tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post1689233230175953510..comments2024-03-25T05:17:05.202-05:00Comments on Writing In The Crosshairs: BIZARRO BOOKSRoland D. Yeomanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-19928173146176361372012-11-25T14:27:48.732-06:002012-11-25T14:27:48.732-06:00...will have to check out The Passage. I agree, if......will have to check out The Passage. I agree, if King likes it, that's usually enough for me.<br /><br />ElElliot Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06319271528871804399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-73005257708711394052012-11-23T08:33:57.079-06:002012-11-23T08:33:57.079-06:00D.G.:
I'm usually like you, but to have Stephe...D.G.:<br />I'm usually like you, but to have Stephen King praise tempted me. I should have remembered Adam's fate! Sometimes the premise of a book will ensnare me. That approach has gotten me to read Jim Butcher and Patricia Briggs.<br /><br />Trisha:<br />I'm with you. Backstory as the main story progresses. Telling the story instead of showing it always bores me.<br /><br />Hilary:<br />I like your analogy of likening backstory to researching a subject on the internet.<br /><br />THE TOMB weaves backstory in expertly.<br /><br />I washed my mind by listening to the end of the audio book, BROTHER ODD, by Dean Koontz. His THE GOOD GUY is an excellent example of how to reveal backstory in suspenceful snippets.Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-24965308097479131832012-11-23T02:49:27.389-06:002012-11-23T02:49:27.389-06:00Hi Roland .. I can quite see a good book grips us,...Hi Roland .. I can quite see a good book grips us, while others we skim read - me too. <br /><br />I liken your back story (in some strange way!) to looking for something on the internet - staying on track can be tricky .. while deciding enough is enough .. should happen quickly. Thankfully I'm quite single minded like that ..<br /><br />I must look at one of these books you mention to see exactly what you're referring to .. but can quite understand.<br /><br />Waiting around seems to have some advantages ... Glad you had one of the good and bad days ..ie waiting with a book, but waiting with a not so brilliant first half of the book ..<br /><br />Cheers Hilary<br /> Hilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-35356329626023632352012-11-23T01:47:59.548-06:002012-11-23T01:47:59.548-06:00It's so weird that it's getting praise fro...It's so weird that it's getting praise from some awesome authors though. I don't get it! <br /><br />I hate backstory that stops the story moving forward. Urgh. I agree it's necessarily sometimes, but you can reveal it as the plot goes forward simultaneously.Trishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927558937796802496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-84036010734648451752012-11-23T01:09:14.709-06:002012-11-23T01:09:14.709-06:00Can't think of any books right now that have d...Can't think of any books right now that have disappointed me. I seldom buy the latest 'bestseller'. <br /><br />I tend to read by author. D.G. Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213237734772028645noreply@blogger.com