:36:08.860+00:002012-01-26T22:36:08.860+00:00I've always believed that real emotions develo...I've always believed that real emotions developed through real life is the best formula for depth. Characters we recognize, events we can visualize, common human threads: all of these lead to a great expression of humanity.<br /><br />Having just finished a novel where the main character has the emotional depth of a peanut, and the ethics of a supernova, I can truly relate to what you are saying Stuart.<br /><br />I hope readers of my novels and stories will find exactly what you describe here. I work hard to see that they do!<br /><br />Wonderful post.Dave Cleinmanhttp://www.davidcleinman.com/writingsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3744476144670229998.post-17891217578966893102012-01-26T20:42:35.676+00:002012-01-26T20:42:35.676+00:00Thanks, Avril. I'm wondering if the only solut...Thanks, Avril. I'm wondering if the only solution is to write something superficial to get a following and then introduce those readers to the better fiction? I don't know, but it's an idea.stuartaken.nethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05695584662320617659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3744476144670229998.post-4187673691464723492012-01-26T20:00:34.594+00:002012-01-26T20:00:34.594+00:00A thoughtful and thought-provoking blog, Stuart. I...A thoughtful and thought-provoking blog, Stuart. I, too, always cry at the denouement of Railway Children, when Bobby's echoing voice shouts "Daddy, my Daddy". I think the problem these days is that life has to be instant gratification and so has no place for development. Hence the success of writers like Nora Roberts whose novels are all the same with name changes, of course. Damaged boy meets damaged girl, sparks fly, they hate each other, they cannot help being attracted. Denouement they have wild sex and commit. Yawn, yawn. Even when some of these writers have a series published featuring the same character, that character seldom grows and develops understanding and self-knowledge. And that is the big problem facing those of us who would love "success" but want to write "good" fiction. Answer to this - absolutely no idea.April Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09323616899009501244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3744476144670229998.post-75544162165646044682012-01-26T13:01:04.206+00:002012-01-26T13:01:04.206+00:00Thanks for this, Jack. There are only so many writ...Thanks for this, Jack. There are only so many writers we, as readers, can find the time to follow in depth. With hundreds of thousands of books published every year, it's impossible to read more than a tiny proportion. So, for me, it's vital that an author engages me in the first piece I come across. Frankly, I don't want to read the pieces he's used to learn the craft: I don't think those should be foisted on the public. Of course, I recognise that I may miss out on something worthwhile from a rejected author who improves, but my limited reading times makes it inevitable that I'll miss out on so much anyway.<br />As for JRR Tokien; I read Lord of the Rings many times as a young man, but last time I read it I wasn't so impressed, and, of course, his work is full of myth that he borrowed from Norse and early British tradition, rather than original ideas. Oh, he tells a good tale, of course. But not what you could call an original writer. And The Hobbit is painfully condescending, isn't it? I know this is at variance with popular opinion, but it's what I think. <br />Many thanks for your views, Jack. I always welcome them here.stuartaken.nethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05695584662320617659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3744476144670229998.post-90052116789300627032012-01-26T12:44:45.953+00:002012-01-26T12:44:45.953+00:00Simple Stuart, at least for me. A writer gets my a...Simple Stuart, at least for me. A writer gets my attention by his developing 'voice', something which takes years to mould, by constant, no endless hours of writing. Compared to the way I write today, my first published novel makes me shudder. So, would I judge a writer based on one work? No. I will never judge him. Instead I will sample each piece he writes. Far to many these days dismiss someone out of hand, merely because their first experience with the writer in question was not acceptable to their own way of thinking. J.R.R Tolkien was turned down for the Nobel literature prize, by its haughty committee who deemed that he was no story teller. Oh how wrong they were.:DJack Easonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13601041734648407356noreply@blogger.com